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kaplan
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Other sources besides this humble conference
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Jan 3 03:48 UTC 1994 |
One place to learn more about the Internet is the usenet newsgroup
comp.infosystems
How did you learn about the Internet? Where should others go
to learn more?
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carl
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response 1 of 11:
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Jan 7 23:00 UTC 1994 |
I have learned a *lot* by gophering to MSU, and then using a University of
Kansas system to run Lynx. Lynx is a program that makes it *extremely*
easy to "get around" the internet.
There's been a few good things I've gotten from Usenet, but it takes a
lot of time to sort through what's there.
I just got Scott Yanoff's list, and will put it in a seperate item, if
it hasn't been posted already.
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carl
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response 2 of 11:
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Jan 10 20:30 UTC 1994 |
There's two books I forgot to mention:
_The_Internet_Roadmap_ by Bennett Falk is the first one I read. It is
interesting and readable and very dry all at the same time. I found
that it made more sense the second time I read it. That's because he
wrote it in a way that you can start at any chapter without reading
the previous ones. It will be a practical reference.
It has a "hands on" approach, which makes it nice. You can read a
little, try some things, read some more, try some more...
The book has three parts: "Introducing the Internet," "First Generation
Internet Applications: ftp, telnet, and E-Mail" and "The Internet
Community's Applications: gopher, WorldWideWeb, and USENET." There
are several appendices, including "Just Enough UNIX."
_The_Whole_Internet:__User's_Guide_&_Catalog_ by Ed Krol is the
second book, which I have not read completely. The first 3/4 of the
book covers the same topics as above (except Unix) but goes into
greater depth. In just a glance, I would guess that it is more
complete and equally practical as the _Roadmap_. The final 1/4
is mostly a catalog of resources, listed by topic, from "Aero-
nautics and Astronauts" to "Zymurgy." Several resources are
listed for each topic, and most resources have a short description
and instructions for access.
This is the most current book that I know of, and the back cover
says it "'will probably become the Internet user's bible.'"
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pegasus
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response 3 of 11:
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Jan 11 14:14 UTC 1994 |
You would be better off with the Internet Navigator by Paul Gilster,
published by John Wiley & Sons. It is more thorough than Ed Krol's book, and
is also much easier to read and understand.
Another excellent source of info on the Internet/Usenet is a magazine
called CONNECT.
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bartlett
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response 4 of 11:
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Jan 11 18:17 UTC 1994 |
Re 3: shame on you Patricia for such an unsubtle plug. <big silly grin>
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pegasus
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response 5 of 11:
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Jan 12 04:20 UTC 1994 |
Chris,
I await tutoring on what a subtle plug would be! :) Please help me out here!
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remmers
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response 6 of 11:
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Jan 12 04:35 UTC 1994 |
(Well, you could say "There's this magazine whose name rhymes with
'detect'" or something...)
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pegasus
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response 7 of 11:
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Jan 13 04:49 UTC 1994 |
John,
Maybe I could somehow make it into one of the puzzle games going on now?
<grin>
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headdoc
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response 8 of 11:
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Jan 15 17:17 UTC 1994 |
I am driving my way throuh, "Riding the Internet Highway" by Sharon Fisher.
Some of what I read in her book doesnt work when I try it out through
Grex on my Mac. But then, I really dont know the theory behind what I do
here.
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danr
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response 9 of 11:
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Jan 16 00:15 UTC 1994 |
You might want to post some of that, so that the internet gurus can tell
us all why it doesn't or when it will.
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holysoul
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response 10 of 11:
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Aug 9 09:54 UTC 2000 |
I whant to Know more about TELNET help me please,because i really need
it thanke u people.
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kaplan
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response 11 of 11:
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Aug 9 13:24 UTC 2000 |
What are you trying to do with telnet? What do you want to know about
it?
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