Thanks for the info; but my point was really to understand whether or not the various instructions out there, of which I am sure 95% are out of date and don't work any more, are worth following, with the alternative being that things have been shut down so hard that the only way to get this thing is to "know somebody" (and unfortunately, I don't "know somebody").

Anyway, I believe I have received ample responses now to indicate that yes, you can still get this from publicly available locations without special connections. Which is encouraging to me. I didn't realize that there were YouTube videos on how to approach finding the download, and thanks for the pointer there.

Thank you again for your time and your responses.