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RED CIENTIFICA PERUANA                                                 NOTIRED
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I would like to announce that Unit 1 of the Network Training
Pack is now available online for retrieval by anonymous ftp.
This unit, provides an introductory overview of networking
for use in stand-up training and a hands-on workshop.  It is
pitched at the level of novice, but computer-literate,
network users.

The Network Training Pack is being produced by the
NISP/ITTI Network Training Materials Project at Newcastle
University Computing Service.  It is intended to assist
network trainers in the UK academic community in training
users to use the services on JANET and the worldwide
networks. The material is being produced in stages over the
next ten months and is available free for non-commercial
use, provided the copyright is acknowledged. It is expected
that trainers will tailor the material to suit their local
requirements and conditions.

Unit 1 includes a presentation (produced with Microsoft
Powerpoint) comprising 'slides' and speaker's notes, notes on
demonstrations to show with the presentation plus
associated sample files, two sets of exercises to use in a
follow-up hands-on workshop, and text for a handout sheet
to give out after the presentation.

Access details are as follows:
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Ftp to:

   Host:  tuda.ncl.ac.uk  (128.240.2.1)
   Path:  /pub/network-training

   Login:  anonymous
   Password: <your e-mail address>

(The computer you are using must have a valid IP number
registered in the DNS in order to be able to ftp from tuda.)

The directory, /network-training, has been set up, not only as
a repository for the Network Training Pack, but also to house
other network training and training-related material, such
as future adaptations of parts of the Training Pack for
specific circumstances, sample files for use in hands-on
exercises, freely distributable software used in network
training.  All of the material in the Training Pack itself will
be located under the subdirectory:

      /pub/network-training /trainpack

All of Unit 1 of the Training Pack is located in:

      /pub/network-training/trainpack/unit1

Complementary material includes the Powerpoint Viewer
application for both PC and Apple Mac platforms, and notes
on using the Viewer. These are in:

      /pub/network-training/software.

Please read the readme files.  They give information on the
arrangement, naming, content, etc. of files.

Where appropriate, word-processed documents are made
available in Word, RTF and plain text.  All material, except
for platform specific software, should be usable on both PC
and Apple Mac.

To assist in selecting material for file transfer, a full
listing of /pub/network-training and its subdirectories is
given in the e-mail message with subject 'List of network-
training files'.

For those who do not have ftp directly from their sites,
refer to the message with subject 'Transfer with no ftp'.
Others can delete this message.

Please address any follow-up enquiries to me.

    Margaret Isaacs
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   Margaret Isaacs
   NISP/ITTI Network Training Materials Project
   Computing Service
   University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
   Newcastle-upon-Tyne  NE1 7RU

   E-mail: Margaret.Isaacs@uk.ac.ncl
   Phone: (091) 222 8069
   Fax: (091) 222 8765

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