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Grex Internet Item 4: Other sources besides this humble conference
Entered by kaplan on Mon Jan 3 03:48:43 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?

11 responses total.

#1 of 11 by carl on Fri Jan 7 23:00:28 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.

#2 of 11 by carl on Mon Jan 10 20:30:43 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.'"

#3 of 11 by pegasus on Tue Jan 11 14:14:25 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.

#4 of 11 by bartlett on Tue Jan 11 18:17:13 1994:

Re 3: shame on you Patricia for such an unsubtle plug.  <big silly grin>

#5 of 11 by pegasus on Wed Jan 12 04:20:36 1994:

Chris,

I await tutoring on what a subtle plug would be! :) Please help me out here!

#6 of 11 by remmers on Wed Jan 12 04:35:22 1994:

(Well, you could say "There's this magazine whose name rhymes with
'detect'" or something...)

#7 of 11 by pegasus on Thu Jan 13 04:49:35 1994:

John,

Maybe I could somehow make it into one of the puzzle games going on now?
<grin>

#8 of 11 by headdoc on Sat Jan 15 17:17:33 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.

#9 of 11 by danr on Sun Jan 16 00:15:00 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.

#10 of 11 by holysoul on Wed Aug 9 09:54:26 2000:

I whant to Know more about TELNET help me please,because i really need 
it thanke u people.

#11 of 11 by kaplan on Wed Aug 9 13:24:42 2000:

What are you trying to do with telnet?  What do you want to know about 
it?

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