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+* Ports of GNU tar and other micro-tars                        -*- outline -*-
+
+  Please write tar-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu if you are aware of various ports
+  of GNU tar to non-Unix systems not listed here, or for corrections.
+  Please provide the goal system, a complete and stable URL, the maintainer
+  name and address, the tar version used as a base, and your comments.
+
+.* Amiga
+
+. + ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/systems/amiga/aminet/util/arc/GNUtar-1.11.8.lha
+    maintained by Enrico Forestieri <enrico@com.unipr.it>
+    Based on tar 1.11.8.
+
+. + ftp://ftp.ninemoons.com/pub/ade/current/amiga-bin/tar-1.11.8-bin.lha
+    maintained by the ADE group <fnf@fishpond.ninemoons.com>
+    Based on tar 1.11.8, needs ixemul.library.
+
+. + ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/systems/amiga/aminet/util/arc/gnutar.lha
+    maintained by <mscheler@wuarchive.wustl.edu>
+
+.* DEC alpha (NT)
+
+. + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.20/windows/archiver/tar.zip
+    maintained by Drew Bliss & Geoff Voelker
+
+.* DEC VAX (VMS)
+
+. + http://www.lp.se/free/vmstar/
+    maintained by Richard Levitte <levitte@lp.se>
+    This is not GNU tar, but a separate implementation.
+
+. + maintained by William Bader <william@nscs.fast.net>
+    For V4.7.  Based on an old PDtar.  Requires compatible shared libraries
+    to run V5 or V6 executables.
+
+.* IBM/PC (DV/X)
+
+. + ftp://qdeck.com/ (?)
+    maintained by David Ronis <ronis@gibbs.chem.mcgill.ca>
+    For Desqview/X.  Everything works besides compression.  Copy of hacked
+    sources available, some of DV/X's programmer's library also needed.
+
+.* IBM/PC (MSDOS)
+
+. + http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/
+    http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/pc/gnuish (Germany)
+    ftp://ftp.simtel.net/simtelnet/gnu
+    ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/pc/gnuish
+    maintained by Darrel Hankerson <hankedr@mail.auburn.edu>
+    You get many GNU tools, not only `tar'.  The GNUish project is described
+    in `gnuish_t.htm'.
+
+. + The DJGPP development tools also include some `tar' utilities.
+
+. + ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/les/dos-gnutar/
+    maintained by Leslie Mikesell <les@mcs.net>
+    Based on tar 1.11.2.  Support for SCSI (via ASPI) and network (rsh over
+    packet driver). No support for win95 long file names.
+
+. + ftp://ftp.wu-wien.ac.at:pub/src/PCmisc/aspi-tar/*
+    maintained by Christoph Splittgerber <chris@orion.sdata.de>
+    Based on tar 1.10.  Support for SCSI (via ASPI).
+
+. + ftp://wuarchive (?)
+    Several DOS version based on PDtar.  John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com> says
+    he has copies of several vintages saved.
+
+. + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.14/languages/ada/toolkit/msdos/gtar/gtar.exe
+    ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.14/languages/ada/toolkit/msdos/gtar/gtar.taz
+    ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.14/languages/ada/toolkit/msdos/gtar/gtar.zip
+
+. + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.4/os2/archiver/tar.zip
+    Based on PDtar.
+
+. + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.20/windows/archiver/tar.zip
+    maintained by Drew Bliss & Geoff Voelker
+    GNU tar for NT (intel and Alpha platforms).
+
+. + ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/unix/untgz095.zip
+    maintained by Tillmann Steinbrecher <tst@darmstadt.netsurf.de>
+    The `untgz' program is a fast .tar or .tar.gz (.tgz) extractor.
+
+. + http://people.darmstadt.netsurf.de/tst/tar.htm
+    maintained by Tillmann Steinbrecher <tst@darmstadt.netsurf.de>
+    This is not a `tar' port, but an index of them.
+
+.* IBM/PC (OS/2)
+
+. + http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/gnu/archiver/gtar254.zip
+    http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/gnu/archiver/gtak254.zip
+    maintained by Andreas Kaiser <Andreas.Kaiser@stuttgart.netsurf.de>
+    Version 2.54.  Based on tar 1.10.  The second archive contains SCSI
+    drivers (DAT streamers notably) and rmt-type programs.
+
+. + ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/unix/untgz095.zip
+    maintained by Tillmann Steinbrecher <tst@darmstadt.netsurf.de>
+    The `untgz' program is a fast .tar or .tar.gz (.tgz) extractor.
+
+.* IBM/PC (Win32: Windows 95, NT 3.5 or NT 4.0)
+
+. + ftp://ftp.cygnus.com:~ftp/pub/sac/win32/usersrc/*
+    maintained by Cygnus
+    GNU-Win32 B17.1 distribution.  Download all files, `cat' them together,
+    and `untar' the result.  You get many GNU tools, not only `tar'.
+    Based on tar 1.11.2.
+
+. + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.20/windows/archiver/tar.zip
+    maintained by Drew Bliss & Geoff Voelker
+    GNU tar for NT (intel and Alpha platforms).
+
+. + ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/unix/untgz095.zip
+    maintained by Tillmann Steinbrecher <tst@darmstadt.netsurf.de>
+    The `untgz' program is a fast .tar or .tar.gz (.tgz) extractor.
+
+.* IBM/PC (Windows 3.1)
+
+. + ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/les/win-gnutar/
+    maintained by Leslie Mikesell <les@mcs.net>
+    Support for network (rsh over winsock).  No support for win95 long
+    file names.
+
+. + ftp://ftp.gamesdomain.ru/.1/os/windows/programr/tar.zip
+    Based on GNU tar 1.11.2.
+
+.* Macintosh
+
+. + There is a tar in Stuffit Expander which is available many places and
+    comes with MacOS.  It creates some spurious files but works on average.
+
+. + There is an excellent GNU tar bundled in Tenon MachTen, but it does not
+    seem to be available separately.