Big Fun in the Internet with Uncle Bert ======================================= Yer luvin' Uncle Bert stumbles through the gateway, scurries across the 'Internet land, eyes agog, then has Big Fun in the nether regions. [These are ftp, telnet and email sites all over the world having all kinds of neat resources available, and can mostly be accessed from any internet node] General Fun =========== === freenet (free network account, Internet access, email...) 129.22.8.82 freenet-in-a.cwru.edu (& ftp) login: new (USA Today Headlines) 130.253.192.68 nyx.cs.du.edu login: new (public access) 35.1.48.150 hermes.merit.edu login: new (public access) 35.208.17.4 m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us login: newuser (public access) 18.72.1.146 techinfo.mit.edu (Information service inc. lyrics database) 128.6.60.6 quartz.rutgers.edu login: bbs (discussions) === IRC (Internet Relay Chat (equivalent to CB radio), IRC access) 128.2.54.2 bradenville.andrew.cmu.edu 143.248.1.53 ara.kaist.ac.kr login: irc 192.12.12.2 santafe.santafe.edu login: irc General Reference ================= === hytelnet (hyper-telnet: like this list on hypercard - must see!) 128.233.3.1 access.usask.ca login: hytelnet hytelnet/pc/HYTELN.ZIP 128.252.135.4 wuarchive.wustl.edu /mirrors/msdos/hypertext/hyteln61.zip === Geographic name server (returns longitude & latitude of town, zip...) 141.212.100.9 martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000 === NBS Time 128.138.140.44 india.colorado.edu 13 telnet (exact time) (202) 652-1079 1200e71 (moon/sunrise sunset twilight satellite transit UCT) === Weather (National Weather Service) 35.1.48.150 hermes.merit.edu login(Which Host?): um-weather(forecasts) 141.212.196.79 madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 login(Which Host?): um-weather 128.174.5.98 vmd.cso.uiuc.edu wx/*.gif (hourly satellite weather photos-US) 129.215.168.19 cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk images/gifs/{eur|norden|uk|world}.{vis|ir}.gif 128.178.36.30 liasun3.epfl.ch pub/weather/ (Europe, Scandinavia, UK, World) 137.219.16.14 marlin.jcu.edu.au JCUMetSat/*last ../utilities/* (Australia) (301) 899-1214 2400n81 login: NWS password: TEMPPASS === Earthquakes 128.95.16.50 quake@geophys.washington.edu finger === Religious Studies 137.122.6.16 pub/religion/electric-mystics-guide.txt === Harris Polls, USA Today Polls, Atlanta Journals, Carolina Polls 152.2.21.5 uncvm1.oit.unc.edu login: irss1 password: irss === Philosophy 130.150.102.33 atl.calstate.edu login: apa (American Philosophical Assoc. APA) === Dictionary Thesaurus Quotations CIA World Factbook Gov Constitution Bible 128.6.26.25 info.rutgers.edu telnet (library, reference, dictionary) 128.174.5.50 uxc.cso.uiuc.edu 621 (accessible by uiuc & uic only Webster's) 129.67.1.165 black.ox.ac.uk wordlists (aussie chinese ... swedish yiddish) 192.31.231.42 ftp.cs.vu.nl dictionaries/words.* (german french dutch italian) === Encyclopaedia (anyone?) === Math (Interactive Math algorithm bibliography) 192.20.225.2 research.att.com login: walk 130.44.1.100 e-math.ams.com login: e-math pwd: e-math (American Math Society) yalevm.ycc.yale.edu login: math1 passwd: math1 operatorID: math1 (IMD) === Statistics 128.2.241.142 lib.stat.cmu.edu login: statlib (sascode, xlibstat, Splus, SAS) === History ra.msstate.edu pub/docs/history kuhub.cc.ukans.edu dua9: [malin]/malin.cat (Malin) === Chess (chess@valkyries.andrew.cmu.edu) 128.2.232.4 valkyries.andrew.cmu.edu pub/chess/uploads (net Chess Server) 192.41.245.90 elof.iit.edu 5000 (interactive play/watch) 192.80.61.5 eve.assumption.edu 5000 (interactive play/watch) === FDA bulletin board (consumer info & news releases of FDA) 150.148.8.48 fdabbs.fda.gov login: bbs === PEN pages (Agricultural and weather data) 128.118.36.5 psupen.psu.edu login: PNOTPA === Space (NASA news, shuttle schedules & satellite updates) 192.149.89.61 spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov telnet 18.75.0.10 nasanews@space.mit.edu finger (NASA headline news) 192.101.147.11 lpi.jsc.nasa.gov login: lpi (geophysics, astronomy, astrophys.) 134.4.10.118 ned.ipac.caltech.edu login: ned (NASA Extragalactic Database) 128.183.36.25 nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov login: nodis (National Space Science Data) 128.183.36.23 nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov login: nodis (National Space Science Data) 130.199.112.132 bnlnd2.dne.bnl.gov login: nndc (Nuclear Data Center) === Gateways (How to email between nets: Compuserve Fido Genie Internet &c) 130.18.80.11 ftp.MsState.edu pub/docs/internetwork-mail-guide 129.24.8.1 ariel.unm.edu library/network.guide mail listserv@unmvm.unm.edu (listserv@unmvma.Bitnet) mesage: GET NETWORK GUIDE posted monthly on Usenet:comp.mail.misc 128.193.224.2 cerberus.epa.orst.edu pub/bigfun/gateways.{txt|wp51|ps} 16.1.0.2 gatekeeper.ec.com gateway.txt (decwrl: ftp by email) === Compuserve (even parity, 7 bits, 1 stop bit) 35.1.48.150 hermes.merit.edu login: compuserve (connection uses tymnet) 128.196.128.234 hopey.telcom.arizona.edu login:TO_CSERVE Host Name: compuserve === World News (NASA news, shuttle schedules & satellite updates) 152.10.1.1 conrad.appstate.edu login: info === Education suvm.acs.syr.edu login: suinfo (tn3270 emulation required) (ERIC) === Disabilities 129.189.4.184 handicap.shel.isc-br.com (disability-related files & programs) === EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) mail archive-server@eff.org message: index eff (access by email) 192.88.144.4 gopher.eff.org 70 (access by gopher) 192.88.144.4 wais.eff.org 210 (access by wais) ftp.eff.org pub/EFF (access via ftp) Internet Reference ================== === White Pages (find somebody) 18.70.0.224 sipb.mit.edu pub/whois/whois-servers.list (list whois servers) 128.138.243.151 bruno.cs.colorado.edu login: netfind (Netfind User Lookup) 132.151.1.1 nri.reston.va.us 185 (type real/login name of person) (Knowbot) 134.82.1.8 sol.bucknell.edu 185 (Knowbot) 192.33.4.21 wp.psi.net login: fred (front end to the directory) 192.33.33.22 ftp.nisc.sri.com mail service@nic.ddn.mil message: whois name usenet: comp.mail.misc FAQ: How to find people's email addresses === archie (all these sites, login: archie) (find files & software) 128.167.254.179 archie.sura.net (SURAnet, College Park, MaryLand) 128.6.18.15 archie.rutgers.edu (Rutger's University, New Jersey) 128.184.1.4 archie.au (Australia) 128.214.6.100 archie.funet.fi (serving Europe - Finland) 129.93.1.14 archie.unl.edu (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska) 132.65.6.5 archie.cs.huji.ac.il (Israel) 132.206.2.3 quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (original archie site, Canada) 133.4.3.6 archie.wide.ad.jp (Japan) 140.115.19.24 archie.ncu.edu.tw (Taiwan) 146.169.11.3 archie.doc.ic.ac.uk (Imperial College, London, Great Britain) 147.225.1.2 archie.ans.net (ANS, New York) mail archie@archie.mcgill.ca message: prog software_name 147.225.1.3 ans.net pub/archie.doc.usenix.paper.ps.Z (excellent archie docs) === DNS --> IP# mailesolve@cs.widener.edu message: site machine.site.domain (returns site IP#) === Usenet type rn, trn or nn (see below under notes for more details) news.announce.newusers (this newsgroup contains 400k of detailed Usenet info) /newsgroup to goto newsgroup, /g newsgroup to add newsgroup 129.89.2.1 uwm.edu 119 (post to usenet [news.group] via telnet) 128.59.64.40 sol.ctr.columbia.edu 119 (post to usenet [news.group] telnet) 129.69.1.12 rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de 119 (post to usenet via telnet) 130.133.4.250 gibb.math.fu-berlin.de 119 (post to usenet [news.group] telnet) mail [news-group]@cs.utexas.edu (post to usenet [news-group] via email) mail [news-group]@pws.bull.com (post to usenet [news-group] via email) === ftp 128.6.7.38 pilot.njin.net pub/ftp-list/ftp.list (annotated list of ftp sites) 128.167.254.179 ftp.sura.net pub/nic/guides (help on email, ftp, telnet) 130.86.90.1 csus.edu pub/ftplist/ftplist (annotated list of all ftp sites) === RFC(Request For Comments - all the Internet specs) 192.112.36.5 nic.ddn.mil rfc/rfc-index.txt rfc/rfcnnnn.{ps|txt} (nnnn < 1432) Internet Access (See also `freenets' in General Fun, above) =========================================== === Subscriber services holonet.net info@holonet.net (2400n81 (510) 704-1058, (510) 704-0160)(Holonet) mail xb.das@forsythe.stanford.com (vox (408) 559-7434) (DAS) (408) 725-0561 2400n81 (vox (408) 973-1111) (Portal) PSI 11800 Sunrise Valley Dr Suite 1100 Reston VA 22091 (703) 620-6651 (PSInet) UUnet 3110 Fairview Pkdr Ste 570 FallsChurch VA 22042 (703)876-5050 (AlterNet) MetaSystems 200 N 15th St Suite 103 Arlington VA 22201 (703)243-6622 (MetaNet) Netcom 400 Moorpark Ave Suite 209 San Jose CA 95117 (408) 544-8649 (Netcom) === nixpub (public access unix sites) 138.9.200.1 uop.uop.edu pub/nixpub.{short|long} === internet by email - See `remote ftp' in Notes, below. Internet (Resource) Guides (catalog of catalogs, guide to guides, index to indices, list of lists, pointers to pointers) ====================================================== === Zen and the Art of the Internet (A beginner's Guide to the Internet) 147.31.254.132 ftp.cs.widener.edu pub/zen/zen-1.0.{PS|tar.Z} (brendan@...) === NWnet resource Guide (GET ME - most comprehensive) 128.95.112.1 ftphost.nwnet.net nic/nwnet/user-guide === SURAnet Internet Resource Guide (help: info@sura.net)(catalog of catalogs) 128.167.254.179 ftp.sura.net pub/nic/infoguide.{m-dd}.txt (updated weekly) 128.167.254.179 ftp.sura.net pub/nic/network.service.guides (ftp, telnet, vi) 192.102.249.3 nic.cerf.net internet/resources/library-catalog-05-92.txt === Internet Resource Guide 128.6.60.6 quartz.rutgers.edu pub/internet/sites/high.weirdness.by.email 128.89.1.178 nnsc.nsf.net resource-guide/ mail resource-guide-request@nnsc.nsf.net === System Resources & Information Systems (charvey@nextsupp.gatech.edu) (Guide to Guides) === lists of services (pointer to pointers) 129.89.7.4 csd4.csd.uwm.edu pub/inet.services.txt 129.89.7.4 yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu finger 128.193.224.2 cerberus.epa.orst.edu pub/bigfun/bigfun.{ps|txt} (see also the Resource Catalog at end of Ed Krol's The Whole Internet 1992) === MaasInfo 129.120.1.4ftp.unt.edu ARTICLES/MAAS/MAASINFO.TOPINDEX (index of indices) === Dr Chaos (I have a Master's Degree) (fun views of internet computer news) 128.253.194.202 pelican.cit.cornell.edu pub/ccv0{1|2}.ps pub/gif/tims.gif mail chaos-request@pelican.cit.cornell.edu (get on Chaos Corner mailing list) === listserver list (List of lists) 192.33.33.22 ftp.nisc.sri.com netinfo/interest-groups mail mail-server@nisc.sri.com message: send netinfo/interest-groups mail listserv@ncsuvm.cc.ncsu.edu message: list global mail listserv@bitnic.bitnet message: list global mail mlol-request@wariat.org (music list of lists) === Interactive menu of resources 192.54.81.128c.carl.org telnet (information databases) 128.183.10.3 dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov login: dftnic (online aid - Nicolas) === CMC Computer-Mediated Communication (John December decemj@rpi.edu) ftp.rpi.edu pub/communications/internet-cmc === CNI Coalition for Networked Information (Craig Summerhill craig@cni.org) cni-directories@cni.org message: subscribe cni-directories firstname last_name === listserver resource guide mailistserv@arizum1 message: get listservguide === Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters 441495@acadum1.uottawa.ca mail listserv@uottawa message: get ejourn{11|12} directory mail listserv@kentvm message: get acadlist file* === Non-electronic reference The Whole Internet User's Guide, by Ed Krol.92 O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. wais www gopher prospero mime veronica ====================================== === wais (a multi format finding system) (wide area information server) 192.31.181.1 quake.think.com login: wais 128.109.157.30 ftp.oit.unc.edu pub/wais/UNC/DOS wais 1.02 for DOS 129.100.2.13 hydra.uwo.ca libsoft/wais_servers.txt (list of wais servers) === www (a hyper text system) (world wide web) 128.141.201.74 info.cern.ch pub/WWW/ === gopher (a browsing oriented system for mousing around the internet) 128.101.95.9onsultant.micro.umn.edu login: gopher 128.174.33.160 gopher.uiuc.edu login: gopher 128.255.63.234 panda.uiowa.edu login: gopher 129.120.1.42 gopher.unt.edu login: gopher 129.16.221.40 gdunix.gd.chalmers.se login: gopher 131.210.1.4 gopher.uwp.edu login: gopher 134.84.132.2 boombox.micro.umn.edu pub/gopher (gopher sources) === prospero (a front end to archie) mail info-prospero@cs.washington.edu 128.95.1.4 cs.washington.edu pub/prospero.tar.Z === mime (email sound, graphics, docs) (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) 192.112.36.5ic.ddn.mil rfc/rfc1341.{ps|txt} (MIME specification) === veronica Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-wide Index to Computerized Archives To try Veronica, select it from the "Other Gophers" menu on Minnesota's gopher server, or point your gopher at: Name=Veronica (search menu items in most of GopherSpace) Type=1 Port=70 Path=1/Veronica Host=futique.scs.unr.edu Bitnet ====== === User help (Bitnet for the Complete Idiot) mail listserv@bitnic.educom.edu (listserv@bitnic) mesage: get bitnet user help === Interbit (to get internet address of bitnet node) mail bitnodes@american.edu message: whois sitename Books & Documents ================= === Almanac 128.193.124.2ail almanac@oes.orst.edu message: send catalog send guide === Book Reviews CARL, item 60 192.54.81.128c.carl.org telnet 128.174.5.58 garcon.cso.uiuc.edu 625 (or login: ioplus) (journal bibliography) === Net Maps 16.1.0.2 gatekeeper.dec.com pub/maps/[a4|letter]/*.ps (world) 35.1.1.48 nis.nsf.netmaps/*.ps (national & regional US) 128.167.254.179 ftp.sura.net pub/maps (SURAnet - east coast US) usenet:comp.mail.maps-ps (net maps, postscript files posted monthly) === FAQs (answers to Frequently Asked Questions) 18.172.1.27 pit-manager.mit.edu pub/usenet/news.group.of.interest/faq_file === Project Gutenberg (hart@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu) (classics freely available) 128.174.201.12 mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu etext/ 152.2.22.81 sunsite.unc.edu pub/docs/books/... includes quran (Koran) === Online Book Initiative 192.74.137.5 world.std.com obi (freely available classics, books and papers) === The jargon file (eric@snark.thyrus.com) (The New Hackers Dictionary) 128.6.18.15 dorm.rutgers.edu pub/jargon/jargon.2.9.10 === Dante (All of Dante's and Shakespeare's works on line) 129.170.16.11 library.dartmouth.edu login: connect dante === Shakespeare 24 histories 17 comedies 10 tragedies grady@btr.com 129.170.16.11 library.dartmouth.edu login: select file 131.210.1.4 vacs.uwp.edu pub/etext/shakespeare/... === U.S Constitution 137.39.1.9 ftp.uu.net doc/USconstitution.Z === Journals and Artworld 130.150.102.33 atl.calstate.edu login: lewsnts mail comserve@vm.ecs.rpi.edu message: send ejournal{1|2}.sources Zipcodes database 128.210.1.3zeus.mgmt.purdue.edu pub/zipdocs.zip lookup.exe === lyrics, music 131.210.1.4 vacs.uwp.edu pub/music/lyrics/files/... 131.210.1.4 cs.uwp.edu pub/music pub/lyrics 129.186.150.150 ftp.iastate.edu pub/lyrics === PostScript (PostScript language specification files, news, programs) mail ps-file-server@adobe.com message: help === Random other book stuff 128.121.50.7 misc.jvnc.net login: nicol (electronic publishing service Nicol) 137.39.1.9 ftp.uu.net nutshell (Info about O'Reilly's Nutshell books, &c) Pictures ======== === Images from Space and scads of other space related info (Voyager &) 128.102.18.3 ames.arc.nasa.gov pub/SPACE/CDROM{|2} (Magellan missions) pub/SPACE/SOFTWARE/imdisp78.zip imdispd.zip (PC viewer for space images) 128.155.23.47 vab02.larc.nasa.gov gifs/space/orien.gif 140.147.3.12 seq1.loc.gov pub/soviet.archive text & .gifs of soviet documents === gif archives sites 152.2.22.81 sunsite.unc.edu pub/academic/computer-science/virtual-reality/3d === Otis The Operative Term Is Stimulate (ed@cwis.unomaha.edu) 141.214.4.135 cwis.unomaha.edu projects/stmulate (art distribution collective) Software ======== === The Archives 128.32.184.254 ocf.berkeley.edu 134.114.64.24 rainbow.cse.nau.edu 128.252.135.4 wuarchive.wustl.edu (Saint Louis, MO) (inc. Simtel20 & PCBlue) 16.1.0.2 gatekeeper.dec.com 141.210.10.117 oak.oakland.edu (Detroit, MI) (includes Simtel20) 128.255.32.1 sca.icaen.uiowa.edu login: iscabbs (public domain software) 26.0.0.74 wsmr-simtel20.army.mil pd1:msdosidx.arc (White Sands NM) 128.174.5.59 ux1.cso.uiuc.edu ("world's largest BBS" Exec-PC files mirrored) 139.130.4.6 plaza.aarnet.edu.au 136.176.5.253 erratic.bradley.edu 137.39.1.9 ftp.uu.net 141.211.182.23 archive.umich.edu 128.219.128.17 netlib@ornl.gov message: send index (NetLib) 137.39.1.2 netlib@uunet.uu.net message: send index (NetLib) === Random files and software 18.24.0.12 export.lcs.mit.edu /contrib/xtroff.tar.Z (troff previewer) 18.71.0.38 prep.ai.mit.edu pub/gnu/ghostscript-2.5.2{msdos}.tar.Z (PostScript) 128.32.131.177 anarres.cs.berkeley.edu pub/ucblogo.* (Logo) 128.59.39.2 watsun.cc.columbia.edu kermit/bin (Kermit) 129.79.20.84 ftp.cica.indiana.edu pub/pc/win3/games/dogcow.zip 128.153.12.3 sun.soe.clarkson.edu pub/src/pbmplus.tar.Z (fax unix graphic) 128.153.12.3 sun.soe.clarkson.edu pub/packet-drivers/drivers.zip(PCethernet) 128.174.5.50 uxc.cso.uiuc.edu pub/crack-4.1.tar.Z (passwd checking program) 128.174.5.59 ux1.cso.uiuc.edu doc/pcnet/compression (list of compression) 128.250.77.2 ftp.ee.mu.oz.au pub/text/... (Rocket Roger, Toxic Custard) 128.252.135.4 wuarchive.wustl.edu mirrors/msdos/graphics/gif2jpg5.zip (PC gif/jpeg graphic converter) mirrors/msdos/modem/uwpc201.zip (run multiple remote unix shells from PC) mirrors/msdos/zoo/zoo210.exe (latest zoo compression program) mirrors/msdos/graphics/frail611.zip (fractal generating program) mirrors/msdos/sound/remac.zip playbwc.zip playmac.zip (play mac sounds on PC) mirrors/msdos/compress/comp430d.zip ([un]compress .Z files on PC) mirrors/msdos/filutl/pdtar.arc ([un]tar .tar files on PC) mirrors/msdos/txtutl/qt201.zip (PC fortune cookie program) mail customer-support@borland.com (price lists, maintenance upgrades, &c) === Free Software Foundation 18.71.0.38 gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu message: send info === League for Programming Freedom 18.71.0.38 prep.ai.mit.edu pub/lpf Library stuff ============= === Library of Congress cataloging records (3,000,000 records) 192.65.218.43 dra.com telnet (eg: t=Dr. Fegg to find identity of Uncle Bert) === CARL Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (access to library databases) 192.54.81.128 pac.carl.org === Melvyl (access to library databases) 31.1.0.1 melvyl.ucop.edu telnet 31.1.0.11 next.stanford.edu telnet === bibliography database (find journals) 128.2.232.60 cmulibrary.andrew.cmu.edu telnet === library software 129.100.2.13ydra.uwo.ca libsoft/ === library catalogs (Internet Accessible Library Catalogs & Databases) 130.157.2.3 vax.sonoma.edu login: LIBS (FLASH! a searchable online catalog) 192.102.249.3 nic.cerf.net cerfnet/cerfnet_info/internet-catalogs-mm-yy (get) 128.101.4.33 ariel.umn.edu library/internet.library === online libraries & online bibliographic databases (billy@unt.edu) 129.120.1.1 ftp.unt.edu library/libraries.{txt|ps|wp5|adr|contacts} (get) 128.48.108.25 dla.ucop.edu pub/internet/libcat-guide (Internet library guide) 128.104.198.20 nls.adp.wisc.edu telnet (Network Library System - NLS) 144.13.12.1 lib.uwstout.edu (Readers Guide to periodical literature) 152.2.22.80 bbs.oit.unc.edu login: bbs (access nationwide libraries, UNC) === Law 137.113.10.35 liberty.uc.wlu.edu login: lawlib pub/lawlib (law library) 129.78.136.1 sulaw.law.su.oz.au pub/law Handheld Computers ================== === palmtop sites (Usenet: comp.sys.palmtops faq: sokay@mitre.org) 18.62.0.6 eddie.mit.edu distrib/hp95lx/... (HP 95) 128.32.183.94 math.berkeley.edu (sharp wizard) 128.101.101.103 mail.unet.umn.edu pub/fin (freyja memutil HP calc database 95) 129.89.7.4 csd4.csd.uwm.edu pub/Psion (Poqet Psion II OPL) 131.254.254.2 ftp.irisa.fr (out of circulation) (HP 95) 141.211.164.8 atari.archive.umich.edu usenet:comp.sys.atari.st (PortFolio) 146.169.7.4 src.doc.ic.ac.uk public/packages/psion (Psion) mail agserv@ukmug.uk.mugnet.org message: send {help|index|newsletter} (AgendA) 0271-24458 AgendA BBS (AgendA) === handheld sites (can also telnet hpcvbbs login: new) 15.255.240.16 hpcsos.col.hp.com pub/ 15.255.72.15 hpcvaaz.cv.hp.com pub/ 15.255.72.16 hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com pub/readme login: newuser 36.14.0.43 calvin.stanford.edu new_uploads/ 128.109.221.20 sec.uncwil.edu (start here for HP48 stuff - Waynes Mail Server) 128.214.6.100 nic.funet.fi pub/archive/comp.sources.hp48/index 129.174.1.8 gmuvax2.gmu.edu /new/hp48sx 129.186.99.31 telnet DIAL: me\16125 (Iowa State) 131.188.34.43 faui43.informatik.uni-erlangen.de hp28/ 134.129.111.64 plains.nodak.edu pub/hpcalc/hp28comp.sys.handhelds, hp-28 () 487-6947 HP BBS Edmonton (414) 362-2020 9600n81 Milwaukee HP48BBS (416) 968-6633 2400n81 Raiders of Lost Arg john.ricciuti@can.rem.com(48/28/95) (517) 886-0836 2400n81 Dan's BBS Extravaganza dunham@cl-next4.cl.msu.edu Notes (which is how to use (this section (this file (the internet)))) =============================================================== === general format of entries 111.222.333.444 machine.site.domain {port} login: login_name (telnet) 111.222.333.444 machine.site.domain directory/files_of_interest (ftp) mail server@site message: commands (mail) 111.222.333.444 server@site (server@site.Bitnet) message: commands (mail) (server@site.Bitnet) means, from Bitnet, mail to server@site 111.222.333.444 finger person@machine.site.domain (finger) (area code) phone number settings BBS_name (dial-up BBS) 111.222.333.444 is the IP number (Internet Protocol) machine.site.domain is the DNS name corresponding to the IP number {port} is a port number, where required, for telnet access (see below) === telnet telnet allows you to log in to a remote machine as if you are connected to a directly attached terminal. Allows realtime interactive sessions, browsing through information, not usually file transfers unless kermit or some such is enabled. >From your terminal prompt type: telnet machine.site.domain {port} At the login prompt put login_name (it is not given if none is required): login: login_name Some sites must be logged in from an actual Internet node rather than something connected to one (like a PC connected with a SLIP link to a node). telneting a port: (site name instead of IP# can be used) telnet 128.235.1.10 2000 telnet 128.235.1.10..2000 telnet 128.235.1.10::2000 telnet 128.235.1.10/port=2000 === ftp ftp allows you to logon to a remote site and list and get (and put) files. ftp machine.site.domain (or ftp IP# if ftp'ing the sitename isn't working) login: anonymous (anonymous is usual public access name) password: your_email_address (not required but preferred, for statistics) cd directory (usually pub/) cd sub_directory (often self descriptive) get README |more (more's README to your screen without actually getting file) type binary (see below) get file_of_interest (download file_of_interest) To switch to binary mode for file transfers type at the ftp prompt: bi (shortcut) binary (often works) type binary (usually works) set file type binary (kermit format, sometimes works) tenex (if remote host is vax) Success is indicated by a message saying: set to type I or some such. During file transfer the mode (ascii, binary...) is usually indicated. Some ftp sites perform automatic switching between modes. === remote ftp - Bitftp (available from Bitnet only) Mail the following ftp script file to Bitftp@PUCC (bitnet) or Bitftp@PUCC.Princeton.edu (Internet): help (to get the bitftp help file) ftp site.domain uuencode user anonymous (eg. binary, ls, get file_name) quit === remote ftp - DECwrl Mail the following ftp script file to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com: connect machine.site.domain (defaults to decwrl.dec.com) get README.ftp (the help file @decwrl.dec.com) (eg. chdir , binary, ls, get file_name) quit === mail mailerver@machine.site.domain site means send a mail message to that site with the message indicated on the first line, put each option on a new line (subject: don't care, unless indicated). They usually take only a few minutes to respond, and if you err they'll send messages explaining the problem, so you can `chat' to them. mail machine.site.domain ~Subject: don't care (usually not read, or read as if it's part of the message) help (usual for getting general help for that site) send file (get the file; generic files are help & index) quit (sometimes used to end a mail transaction) === finger finger person@machine.site.domain displays a file (hopefully of some useful information) that person has made available. === Usenet usenet:newsgroup indicates the newsgroup readable on usenet news. Usenet is the global news service that runs on many internet and other sites. Mail is posted by you and me to specific newsgroups, and is read everywhere in the world where that newsgroup is fed.e news.announce.newusers for a list of all the newsgroups. On unix boxes newsreaders are invoked with a command like nn (No News), rn (read news), trn (threaded read news), or other such incantations. On other systems, who knows? Many folks can't access news directly, but can get on mailing lists often provided for this contingency. Get the list of lists to see the mailing groups, and be aware of bitftp (bitnet users) or decwrl (others) if you can't ftp directly (see both above). === Glossary .gif gif (graphic interchange format) are encoded pictures .ps postscript file preformatted for postscript printers and viewable on all platforms with various viewers. .tar unix tape archive format. To tar files on a PC get pdtar.zip from wustl (see under random files above). To tar a bunch of file into file.tar: tar cvf file.tar file1 file2 file3 ... to untar the files: tar xvf file.tar (tvf instead of xvf to just see the contents) .tar.Z On unix, filenames may contain numerous extensions. uncompress file.tar.Z to generate file.tar, then untar file.tar to get the contents. .Z unix compression. To compress on a PC get comp430d.zip from wustl. To compress a file type: compress file (generates file.Z) To uncompress a file.Z type: uncompress file.Z (regenerates file) .* wildcard, means .whatever {options}: nixpub.{short|long} means nixpub.short or nixpub.long === Feedback This compendium has been growing over a few years of internet travelling, and represents the minimum amount of information of the happy net wanderer. It consists of sites of interest to me (which is why there is a section on handheld computers), and hence includes sites of direct relevance to exploring the net. I have tried all sites listed, but some not so recently. I also highly recommend getting Scott Yanoff's internet services list (see above under Internet (Resource) Guides). Another file I have been culturing for some years is Gateways, Keys to the Matrix, (above) which is a good adjunct to this file. Also see John Chew's internetworking guide (above). Sites do change their contents, services, and locations. I welcome any additions, corrections, deletions, reorganizations, and suggestions @: jeremy@atlantis.cs.orst.edu Jeremy |-) Smith February 28, 1993 .