Thanks gapan, I was beginning to wonder if I should just give up and reload. I did manage to get some packages last night after I changed mirrors a second time.

Thanks gapan, I will switch mirrors and give it a whirl. It's been a long time since I was on the forum, I don't know what code tags are, but I'll find the explanation someplace here, and do that in future. Thanks for looking!
Edit: After changing the mirror site for slapt-get>still get the same ...

Can you post the output of
slapt-get -u
slapt-get --upgrade

Hi gapan, good to see you are still around. Here's the "txt" of both:

slapt-get -u= oot[tony]# slapt-get -u
Retrieving package data [http://salix.enialis.net/x86_64/slackware-13.37/]...Cached
Retrieving patch list [http://salix ...

Hello, everyone, I'm trying to bring my old Salix up to-date but gslapt no longer will update the packages. I use Salix current as my everyday OS, but wanted to keep the older version a little longer, I admit it has been a few months since I booted the 13.37 up and updated, now it fails to download ...