Software Tool & Die presents T H E W O R L D The World is a service provider for Internet services. Among the myriad of available services are electronic mail, USENET, file software archives, telnet, ftp, IRC, library catalogs, and much more. As the first provider of public access Internet services, World is committed to providing cost effective, reliable network services for dialup customers of the Internet community. RESOURCES The World is a large, multi-processor Solbourne SPARC server with over 8GB of disk storage. The Internet connections for World are multiple high speed (T1, 1.544Mbps) links via Alternet's commercial network. Our 50+ dialup lines support modems with v.32bis, v.32, v.42bis, MNP5 communications. Modem settings are 8 bit, no parity, and 1 stop bit. Vt100 terminal emulation is recommended for optimal communications. RATES The World offers two billing rates which are the same 24 hours per day at all connection speeds. The Basic Rate plan is a $5 monthly account fee plus a $2 per hour usage fee. Basic Rate accounts include a .5MB disk quota. The 20/20 Plan is a bulk usage rate where $20 paid in advance buys 20 hours of online time during a one month period. This includes the monthly account fee and offers an increased disk quota of 2MB. 20/20 Plan accounts used for more than 20 hours during one month are billed at an hourly rate of $1 per hour for the overage. The World offers payment options via MasterCard or Visa, postal invoice, or email invoice. Unfortunately, we cannot accept postal or email billing requests from outside the United States. Additional discounts are available for members of the Boston Computer Society and for corporate customers. Send email to "info@world.std.com" for details. SIGNUP PROCEDURE To sign up for public access, dial 617-739-WRLD or telnet to world.std.com (192.74.137.5). At The World's login prompt, use the login "new" to begin the account request program. You will be asked a few questions necessary to create your account. The World will allow you to select your login name which will become your email address. Most people select their name, their initials, or a combination of both. Your initial password will be provided by the account creation software. All customers must contact our office for account activation after making the account request. Accounts are eligible for a one hour trial period (see below). THE WORLD'S STAFF The World is managed by a staff of professionals, all of whom have UNIX and international networking experience. We are committed to providing you reliable, cost effective network access. Our full time job is the support of The World and its software in order that you, our customer, can exploit the power of today's electronic community. ONE HOUR TRIAL Any person may request an account and spend one hour on the system with no charges being incurred. This provides an opportunity to investigate The World and its resources. Simply complete the account request procedure and take a sixty minute tour on us. OVERVIEW OF SERVICES OFFERED BY THE WORLD Electronic Mail - access to numerous networks including Internet, UUCP, BITNET, EUNET (Europe, Soviet Union), JANET, JUNET (Japan), Fidonet, BIX, Compuserve, Applelink, and MCImail We have all the popular unix mail programs, such as, mail, pine, elm, mh, mush, GNU's RMAIL, dmail, and mm. USENET - the international bulletin board system called USENET. A collection of over 3500 newsgroups. More than 1,000,000 people are reachable and over 100,000 are regular subscribers. The World carries the largest distribution of USENET topics. Among the newsreaders are rn, nn, trn, tass, and GNUS. ClariNet - UPI, and satellite news services formatted and organized into a USENET compatible hierarchy Modems - The modems support v.32bis, v.32, v.42bis, MNP5 communications. Recommended modem settings are 8 bit, no parity and 1 stop bit with vt100 emulation mode. Electronic Mailing Lists - Rather than trying to carry on focused discussions in a newsgroup you can join and form mailing lists with kindred souls devoted to specialized topics. Chatting - Two interactive discussion programs exist. One is the Internet Relay Chat (irc) and the other is Forumnet (fn). Both provide interactive, real-time access to people around the globe. IRC includes some channels for discussions in various languages. UNIX Software - Many of the common utilities and programs which have become an integral part of the UNIX environment are available. Unix shells include sh, csh, ksh, bash, tcsh, zsh and rc. Also, most popular unix utilities are available. If it is not here and you want to use it, ask us and we will do our best to provide it for you. Archie - Direct access to an archie server for software index retrieval is available. Archie contains indexes for most anonymous ftp sites available on Internet. GNU Software - The basic GNU components, like EMACS, GCC, G++, GDB, GAS, BASH, GAWK, are available. This is particularly useful for customers who are interested in software development. Games - Most games common to the UNIX environment are available. These include hack, moria, nethack, adventure, omega, robots, and tetris. Online Book Initiative - The purpose of the OBI is to create a publicly accessible repository for freely redistributable collections of textual information, a net-worker's library. Internet Access - Users have access to the various networks that form the international Internet. Usage is subject to each network's Acceptable Use Policy. The World is connected via multiple high speed links on the Alternet backbone. Usage on the Alternet network is available for all purposes including direct commercial use. COST EFFECTIVE LONG DISTANCE ACCESS At the present time, Boston is the only place where direct dial World modems exist. For access from the greater-Boston area, call 1-800-555-5000 for New England Telephone rates. For flat monthly fees, various non-measured services are offered. For outside Massachusetts, first check your long distance service provider. Many companies offer affordable rates for direct dial service particularly to the same number or area code. MCI is providing additional discounts for World customers who list us on their Friends and Family Plan. Lower cost local dial modems throughout the USA are available with Compuserve's Packet Network (an additional $5.60/hr added to your World bill, no Compuserve account required - call 800-848-8980 for your local number), PC-Pursuit (as low as $1/hr; available evenings, weekends and holidays only - call 800-736-1130), and Global Dial-Up Service ($39/month for unlimited usage, 24 hrs a day - call 703-620-6651). World is not affiliated with any of these service providers. ******* This document was last modified on December 5, 1992 for the latest update, use the ftp archive at world.std.com or send your request via email to info@world.std.com Software Tool & Die 1330 Beacon Street Brookline MA 02146 617-739-0202 office@world.std.com