response 1 of 33:

Jan 8 13:02 UTC 1994

Thus far, I have two favorites:

*WinZip5.0   Which compresses and decompresses files with the .zip
             extension.  It does from within Windows, and uses only
             one program (it doesn't require pkzip.???).  It has
             more features than I'll probably ever use, but that's ok.


*Lynx        Which is the easy way to see/use hypertext with a vt100.
             I also like the way it works as a shell for gophers.  With
             5 keys, you can easily navigate around cyberspace.

response 3 of 33:

Jan 8 17:59 UTC 1994

What's the (dis) connection between Lynx and Mosaic?

response 5 of 33:

Jan 9 03:44 UTC 1994

I found Lynx one day while searching the msu-gopher.  Just telnet to
msu-gopher, select the last item on the main menu, select 5 on the
network menu, select the last item on the internet menu, select the
last item on the WWW menu, then login as "www".

At this point, you'll be running Lynx.  With my vt100 emulator, I 
just use the four cursor keys and the space bar to painlessly 
navigate through hypertext, gophers, searches, files and other
goodies.

(Actually, I'd like to see Grex run Lynx so that we could have
Michigan's first public access WWW server.  Hint, hint. ;-)

re 2  Lynx is available from the U of Kansas, with info available
      on the server mentioned above.

re 3  As I understand it (hope this disclaimer will work), Mosaic
      requires a full internet connection and allows "point and
      click" operation with hypertext.  Lynx works with remote
      access to a host and emulates the "point and click" with
      the cursor keys.  In other words, it makes hypertext
      accessible to people with remote connections to the
      Internet.

response 7 of 33:

Jan 9 16:04 UTC 1994

That's right.  Where images would appear using Mosaic, "[image]" appears
highlighted.  If you select the highlighted "[image]" it will transfer
the file to your host.  That means that you'd have to dl it from the
host and view it on your own viewer.  BTW, that's what it does with
ftp links.  You just select the file and it's there on your host.  Much
easier than ftping.

Lynx will probably never replace Mosaic.  But for people that can't
afford Mosaic connections, Lynx is the next best thing.

I heard somewhere that Gophers were supposed to be an easy way to get
around and see what's available on the internet.  There are a lot of
seems (telnet connections, etc.) when gophering to anything other than
another gopher.  Also, gophers can't use hypertext (to my knowledge).
To me, Lynx is what I was hoping to find in gopher--an easy, seemless
way to navigate.

response 9 of 33:

Jan 10 19:45 UTC 1994

(carl blushes, "I never was any good at sewing.")

response 11 of 33:

Jan 11 21:58 UTC 1994

I'll bet veronica was what I was thinking of for searching by topic.
At the time I read about ftp, telnet, archie, veronica, email, WWW,
etc. I wasn't using the internet.  

One of these days I'll go back and review...

response 13 of 33:

Jan 12 10:43 UTC 1994

Or how about moose?

response 15 of 33:

Jan 17 18:07 UTC 1994

I'm glad someone else likes Lynx!  There's a lot of stuff available
on the World Wide Web, and the Lynx at UofK has pointers to current
files.  I especially like Nova-Links and GNN.  You can easily pick
a topic and go on an adventure.  This is what I dreamed the Internet
would be like when I first heard of gophers.  Not only does it run
circles around gophers, it can even run them.

It's the kind of thing that you have to experience to know what it's like!

response 17 of 33:

Jan 18 19:37 UTC 1994

Did you know that if you're viewing a file you'd like a copy of, you can
press "p" for print.  It will give you a choice between having a copy
mailed to you and having it printed to the screen without the pager.

I tried the mailing option this morning, and haven't received the files
yet.  Perhaps it's because Grex was down most of the morning.

response 19 of 33:

Jan 18 22:48 UTC 1994

Being the independent sort of cuss I am, I can now answer my own question in
the affirmative.  The telnet address is:
kufacts.cc.ukans.edu 23
Enjoy.

response 21 of 33:

Jan 19 01:35 UTC 1994

Re #17. No I didn't know that. That's cool. I'll bet it won't mail me a GIF
though, since it can't let me look at one.

Re #19. Be that way, Chris, but you'll tie up a grex phone line and do
your lynxing at 2400 baud, when the alternative is to free up the
line and lynx at 9600 baud. It's worth the extra steps, IMO.

response 23 of 33:

Jan 20 21:42 UTC 1994

Actually, I did my linking from Merit, though it still was at 2400.  I was
merely providing the info here, since that's what this conference is about.