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... Access to the Internet ...
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A frequently asked question concerns how the average mortal gets
access to the Internet. The most common way is via electronic mail.
Using e-mail, it is possible to communicate with anyone on the
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... electronic mail.
Using e-mail, it is possible to communicate with anyone on the
Internet and on any other networks as well, and there are many
"gateways ...
... networks as well, and there are many
"gateways" to the Internet from other networks and systems. For
instance using CompuServe, a large commercial electronic information
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A direct connection to the Internet provides some additional
capabilities that e-mail cannot. One of these is the ability to
establish a connection ...
... capabilities that e-mail cannot. One of these is the ability to
establish a connection to a remote computer connected to the Internet
from your own personal computer or from one connected to the
Internet ...
... Internet
from your own personal computer or from one connected to the
Internet. The program that establishes this connection is called
Telnet ...
... Telnet. Many universities and large research companies have Internet
connections. They pay rather large fees to have these high speed
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... associated with a large university or company you already may have
access or can gain access to the Internet using one of their
computers.
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A direct connection to the Internet also allows you to transfer a
file from a remote computer. This program is referred to as FTP
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If you do not have access to a service connected to Internet, you can
get access for a fee. The following companies provide Internet
access ...
... Internet, you can
get access for a fee. The following companies provide Internet
access to individuals or companies at various rates depending on the
time of access, speed of access desired, and several other factors.
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The first method to gain access to the Internet is by getting an
account on a public access bulletin board system that is connected to
the Internet ...
... Internet is by getting an
account on a public access bulletin board system that is connected to
the Internet. There are a growing number of such systems available.
For information on some of these systems, send electronic mail to:
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A second method to gain access to the Internet is by getting an
account with a network service provider who offers a dial-in ...
... dial-in service.
See the "How do I get connected to the Internet?" section for more
information.
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... How do I get connected to the Internet? ...
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Traditionally, connections to the Internet were dedicated
connections. This is still the most common type of connection ...
... dial-in service is usually provided as a way for Internet-connected
users to connect back to their home sites from remote locations. But
most service providers ...
... service providers do not limit their service to this audience,
it is open to people not already on the Internet. The dial-in
service ...
... which permits you to use Telnet to connect to other sites on the
Internet. This service differs from the normal dialup IP services ...
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The following is a list of known Internet service providers, along
with the services they offer, an e-mail address ...
... Please note, although this is a Frequently asked Question, this
newsgroup, alt.bbs.internet, is NOT for the discussion of how to get
connected to the Internet ...
... internet, is NOT for the discussion of how to get
connected to the Internet. This is the correct newsgroup to discuss
your bulletin board system and what it offers once you are connected
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... newsgroup to discuss
your bulletin board system and what it offers once you are connected
to the Internet.
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The above excerpt is from a frequently asked questions Usenet posting
to alt.bbs.internet and crossposted to news.answers. The
news.answers newsgroup is a very good group ...
... Further investigation in the above groups yields a great deal of
information about techniques and rates to access the Internet. Of
course one common question is about getting free access. As
mentioned before if you are associated with a university, a large
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... Telnet to Holonet below to get an idea of how it
works. This is not an endorsement of this system but it does give
you a good idea how this type of access to an Internet BBS works.
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... Holonet (Commercial access to Internet) ...
... Internet Resource Guide (document) ...
... Choose Item 3 (Information Databases).
Choose Item 65 (Internet Resource Guide).
You can then browse or do a keyword search.
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... Network Managers
RFC-1325(-> 1594(-> 2664fyi4)) - Answers to Commonly Asked "New Internet User"
Questions
RFC-1207fyi7 ...
... Questions
RFC-1207fyi7 - Answers to Commonly Asked "Experienced Internet User"
Questions
RFC-1208 ...
... 1208 - Networking Glossary of Terms
RFC-1359fyi16 - Connecting to the Internet
RFC-1392(-> 1983fyi18) - Internet ...
... Internet
RFC-1392(-> 1983fyi18) - Internet Users' Glossary
RFC-1402fyi10 - Gold in the Network ...
... This is a Macintosh HyperCard 2.0 stack that does a nice job of
describing some of the functions of the Internet. It has a
section that you can modify for your own institution's needs.
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... get Internet-Tour-README
get Internet-Tour.sit.hqx
Note this is a stuffed and binhexed file. You must have the
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... Internet Resource Directory ...
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A group of teachers compiled a Internet Resource Directory that
would be of specific interest to teachers. It is available in
four parts:
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... (yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu) routinely posts lists to newsgroups
alt.bbs.internet, news.lists, alt.bbs.ads, and biz.comp.services.
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... version 2) in book format. The
first version has some very good information on the Internet and
is designed for the beginning user.
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... Macintoshes,
and PCs. It is designed to help you reach all of the Internet-
accessible libraries, freenets, CWISes, library BBSs, and other
information sites by Telnet ...
... network, far too many
to list here. Several documents listInternet-accessible libraries
including two major ones: Internet-Accessible Library Catalogs and
Databases, coauthored by Dr. Art St. George of the University of New
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... Databases, coauthored by Dr. Art St. George of the University of New
Mexico (stgeorge@bootes.unm.edu [Internet] or stgeorge@unmb [BITNET])
and Dr. Ron Larsen of the University of Maryland; and UNT's Accessing
On-Line ...
... NASA Science Internet Network Information Center (NIC-NSI) ...
... Pone (202) 357-7555, FAX (202) 357-7745, TDD (202) 357-7492 or via
e-mail to stis@nsf.gov (Internet), or stis@nsf (BITNET).
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... query
system for access to information databases on the Internet. It is
a client server model with clients ...
... Gopher is a client server system that accesses information on the
Internet. Clients exist for Macintoshes, PCs ...
... address to use to access the gateway. For instance, if you want
to send a message from the Internet to someone on CompuServe, you
address it to 12345.1234@compuserve.com, where the 12345.1234 is
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Zen and the art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide, Second
Editon, by Brendan Kehoe, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-010778-6.
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... Internet ...
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The ability to transfer a file from a remote computer connected
to the Internet without having an account on the remote computer.
The program that performs the file transfer is normal FTP ...
... connect to a remote computer offering anonymous FTP, you can use
the following commands from a computer connected to the Internet.
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FTP Internet computer name
When prompted for a userid, type anonymous
When prompted for a password ...
... The ability to establish a connection to a remote computer
connected to the Internet network. Two types of programs are used
to do this. One, usually called Telnet, establishes a VT100 ...
... does not normally link to military or government institutions as
does the Internet. To subscribe to a listserv, you usually send
mail to the machine that has the mailing list ...
... and many many others. Normally you gain access through a computer
that has lots of disk space and is connected directly to the
Internet. You can read many of the newgroups from the Cleveland
Freenet (section 8.1) or from commercial providors of Intenet
access; for example, Holonet (section 1.7).
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I used a DEC5500 system running Ultrix to check most of these
sources. Most of the information is oriented toward Internet, since
it has remote login (Telnet ...