> regarding http://mail.architexturez.net/design-l.v2/design-l.v2.tar.gz
> This set-up of the original design-l archive at architexturez doesn't
> work at my end--the URL results here (on my computer) with the opening
> of a VMRL browser, which I avoid using because it seems to be the wrong
> application for the task.
>
this is the UNIX Tar Gzipped format, some VRML viewers also use it so
check your local computers MIME settings. you can also right-click and
save-as, and then open the archive using stuffit expander or winzip.