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#! rnews
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 08:00:07 GMT
Message-ID: <CyDI86.1r1@deshaw.com>
From: netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
Subject: Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette
Newsgroups: newsbase.announce.newusers
Reply-To: brad@clarinet.com
Followup-To: news.newusers.questions
Approved: netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
Lines: 405
Original-author: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton)
Archive-name: emily-postnews/part1
Last-change: 26 Oct 1994 by netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
Changes-posted-to: news.misc,news.answers
**NOTE: this is intended to be satirical. If you do not recognize
it as such, consult a doctor or professional comedian. The
recommendations in this article should recognized for what
they are -- admonitions about what NOT to do.
"Dear Emily Postnews"
Emily Postnews, foremost authority on proper net behaviour,
gives her advice on how to act on the net.
============================================================================
Q: Dear Miss Postnews: How long should my signature be? -- verbose@noisy
A: Dear Verbose: Please try and make your signature as long as you
can. It's much more important than your article, of course, so try
to have more lines of signature than actual text.
Try to include a large graphic made of ASCII characters, plus lots of
cute quotes and slogans. People will never tire of reading these
pearls of wisdom again and again, and you will soon become personally
associated with the joy each reader feels at seeing yet another
delightful repeat of your signature.
Be sure as well to include a complete map of Usenet with each
signature, to show how anybody can get mail to you from any site in
the world. Be sure to include Internet gateways as well. Also tell
people on your own site how to mail to you. Give independent
addresses for Internet, UUCP, and BITNET, even if they're all the
same.
Aside from your reply address, include your full name, company and
organization. It's just common courtesy -- after all, in some
newsreaders people have to type an *entire* keystroke to go back to
the top of your article to see this information in the header.
By all means include your phone number and street address in every
single article. People are always responding to Usenet articles with
phone calls and letters. It would be silly to go to the extra trouble
of including this information only in articles that need a response by
conventional channels!
------
Q: Dear Emily: Today I posted an article and forgot to include my
signature. What should I do? -- forgetful@myvax
A: Dear Forgetful: Rush to your terminal right away and post an
article that says, "Oops, I forgot to post my signature with that last
article. Here it is."
Since most people will have forgotten your earlier article,
(particularly since it dared to be so boring as to not have a nice,
juicy signature) this will remind them of it. Besides, people care
much more about the signature anyway. See the previous letter for
more important details.
Also, be sure to include your signature TWICE in each article. That
way you're sure people will read it.
------
Q: Dear Ms. Postnews: I couldn't get mail through to somebody on another
site. What should I do? -- eager@beaver.dam
A: Dear Eager: No problem, just post your message to a group that a
lot of people read. Say, "This is for John Smith. I couldn't get
mail through so I'm posting it. All others please ignore."
This way tens of thousands of people will spend a few seconds scanning
over and ignoring your article, using up over 16 man-hours their
collective time, but you will be saved the terrible trouble of
checking through Usenet maps or looking for alternate routes. Just
think, if you couldn't distribute your message to 30,000 other
computers, you might actually have to (gasp) call directory assistance
for 60 cents, or even phone the person. This can cost as much as a
few DOLLARS (!) for a 5 minute call!
And certainly it's better to spend 10 to 20 dollars of other people's
money distributing the message then for you to have to waste $9 on an
overnight letter, or even 29 cents on a stamp!
Don't forget. The world will end if your message doesn't get through,
so post it as many places as you can.
------
Q: What about a test message?
A: It is important, when testing, to test the entire net. Never test
merely a subnet distribution when the whole net can be done. Also put
"please ignore" on your test messages, since we all know that
everybody always skips a message with a line like that. Don't use a
subject like "My sex is female but I demand to be addressed as male."
because such articles are read in depth by all USEnauts.
------
Q: Somebody just posted that Roman Polanski directed Star Wars. What
should I do? - smartaleck@some.site
A: Post the correct answer at once! We can't have people go on
believing that! Very good of you to spot this. You'll probably be
the only one to make the correction, so post as soon as you can. No
time to lose, so certainly don't wait a day, or check to see if
somebody else has made the correction.
And it's not good enough to send the message by mail. Since you're
the only one who really knows that it was Francis Coppola, you have to
inform the whole net right away!
Using the most confrontational and impolite language you can, don't
forget to point out the folly of the error made by the person.
------
Q: I read an article that said, "reply by mail, I'll summarize." What
should I do?
A: Post your response to the whole net. That request applies only to
dumb people who don't have something interesting to say. Your
postings are much more worthwhile than other people's, so it would be
a waste to reply by mail.
------
Q: I collected replies to an article I wrote, and now it's time to
summarize. What should I do?
A: Simply concatenate all the articles together into a big file and
post that. On Usenet, this is known as a summary. It lets people
read all the replies without annoying newsreaders getting in the way.
Do the same when summarizing a vote.
------
Q: I saw a long article that I wish to rebut carefully, what should I
do?
A: Include the entire text with your article, particularly the
signature, and include your comments closely packed between the lines.
Be sure to post, and not mail, even though your article looks like a
reply to the original. Everybody *loves* to read those long
point-by-point debates, especially when they evolve into name-calling
and lots of "Is too!" -- "Is not!" -- "Is too, twizot!" exchanges.
Be sure to follow-up everything, and never let another person get in
the last word on a net debate. Why, if people let other people have
the last word, then discussions would actually stop! Remember, other
net readers aren't nearly as clever as you, and if somebody posts
something wrong, the readers can't possibly realize that on their own
without your elucidations. If somebody gets insulting in their net
postings, the best response is to get right down to their level and
fire a return salvo. When I read one net person make an insulting
attack on another, I always immediately take it as gospel unless a
rebuttal is posted. It never makes me think less of the insulter, so
it's your duty to respond.
------
Q: How can I choose what groups to post in?
A: Pick as many as you can, so that you get the widest audience.
After all, the net exists to give you an audience. Ignore those who
suggest you should only use groups where you think the article is
highly appropriate. Pick all groups where anybody might even be
slightly interested.
Always make sure followups go to all the groups. In the rare event
that you post a followup which contains something original, make sure
you expand the list of groups. Never include a "Followup-to:" line in
the header, since some people might miss part of the valuable
discussion in the fringe groups.
------
Q: How about an example?
A: Ok. Let's say you want to report that Gretzky has been traded from
the Oilers to the Kings. Now right away you might think
rec.sport.hockey would be enough. WRONG. Many more people might be
interested. This is a big trade! Since it's a NEWS article, it
belongs in the news.* hierarchy as well. If you are a news admin, or
there is one on your machine, try news.admin. If not, use news.misc.
The Oilers are probably interested in geology, so try sci.geo.fluids.
He is a big star, so post to sci.astro, and sci.space because they are
also interested in stars. And of course comp.dcom.telecom because he
was born in the birthplace of the telephone. And because he's
Canadian, post to soc.culture.Ontario.southwestern. But that group
doesn't exist, so cross-post to news.groups suggesting it should be
created. With this many groups of interest, your article will be
quite bizarre, so post to talk.bizarre as well. (And post to
comp.std.mumps, since they hardly get any articles there, and a "comp"
group will propagate your article further.)
You may also find it is more fun to post the article once in each
group. If you list all the newsgroups in the same article, some
newsreaders will only show the the article to the reader once! Don't
tolerate this.
------
Q: How do I create a newsgroup?
A: The easiest way goes something like "inews -C newgroup ....", and
while that will stir up lots of conversation about your new newsgroup,
it might not be enough.
First post a message in news.groups describing the group. This is a
"call for discussion." (If you see a call for discussion, immediately
post a one line message saying that you like or dislike the group.)
When proposing the group, pick a name with a TLA (three-letter
acronym) that will be understood only by "in" readers of the group.
After the call for discussion, post the call for flames, followed by a
call for arguments about the name and a call for run-on puns.
Eventually make a call for "votes." Usenet is a democracy, so voters
can now all post their votes to ensure they get to all 30,000 machines
instead of just the person counting. Every few days post a long
summary of all the votes so that people can complain about bad mailers
and double votes. It means you'll be more popular and get lots of
mail. At the end of 21 days you can post the vote results so that
people can argue about all the technical violations of the guidelines
you made. Blame them on the moderator-of-the-week for
news.announce.newgroups. Then your group might be created.
To liven up discussion, choose a good cross-match for your hierarchy
and group. For example, comp.race.formula1 or soc.vlsi.design would
be good group names. If you want your group created quickly, include
an interesting word like "sex" or "activism." To avoid limiting
discussion, make the name as broad as possible, and don't forget that
TLA.
If possible, count votes from a leaf site with a once-a-week polled
connection to botswanavax. Schedule the vote during your relay site's
head crash if possible.
Under no circumstances use the trial group method, because it
eliminates the discussion, flame, pun, voting and guideline-violation
accusation phases, thus taking all the fun out of it. To create an
ALT group, simply issue the creation command. Then issue an rmgroup
and some more newgroup messages to save other netters the trouble of
doing that part.
------
Q: I cant spell worth a dam. I hope your going too tell me what to
do?
A: Don't worry about how your articles look. Remember it's the
message that counts, not the way it's presented. Ignore the fact that
sloppy spelling in a purely written forum sends out the same silent
messages that soiled clothing would when addressing an audience.
------
Q: How should I pick a subject for my articles?
A: Keep it short and meaningless. That way people will be forced to
actually read your article to find out what's in it. This means a
bigger audience for you, and we all know that's what the net is for.
If you do a followup, be sure and keep the same subject, even if it's
totally meaningless and not part of the same discussion. If you
don't, you won't catch all the people who are looking for stuff on the
original topic, and that means less audience for you.
------
Q: What sort of tone should I take in my article?
A: Be as outrageous as possible. If you don't say outlandish things,
and fill your article with libelous insults of net people, you may not
stick out enough in the flood of articles to get a response. The more
insane your posting looks, the more likely it is that you'll get lots
of followups. The net is here, after all, so that you can get lots of
attention.
If your article is polite, reasoned and to the point, you may only get
mailed replies. Yuck!
------
Q: The posting software suggested I had too long a signature and too
many lines of included text in my article. What's the best course?
A: Such restrictions were put in the software for no reason at all, so
don't even try to figure out why they might apply to your article.
Turns out most people search the net to find nice articles that
consist of the complete text of an earlier article plus a few lines.
In order to help these people, fill your article with dummy original
lines to get past the restrictions. Everybody will thank you for it.
For your signature, I know it's tough, but you will have to read it in
with the editor. Do this twice to make sure it's firmly in there. By
the way, to show your support for the free distribution of
information, be sure to include a copyright message forbidding
transmission of your article to sites whose Usenet politics you don't
like.
Also, if you do have a lot of free time and want to trim down the text
in your article, be sure to delete some of the attribution lines so
that it looks like the original author of -- say -- a plea for world
peace actually wrote the followup calling for the nuking of Bermuda.
------
Q: They just announced on the radio that the United States has invaded
Iraq. Should I post?
A: Of course. The net can reach people in as few as 3 to 5 days.
It's the perfect way to inform people about such news events long
after the broadcast networks have covered them. As you are probably
the only person to have heard the news on the radio, be sure to post
as soon as you can.
------
Q: I have this great joke. You see, these three strings walk into a
bar...
A: Oh dear. Don't spoil it for me. Submit it to rec.humor, and post
it to the moderator of rec.humor.funny at the same time. I'm sure
he's never seen that joke.
------
Q: What computer should I buy? An Atari ST or an Amiga?
A: Cross post that question to the Atari and Amiga groups. It's an
interesting and novel question that I am sure they would love to
investigate in those groups. In fact, post your question at once,
to as many technical groups as you can think of, concluding your
request with the line "Please reply by mail, as I do not follow this
group." (No one will find such a statement impertinent; remember,
the net is a resource to help you.)
There is no need to read the groups in advance or examine the
"frequently asked question" lists to see if the topic has already
been dealt with. Any such warnings are for people without your
innate sense of netiquette, and whose uninspired questions are bound
to be repetitive. Your question is sure to be unique; no point
checking the list to see if the answer might be there already. How
could it be, when you only just thought of the question?
------
Q: What about other important questions? How should I know when to
post?
A: Always post them. It would be a big waste of your time to find a
knowledgeable user in one of the groups and ask through private mail
if the topic has already come up. Much easier to bother thousands of
people with the same question.
------
Q: Somebody just posted a query to the net, and I want to get the
answer too. What should I do?
A: Immediately post a following, including the complete text of the
query. At the bottom add, "Me too!" If somebody else has done this,
follow up their article and add "Me three," or whatever number is
appropriate. Don't forget your full signature. After all, if you
just mail the original poster and ask for a copy of the answers, you
will simply clutter the poster's mailbox, and save people who do
answer the question the joyful duty of noting all the "me (n)s" and
sending off all the multiple copies.
------
Q: What is the measure of a worthwhile group?
A: Why, it's Volume, Volume, Volume. Any group that has lots of noise
in it must be good. Remember, the higher the volume of material in a
group, the higher percentage of useful, factual and insightful
articles you will find. In fact, if a group can't demonstrate a high
enough volume, it should be deleted from the net.
------
Q: Emily, I'm having a serious disagreement with somebody on the net.
I tried complaints to his sysadmin, organizing mail campaigns, called
for his removal from the net and phoning his employer to get him
fired. Everybody laughed at me. What can I do?
A: Go to the daily papers. Most modern reporters are top-notch
computer experts who will understand the net, and your problems,
perfectly. They will print careful, reasoned stories without any
errors at all, and surely represent the situation properly to the
public. The public will also all act wisely, as they are also fully
cognizant of the subtle nature of net society.
Papers never sensationalize or distort, so be sure to point out things
like racism and sexism wherever they might exist. Be sure as well
that they understand that all things on the net, particularly insults,
are meant literally. Link what transpires on the net to the causes of
the Holocaust, if possible. If regular papers won't take the story,
go to a tabloid paper -- they are always interested in good stories.
By arranging all this free publicity for the net, you'll become very
well known. People on the net will wait in eager anticipation for
your every posting, and refer to you constantly. You'll get more mail
than you ever dreamed possible -- the ultimate in net success.
------
Q: What does foobar stand for?
A: It stands for you, dear.
---
Christian_Paulus <chris@yoda.fdn.org> has a french translation of
''Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette''.
This translation (posted in fr.news.misc and fdn.misc monthly) is available at:
ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/FDN/Doc/Emily-Postnews-repond-a-vos-questions
or on the World Wide Web:
http://www.fdn.fr/fdn/doc-misc/Emily-Postnews.html
#! rnews
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 08:00:39 GMT
Expires: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 08:00:38 GMT
Message-ID: <CyDI92.1xn@deshaw.com>
From: netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
Subject: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet
Newsgroups: newsbase.announce.newusers
Followup-To: news.newusers.questions
Approved: netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
Lines: 863
Archive-name: usenet-faq/part1
Original-author: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
Last-change: 27 Oct 1994 by netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
Changes-posted-to: news.misc,news.answers
Frequently Submitted/Asked Items
This document discusses some questions and topics that occur
repeatedly on Usenet. They frequently are submitted by new users, and
result in many followups, sometimes swamping groups for weeks. The
purpose of this note is to head off these annoying events by answering
some questions and warning about the inevitable consequence of asking
others. If you don't like these answers, let the poster of thie
article know.
Note that some newsgroups have their own special "Frequent Questions &
Answers" posting. You should read a group for a while before posting
any questions, because the answers may already be present.
Comp.unix.questions and comp.unix.internals are examples -- Steve Hayman
regularly posts an article that answers common questions, including
some of the ones asked here.
This list is often referred to as FAQ -- the Frequently Asked
Questions. If you are a new user of the Usenet and don't find an
answer to your questions here, you can try asking in the
news.newusers.questions group. You might also read through other FAQ
lists, cross-posted to the news.answers group.
Contents
========
1. What does UNIX stand for?
2. What is the derivation of "foo" as a filler word?
3. Is a machine at "foo" on the net?
4. What does "rc" at the end of files like .newsrc mean?
5. What does :-) mean?
6. How do I decrypt jokes in rec.humor?
7. misc.misc or misc.wanted: Is John Doe out there anywhere?
8. sci.math: Proofs that 1=0.
9. rec.games.*: Where can I get the source for empire or rogue?
10. comp.unix.questions: How do I remove files with non-ascii
characters in their names?
11. comp.unix.internals: There is a bug in the way UNIX handles
protection for programs that run suid, or any other report of
bugs with standard software.
12. Volatile topics, e.g., soc.women: What do you think about abortion?
13. soc.singles: What do MOTOS, MOTSS, and MOTAS stand for?
What does LJBF mean?
14. soc.singles and elsewhere: What does HASA stand for?
15. sci.space.shuttle: Shouldn't this group be merged with sci.space?
16. How do I use the "Distribution" feature?
17. Why do some people put funny lines ("bug killers") at the beginning
of their articles?
18. What is the address or phone number of the "foo" company?
19. What is the origin of the name "grep"?
20. How do I get from BITNET to UUCP, Internet to BITNET, JANET etc. etc.?
21. Didn't some state once pass a law setting pi equal to 3 ?
22. Where can I get the necessary software to get a "smart"
mail system running on my machine that will take advantage
of the postings in comp.mail.maps? (E.g., pathalias, smail, etc.)
23. What is "food for the NSA line-eater"?
24. Does anyone know the {pinouts, schematics, switch settings,
what does jumper J3 do} for widget X?
25. What is "anonymous ftp"?
26. What is UUNET?
27. Isn't the posting mechanism broken? When I post an article to both
a moderated group and unmoderated groups, it gets mailed to the
moderator and not posted to the unmoderated groups.
28. comp.arch and elsewhere: What do FYI and IMHO mean?
29. Would someone repost {large software distribution}?
30. How do I contact the moderator of an Internet mailing list rather than
post to the entire list?
31. I see BTW (or "btw"), wrt and RTFM in postings. What do they mean?
32. Are there any restrictions on posting e-mail someone sends to me?
33. What's an FQDN?
34. How do you pronounce "char" in C, "ioctl" in UNIX, the character
"#", etc., etc.?
35. How do you pronounce "TeX"?
36. What is the last year of the 20th century A.D.?
37. I heard these stories about a dying child wanting
postcards/get-well cards/business cards to get in the Guinness Book
of World Records. Where can I post the address for people to help?
38. I just heard about a scheme the FCC has to implement a tax on
modems! Where can I post a message so everyone will hear about
this and do something to prevent it?
39. Is there a public access Unix system near me? How can I get
access to system for news and mail?
40. In rec.pets: My pet has suddenly developed the following symptoms
.... Is it serious? In sci.med: I have these symptoms .... Is it
serious?
41. I have this great idea to make money. Alternatively, wouldn't an
electronic chain letter be a nifty idea?
42. Where can I get archives of Usenet postings?
43. Is it possible to post messages to the Usenet via electronic mail?
44. Is it possible to read Usenet newsgroups via electronic mail?
45. How do I get the news software to include a signature with my
postings?
46. I'm on Bitnet -- can I connect to the net?
47. What is a "flame"?
48. What is a mail-server/listserv?
49. Should one write USENET or Usenet?
Questions and Answers
=====================
1. What does UNIX stand for?
It is not an acronym, but is a pun on "Multics". Multics is a
large operating system that was being developed shortly before
UNIX was created. Brian Kernighan is credited with the name.
2. What is the derivation of "foo" as a filler word?
The favorite story is that it comes from "fubar" which is an
acronym for "fouled up beyond all recognition", which is supposed
to be a military term. (Various forms of this exist, "fouled"
usually being replaced by a stronger word.) "Foo" and "Bar" have
the same derivation.
3. Is a machine at "foo" on the net?
These questions belong in news.config (if anywhere), but in fact
your best bet is usually to phone somebody at "foo" to find out.
If you don't know anybody at "foo" you can always try calling and
asking for the "comp center." Also, see the newsgroup
comp.mail.maps where maps of Usenet and the uucp network are posted
regularly. If you have access to telnet, connect to ds.internic.net
and try the "whois" command. (See also the answer to question
#7, below.)
4. What does "rc" at the end of files like .newsrc mean?
It is related to the phrase "run commands." It is used for any
file that contains startup information for a command. The use of
"rc" in startup files derives from the /etc/rc command file used
to start multi-user UNIX.
5. What does :-) mean?
This is the net convention for a "smiley face". It means that
something is being said in jest. If it doesn't look like a smiley
face to you, flop your head over to the left and look again.
Variants exist and mean related things; for instance, :-( is sad.
Collections of smileys are posted to various newsgroups from
time to time. One was posted to comp.sources.misc in v23i102.
6. How do I decrypt jokes in rec.humor?
The standard cypher used in rec.humor is called "rot13." Each
letter is replaced by the letter 13 farther along in the alphabet
(cycling around at the end). Most systems have a built-in
command to decrypt such articles; readnews and nn have the "D"
command, emacs/gnus has the "^C^R" combination, rn has the "X" or
"^X" commands, notes has "%" or "R", and VMS news has the
read/rot13 command. If your system doesn't have a program to
encrypt and decrypt these, you can quickly create a shell script
using "tr":
tr A-Za-z N-ZA-Mn-za-m
On some versions of UNIX, the "tr" command should be written as:
tr "[a-m][n-z][A-M][N-Z]" "[n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]"
7. misc.misc or misc.wanted: Is John Doe out there anywhere?
I suspect that these items are people looking for Freshman room-
mates that they haven't seen in ten years. If you have some idea
where the person is, you are usually better off calling the
organization. For example, if you call any Bell Labs location and
request John Doe's number they can give it to you even if he works
at a different location. If you must try the net, use newsgroup
soc.net-people *NOT* misc.misc or misc.wanted. Also, you can try
the "whois" command (see item #3). There is a periodic posting
in the news.newusers.questions and news.answers newsgroups that
gives information on other ways to locate people.
8. sci.math: Proofs that 1=0.
Almost everyone has seen one or more of these in high school.
They are almost always based on either division by 0, confusing
the positive and negative square roots of a number, or performing
some ill-defined operation.
9. rec.games.*: Where can I get the source for empire or rogue?
You can't get the source of rogue. The authors of the game, as is
their right, have chosen not to make the sources available.
However, several rogue-like games have been posted to the
comp.sources.games group and they are available in the archives.
You can obtain the source to a version of empire if you provide
a tape and SASE *plus* a photocopy of your UNIX source license.
To obtain further info, contact mcnc!rti-sel!polyof!john.
You can also call John at +1 516 454-5191 (9am-9pm EST only).
Sites with Internet access can ftp several versions of empire
from site ftp.ms.uky.edu in the directory pub/games/empire.
Also, please note that the wizards' passwords in games like these
are usually system-dependent and it does no good to ask the
net-at-large what they are.
10. comp.unix.questions: How do I remove files with non-ascii
characters in their names?
You can try to find a pattern that uniquely identifies the file.
This sometimes fails because a peculiarity of some shells is that
they strip off the highorder bit of characters in command lines.
Next, you can try an rm -i, or rm -r. Finally, you can mess around
with i-node numbers and "find".
Some Emacs editors allow you to directly edit a directory, and
this provides yet another way to remove a file with a funny name
(assuming you have Emacs and figure out how to use it!).
To remove a file named "-" from your directory, simply do:
rm ./-
11. comp.unix.internals: There is a bug in the way UNIX handles
protection for programs that run suid, or any other report of
bugs with standard software.
There are indeed problems with the treatment of protection in
setuid programs. When this is brought up, suggestions for changes
range from implementing a full capability list arrangement to new
kernel calls for allowing more control over when the effective id
is used and when the real id is used to control accesses. Sooner
or later you can expect this to be improved. For now you just
have to live with it.
Always discuss suspected bugs or problems with your site software
experts before you post to the net. It is likely that the bugs
have already been reported. They might also be local changes and
not something you need to describe to the whole Usenet.
12. Volatile topics, e.g., soc.women: What do you think about abortion?
Although abortion might appear to be an appropriate topic for
soc.women, more heat than light is generated when it is brought
up. All abortion-related discussion should take place in the
newsgroup talk.abortion. If your site administrators have chosen
not to receive this group, you should respect this and not post
articles about abortion at all.
This principle applies to other topics: religious upbringing of
children should be restricted to talk.religion.misc and kept out
of misc.kids. Similarly, rape discussions should be kept to
talk.rape and not in soc.singles, alt.sex and/or soc.women,
Zionism discussions should be kept to talk.politics.mideast and
not in soc.culture.jewish; likewise, evangelical and
proseletyzing discussions of Jesus or of religions other than
Judaism should go to newsgroups for the appropriate religion or
to talk.religion.misc or alt.messianic. Any attempts to
proselytize any religious view belongs in talk.religion.misc, if
they belong on the net at all. Discussions on the merits of
Affirmative Action and racial quotas belong in a talk.politics
subgroup or alt.discrimination, not in
soc.culture.african.american. Discussions about evolution vs.
creationism should be confined to the talk.origins group.
Usenet newsgroups are named for mostly historical reasons, and
are not intended to be fully general discussion groups for
everything about the named topic. Please accept this and post
articles in their appropriate forums.
13. soc.singles: What do MOTOS, MOTSS, MOTAS, and SO stand for?
What does LJBF mean?
Member of the opposite sex, member of the same sex, and member of
the appropriate sex, respectively. SO stands for "significant
other."
LJBF means "Let's just be friends." This phrase is often heard
when you least want it.
14. soc.singles and elsewhere: What does HASA stand for?
The acronym HASA originated with the Heathen and Atheistic SCUM
Alliance; the Hedonistic Asti-Spumante Alliance, Heroes Against
Spaghetti Altering, the Society for Creative Atheism (SCATHE),
SASA, SALSA, PASTA, and many others too numerous to mention all
followed. HASA started in (what is now) talk.religion.misc and
also turns up in soc.singles, talk.bizarre, et al. because members
post there too.
15. sci.space.shuttle: Shouldn't this group be merged with sci.space?
No. sci.space.shuttle is for timely news bulletins. sci.space is for
discussions.
16. How do I use the "Distribution" feature?
When your posting software (e.g., Pnews or postnews) prompts you
for a distribution, it's asking how widely distributed you want
your article. The set of possible replies is different,
depending on where you are, but at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New
Jersey, possibilities include (for example):
local local to this machine
mh Bell Labs, Murray Hill Branch
nj all sites in New Jersey
btl All Bell Labs machines
att All AT&T machines
usa Everywhere in the USA
na Everywhere in North America
world Everywhere on Usenet in the world
Many of the posting programs will provide a list of
distributions, if your site admin has kept the files up-to-date.
If you hit return, you'll get the default, which is usually
"world.". This default is often not appropriate -- PLEASE take a
moment to think about how far away people are likely to be
interested in what you have to say. Used car ads, housing wanted
ads, and things for sale other than specialized equipment like
computers certainly shouldn't be distributed to Europe and Korea,
or even to the next state.
It is generally not possible to post an article to a distribution
that your own machine does not receive. For instance, if you
live in Indiana, you can't post an article for distribution only
in New Jersey or Germany unless your site happens to exchange
those particular distributions with another site. Try mailing
the article to someone in the appropriate area and asking them to
post it for you.
If you cannot determine what distributions are valid for your
site, ask someone locally rather than posting a query to the
whole network!
17. Why do some people put funny lines ("bug killers") at the beginning
of their articles?
Some earlier versions (mid-80s) of news had a bug which would
drop the first 512 or 1024 bytes of text of certain articles.
The bug was triggered whenever the article started with
whitespace (a blank or a tab). A fix many people adopted was to
begin their articles with a line containing a character other
than white space. This gradually evolved into the habit of
including amusing first lines.
The original bug has since been fixed in newer version of news,
and sites running older versions of news have applied a patch to
prevent articles from losing text. The "bug-killer" lines are
therefore probably no longer needed, but they linger on.
18. What is the address or phone number of the "foo" company?
Try the white and yellow pages of your phone directory, first; a
sales representative will surely know, and if you're a potential
customer they will be who you're looking for. Phone books for
other cities are usually available in libraries of any size.
Whoever buys or recommends things for your company will probably
have some buyer's guides or national company directories. Call or
visit the reference desk of your library; they have several
company and organization directories and many will answer
questions like this over the phone. Remember if you only know
the city where the company is, you can telephone to find out
their full address or a dealer. Calls to 1-800-555-1212 will
reveal if the company has an "800" number you can call for
information. The network is NOT a free resource, although it may
look like that to some people. It is far better to spend a few
minutes of your own time researching an answer rather than
broadcast your laziness and/or ineptitude to the net.
19. What is the origin of the name "grep"?
The original UNIX text editor "ed" has a construct g/re/p,
where "re" stands for a regular expression, to Globally
search for matches to the Regular Expression and Print the
lines containing them. This was so often used that it was
packaged up into its own command, thus named "grep". According
to Dennis Ritchie, this is the true origin of the command.
20. How do I get from BITNET to UUCP, Internet to BITNET, JANET etc.?
There are so many networks and mail systems in use now, it would
take a book to describe all of them and how to send mail between
them. Luckily, there are a couple of excellent books that do
exactly that, and in a helpful, easy-to-use manner:
"!%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing & Networks"
by Donnalyn Frey and Rick Adams, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc,
2nd edition 1990.
"The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems
Worldwide" by John Quarterman, Digital Press, 1990.
Another excellent book to have on your bookshelf (to keep those
two company) is "The User's Directory of Computer Networks" edited
by Tracy LaQuey, Digital Press, 1990.
21. Didn't some state once pass a law setting pi equal to 3 ?
Indiana House Bill #246 was introduced on 18 January 1897, and
referred to the Committee on Canals "midst general cheerfulness."
The text states, "the ratio of the diameter and circumference is
as five-fourths to four", which makes pi 3.2 (not 3), but there
are internal contradictions in the bill as well as contradictions
with reality. The author was a mathematical crank. The bill was
passed by the state House on 5 February, but indefinitely tabled
by the state Senate, in part thanks to the fortuitous presence
on other business of a Purdue professor of mathematics.
For details, including an annotated text of the bill, read the
article by D. Singmaster in "The Mathematical Intelligencer" v7
#2, pp 69-72.
22. Where can I get the necessary software to get a "smart"
mail system running on my machine that will take advantage
of the postings in comp.mail.maps? (E.g., pathalias, smail, etc.)
There are a couple of packages available through the supporters of
the comp.sources.unix archives. If sites next to you don't have
what you want, contact your nearest comp.sources.unix archive, or
the moderator. Information on archive sites, and indices of
comp.sources.unix back issues are posted regularly in
comp.sources.unix and comp.sources.d.
23. What is "food for the NSA line-eater"?
This refers to the alleged scanning of all Usenet traffic by the
National Security Agency (and possibly other intelligence
organizations) for interesting keywords. The "food" is believed to
contain some of those keywords in the fond hope of overloading NSA's
poor computers. Other posters have taken up this practice, either
as an ambiguous form of political statement, or as an attempt at
humor. The bottom line is that excessive signatures in any form are
discouraged, the joke has worn stale amongst long-time net readers,
and there are specific newsgroups for the discussion of politics.
24. Does anyone know the {pinouts, schematics, switch settings,
what does jumper J3 do} for widget X?
These postings are almost always inappropriate unless the
manufacturer has gone out of business or no longer supports the
device. If neither of these is the case, you're likely to get a
better and faster response by simply telephoning the
manufacturer.
25. What is "anonymous ftp"?
"FTP" stands for File Transfer Protocol; on many systems, it's
also the name of a user-level program that implements that
protocol. This program allows a user to transfer files to and
from a remote network site, provided that network site is
reachable via the Internet or a similar facility. (Ftp is
also usable on many local-area networks.)
"Anonymous FTP" indicates that a user may log into the remote
system as user "anonymous" with an arbitrary password. A common
convention is that the user's email address is supplied as the
password, e.g. "yourname@yoursite". This is useful to those
sites that track ftp usage. Also note that most sites restrict
when transfers can be made, or at least suggest that large
transfers be made only during non-peak hours.
26. What is UUNET?
UUNET is a for-profit communications service designed to provide
access to Usenet news, mail, and various source archives at low
cost by obtaining volume discounts. Charges are calculated to
recover costs.
For more information send your US mail address to
info@uunet.uu.net (uunet!info).
27. Isn't the posting mechanism broken? When I post an article to both
a moderated group and unmoderated groups, it gets mailed to the
moderator and not posted to the unmoderated groups.
This is a question that is debated every few months. The answer
is "No, it was designed to work that way." The software is
designed so that the moderator can crosspost the article so it
appears in the regular groups as well as the moderated group, if
appropriate. If the article were to be posted immediately to the
unmoderated groups, the moderated group name would have to be
deleted from the header and you would lose the crossposting.
Whether or not this is correct behavior is a matter of opinion.
If you want your article to go out immediately to the unmoderated
groups, post it twice -- once to the unmoderated groups and once
to the moderated groups.
28. comp.arch and elsewhere: What do FYI and IMHO mean?
Those are abbreviations for common phrases. FYI is "For Your
Information" and IMHO is "In My Humble Opinion" or "In My
Honest Opinion." This is used sarcastically as often as not.
29. Would someone repost {large software distribution}?
This question should never be posted unless you are reporting a
widespread problem in article propagation. Lamentably, there ARE
occasional glitches in article transport. Large source or binary
postings, by their sheer size, are an inviting target.
If the problem is isolated, it is much better to take it upon
yourself to obtain the bad portions of the program than to ask
thousands of sites to spend thousands of dollars to needlessly
move several hundred kilobytes of code. There are archive sites
around the net that make most source/binary newsgroups available
via anonymous FTP and UUCP. If you get desperate, you can always
mail the author a blank disk or magnetic tape with provisions for
return postage.
30. How do I contact the moderator of an Internet mailing list rather than
post to the entire list?
To do this you should know that there are, by convention, two
mailing addresses for every mailing list (except where noted by
the List of Lists):
list-request@host (e.g. xpert-request@x.org)
list@host (e.g. xpert@x.org)
When you have something for everyone on the mailing list to read,
mail to the list@host address. HOWEVER, if you have an
administrative request to make (e.g. "please add me to this list",
"please remove me from this list", "where are the archives?",
"what is this mailer error I got from sending to this list?"), it
should be directed to the list-request@host address, which goes
only to the mailing list administrator.
It is considered to be in bad taste to send administrative
requests to the entire mailing list in question, and if (as is
often the case) the administrator does not read the mailing list
(i.e. he just takes care of the admin tasks for the list), he will
not see your request if you don't send it to the right address.
31. I see BTW (or "btw"), wrt and RTFM in postings. What do they mean?
BTW is shorthand for "by the way." WRT is "With respect to".
RTFM is generally used as an admonition and means "read the f*ing
manual" (choice of f-words varies according to reader). The
implication is that the answer to a query or complaint is easy to
find if one looks in the appropriate location FIRST. Most FAQ
postings (Frequently-Asked Questions) that answer these questions
may be found cross-posted in news.answers.
32. Are there any restrictions on posting e-mail someone sends to me?
At a minimum, it is only polite for you to contact the author of
the letter and secure her or his permission to post it to the net.
On a more serious note, it can be argued that posting someone's
e-mail to the net without their permission is a violation of
copyright law. Under that law, even though a letter was
addressed to you, it does not grant you the right to publish the
contents, as that is the work of the author and the author
retains copyright (even if no explicit copyright mark appears).
Basically, your letters are your intellectual property. If
someone publishes your letters they are violating your copyright.
This principle is well-founded in "paper media," and while
untested in electronic forums such as Usenet, the same would
probably apply if tested in court.
33. What's an FQDN?
A fully-qualified domain name. That is, a hostname containing
full, dotted qualification of its name up to the root of the
Internet domain naming system tree. Example: uiucuxc is the
single-word hostname (suitable for, e.g., UUCP transport
purposes) of the machine whose FQDN is uxc.cso.uiuc.edu.
34. How do you pronounce "char" in C, "ioctl" in UNIX, the character
"#", etc., etc.?
Opinions differ. Pick pronunciations close to what your
colleagues use. After all, they're the ones you need to
communicate with.
35. How do you pronounce "TeX"?
To quote Donald Knuth, the creator of TeX: "Insiders pronounce
the X of TeX as a Greek chi, not as an 'x', so that TeX rhymes
with the word blecchhh. It's the 'ch' sound in Scottish words
like loch or German words like ach; it's a Spanish 'j' and a
Russian 'kh'. When you say it correctly to your computer, the
terminal may become slightly moist." [The TeXbook, 1986, Addison
Wesley, page 1]
36. What is the last year of the 20th century A.D.?
The A.D. (Latin, Anno Domini, In the Year of Our Lord) system was
devised before "origin 0 counting" was invented. The year during
which Jesus was (incorrectly) assumed to have been born was
numbered 1. (The preceding year was 1 B.C.) So the 1st century
was 1 to 100, the 2nd was 101 to 200, the 20th is 1901 to 2000.
This is standard terminology no matter how much some of you may
dislike it. However, "a" century is any span of 100 years; so if
you want to celebrate the end of "the century", meaning the
1900's, on December 31, 1999, nobody will stop you. It just
isn't the end of the "20th century A.D.".
37. I heard these stories about a dying child wanting
postcards/get-well cards/business cards to get in the Guinness
Book of World Records. Where can I post the address for people to
help?
Post it to "junk," or better yet, don't post it at all. The
story of the little boy keeps popping up, even though his mother
and the agencies involved have been appealing for people to stop.
So many postcards were sent that the agencies involved in the
effort don't know what to do with them. The Guinness people have
recorded the boy, Craig Shergold, as the record holder in the
category. However, they will not accept claims for a new try at
the record. For confirmation, you can see page 24 of the 29 July
1990 NY Times or call the publisher of the Guinness Book (in the
US, call "Facts on File" @ 212-683-2244).
According to the 1993 edition of the GBWR, on page 213:
Craig Shergold (born 1979) of Carshalton, Surrey when
undergoing cancer chemo-therapy was sent a record 33
million get-well cards until May 1991 when his mother
pleaded for no more. A successful 5 hour operation on
a brain tumour by neurosurgeon Neal Kassel at the
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA in March 1991
greatly improved his condition.
If you want to do something noble, donate the cost of a stamp and
postcard (or more) to a worthwhile charity like UNICEF or the
International Red Cross (Red Crescent, Red Magen David). There are
tens of thousands of children dying around the world daily, and
they could use more than a postcard.
38. I just heard about a scheme the FCC has to implement a tax on
modems! Where can I post a message so everyone will hear about
this and do something to prevent it?
Post it the same place as the articles in response to #37, above.
This is an old, old story that just won't die. Something like
this was proposed many YEARS back and defeated. However, the
rumor keeps spreading and people who hear about it for the first
time get all upset. Before posting stories like this, check with
the organizations involved (like the FCC) to see if the story is
true and current.
39. Is there a public access Unix system near me? How can I get
access to system for news and mail?
Phil Eschallier posts a list of open access Unix sites (he calls
them "Nixpub" sites) on a regular basis to the following
newsgroups: comp.misc and alt.bbs. Check his posting
for information on sites you can contact.
Furthermore, a list of open access sites that are not necessarily
Unix sites is posted regularly in alt.bbs.lists; see the postings
entitled "NetPub listing" for more information.
40. In rec.pets: My pet has suddenly developed the following symptoms
.... Is it serious? In sci.med: I have these symptoms .... Is it
serious?
Could be. The only way to tell for sure is to see an expert. The
network reaches a vast audience with considerable talent, but that
can never replace the expert observation and diagnosis of a
trained professional. Do yourself or your pet a big favor -- if
there is a problem, go see an appropriate practitioner. If there
is a serious problem, it is important that it is dealt with promptly.
41. I have this great idea to make money. Alternatively, wouldn't an
electronic chain letter be a nifty idea?
In a few words: don't even think about it. Trying to use the net
to make vast sums of money or send chain letters is a very bad
idea. First of all, it is an inappropriate use of resources, and
tends to use up vast amounts of net bandwidth. Second, such
usage of the net tends to produce extremely negative reactions by
people on the net, adding even more to the volume -- most of it
directed to you. Users, particularly system admins, do not like
that kind of activity, and they will flood your mailbox with
notices to that effect.
And last, and perhaps most important, some of this activity is
against the law in many places. In the US, you can (and will) be
reported by hacked-off system administrators for suspicion of wire
fraud or mail fraud. In one incident, at *least* a half dozen
people reported the poster to Postal Service inspectors; I'm not
sure what the outcome was, but it probably was not a nice
experience.
Bottom line: don't try clever schemes to sell things, solicit
donations, or run any kind of pyramid or Ponzi scheme. Also,
don't start or support electronic chain letters.
42. Where can I get archives of Usenet postings?
Most Usenet newsgroups are not archived in any organized fashion,
though it's likely that if you look hard enough someone will have
kept much or most of the traffic (either on disk or on some tape
gathering dust somewhere). The volume on Usenet is simply too
high to keep everything on rotating magnetic media forever,
however. The signal-to-noise ratio is too low in many groups to
make them good candidates for archiving.
One person's signal is another person's noise; if you're lucky,
you'll find someone who has been keeping the good parts of a
particular newsgroup in their own personal stash to save up for
later. How to get access to a group that *is* archived depends
on what kind of group it is:
* The "sources" and "binaries" groups are generally archived at
multiple sites; for more information about getting access to
them, see the posting entitled "How to find sources" in
comp.sources.wanted.
* Some non-source newsgroups can be found by asking "archie"
about the group name. See the comp.sources.wanted posting
mentioned above for information about how to use "archie."
* In other groups, if the group has a Frequently Asked Questions
posting or another periodic posting about the group, check that
posting to see if it mentions where the group is archived. If
not, then you'll have to post a message in the newsgroup and
ask if it is archived anywhere.
43. Is it possible to post messages to the Usenet via electronic mail?
There are a few sites on the Usenet that offer a full-scale mail
to news gateway, so that you can post via E-mail to any newsgroup
available on that site.
One of them is decwrl.dec.com. To use its gateway, you mail the
message you wish to post to newsgroup.name.usenet@decwrl.dec.com.
For example, to post to news.newusers.questions, you would send
your message to news.newusers.questions.usenet@decwrl.dec.com.
This gateway is an unsupported service, as are most other
such gateways.
Mail-to-news gateways of this sort tend to be overloaded.
Therefore, please do not use this gateway or any other similar
gateway if you have other posting access to the Usenet.
44. Is it possible to read Usenet newsgroups via electronic mail?
Most Usenet newsgroups do not correspond to any mailing list, so
the conventional answer to this question is "no" for most groups.
However, there are some newsgroups that are gatewayed to mailing
lists. For a list of them, see the "List of Active Newsgroups"
or the "Mailing Lists Available in Usenet" postings in news.lists.
If you know a Usenet site admin who is willing to act as a personal
gateway for you, you might be able to get him/her to set up his/her
system to forward messages from individual newsgroups to you via
E-mail. However, most admins don't like to do this because it adds
to the outgoing traffic from their site, so DO NOT post messages to
the net saying, "Hey, is there someone willing to gateway newsgroups
to me?"
In general, if you can receive Usenet newsgroups by any means other
than e-mail, you should! Usenet volume is such that any centralized
service that tries to convert from news to email is easily
overloaded.
There are two freely available services that allow you to access
newsgroups by e-mail.
- The Stanford Netnews Filtering Service
This is a clipping service and will send you news articles
relevant to your interests. Send an e-mail message to
netnews@db.stanford.edu containing the single line
help
in the body of the message.
- The K.U.Leuven Listserv in Belgium
This allows you to receive a set of newsgroups by e-mail. Send
an e-mail message to listserv@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be containing the
single line
/nnhelp
in the body of the message.
As with other freely offered services on the net, please do not
abuse or overload them, or they will likely disappear.
45. How do I get the news software to include a signature with my
postings?
This is a question that is best answered by examining the
documentation for the software you're using, as the answer
varies depending on the software.
However, if you're reading news on a Unix machine, then you can
probably get a signature to appear on your outgoing messages by
creating a file called ".signature" in your home directory. Two
important things to remember are:
1. Many article-posting programs will restrict the length of the
signature. For example, the "inews" program will often only
include the first four lines. This is not something you
should be trying to find a way to defeat; it is there for
a reason. If your signature is too long, according to the
software, then shorten it. Even if the software does not
complain, keep your .signature under four lines as a courtesy
to others.
2. Under some news configurations, your .signature file must be
world-readable, and your home directory world-executable, for
your signature to be included correctly in your articles. If
your .signature does not get included, try running these
commands:
chmod a+x $HOME
chmod a+r $HOME/.signature
46. I'm on BitNet -- can I connect to the Usenet?
Many BitNet sites also have connections to other networks. Some
of these sites may be receiving Usenet with NNTP or by other
methods. IBM VM/CMS sites which only have a connection to BitNet
may still gain access to Usenet if they get a software package
called NetNews, which is available from Penn State University at
no charge. The PSU NetNews software allows sites to receive
Usenet news over BITNET. Talk to your local site administraters
to find out if your site has this software installed and how to
access it from your account. Also, contact your favorite BITNET
LISTSERV and get the list NETNWS-L. That list carries info on
the necessary procedures and software.
47. What is a "flame"?
A "flame" usually refers to any message or article that contains
strong criticism, usually irrational or highly emotional. Avoid
"flames", and if you do get "flamed", relax, calm down and decide
if it's really worth "counter-flaming". Usually, it isn't worth
it -- a complete waste of bandwidth and time; it also gets you
perceived as a "flamer" by the large silent majority of Usenet
readers, who will probably start ignoring your articles.
48. What is a mail-server/list-server?
Mail servers are a family of programs that answer email
automatically. These programs are also called list servers (or
listserv, from the original BITNET LISTSERV list management program)
when the automatically maintain mailing lists, or info-servers or
netlibs if they permit automatic software retrieval). Most mail
servers will tell you all about themselves if you send them
a message with no Subject: and the one-line body
help
(without the indentation, of course!)
49. Should one write USENET or Usenet?
The A News documents (18 Dec 1980) and Internet RFCs 850/1036 used
"USENET". Most newer documents use Usenet (including Henry Spencer's
upcoming revision of RFC 1036 and the Nutshell Handbook on UUCP and
Usenet) because it is not an acronym. Thus, "Usenet" should now be
considered the correct capitalization.
--
Christian_Paulus <chris@yoda.fdn.org> has a french translation of
''Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet''.
This translation (posted in fr.news.divers monthly) is available at:
ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/pub/FDN/Faq/usenet-faq.fr
or on the World Wide Web:
http://www.fdn.fr/fdn/doc-misc/usenet-faq.fr.html
#! rnews
From: aifaq@banana.demon.co.uk
Newsgroups: newsbase.announce.newusers
Subject: FAQ: Using Acorns for Internet Access, issue 6
Followup-To: comp.sys.acorn
Date: 1 Feb 1995 09:38:04 -0000
Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, England
Sender: aglover@acorn.co.uk
Message-ID: <3gnkps$9tc@acorn.acorn.co.uk>
FAQ: Using Acorns for Internet Access
=====================================
Issue 6, 1st February 1995
This FAQ brings together information and hints on using Acorn computers
(Archimedes, Risc PC etc) on the Internet. It is posted monthly to
comp.sys.announce, comp.sys.acorn and demon.ip.support.archimedes, and
is archived on ftp.demon.co.uk in directory /pub/archimedes as
FAQ-Using-Acorns-For-Internet-Access.txt. It may be retrieved
automagically via email by sending a message to maillist@banana.demon.co.uk
with the "Subject:" field set to "GETTEXT AIFAQ" (the body of the
message is ignored).
It is maintained by Kevin Quinn - please send any comments, suggestions,
corrections etc. to aifaq@banana.demon.co.uk. There are several things
I would particularly like further information on for inclusion in the
FAQ; I have added a paragraph at the bottom of the FAQ listing these.
Copyright 1994,1995 Kevin Quinn. Freely distributable in unmodified form.
#include <std/disclaimer.h>
I take no responsibility for the accuracy or otherwise of information
contained in this FAQ. It is provided "as is" without express or implied
warranty. All information contained in this FAQ is subject to change
without notice.
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Introduction and FAQ structure
This FAQ contains quite a lot of information. As a result I have
instigated a glossary at the end of the FAQ to explain various points
in an ordered fashion. Many of these points come up in the main body
of the FAQ, and this avoids repeating detailed explanations. If you
find anything in the FAQ that is unclear or confusing, please drop me
a line (send email to aifaq@banana.demon.co.uk) and I will attempt to
clarify things.
Throughout the FAQ I refer to "Acorn machines" which, unless otherwise
stated, includes the Archimedes range, the A30x0, A4000, A5000 and
Risc PC. Similarly when I mention "Arc" (for example "Arc software")
I mean all machines.
The main body of the FAQ is separated into the following sections:
1) What do I need to connect to the Internet?
2) Who can supply direct IP access?
3) Who can supply indirect access?
4) What software do I need for direct access services?
5) What software do I need for indirect access?
6) What newsreaders are there for the Acorn range?
7) Can I use WWW, Gopher etc. on my Acorn?
8) Serial ports, serial modules, transfer rates and other mysteries.
9) Use of TCP/IP over packet radio.
10) Other software utilities
To make it easy to get to the start of a section, you can search for the
number with the bracket, for example to get to the section on suppliers
of indirect access, you would search for "3)" (without the brackets, of
course!). To this end all other lists use letters or roman numerals.
Sections are also separated by lines of "-".
There are several appendices at the end of the FAQ, collating information
that is distributed through the FAQ into single points of reference.
Appendix A: List of Software including where to find it
Appendix B: Contact Addresses mentioned elsewhere in this FAQ
Appendix C: Glossary of terms
Appendix D: Things I'd like to know :-)
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1) What do I need to connect to the Internet?
First, you need a service provider. These come essentially in two
flavours; those providing direct IP access, and those providing access
to a machine they have on the Internet. Second, you need the relevant
software. The software you need depends on the type of service
provider.
To elaborate, service providers like Demon Internet Services provide
dial-up access to low-level Internet. This means that your machine is
actually a machine on the Internet, albeit intermittently. To
use this kind of service you need to run complex software on your
machine (known as TCP/IP software). You cannot use simple comms
software (Arcterm, Hearsay etc) to use this kind of service. You can
use any facilities of the Internet for which you have the relevant
software.
Services like CIX (Compulink Information eXchange) provide a facility
whereby their machine runs the TCP/IP software, and you get an account
on their machine. Essentially this means that your machine is used
as a terminal onto their machine. For this kind of service, you use
normal comms software (Arcterm, Hearsay etc). You can only run the
facilities that are available on the service provider's machine.
Increasingly, bulletin boards are providing "gateways" to the Internet,
usually for EMail and Network News (also known as Usenet). This is a
much more limited form of Internet access, but is much cheaper for
the user.
If you only have email access to the Internet, for example you might
have email at work but no more, perhaps behind a "firewall", it is
surprising how much you can do with simple email, including Gopher
and believe it or not, WWW! There is an excellent document available
by sending mail to MAILBASE@mailbase.ac.uk with the subject field left
blank and the following in the body:
send lis-iis e-access-inet.txt
and you will receive the document by return-of-email :-) Also available
via anonymous ftp from mailbase.ac.uk in /pub/lists/lis-iis/files.
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2) Who can supply direct IP access?
At the moment there appears to be an explosion in the number of service
providers for the individual user. The BBC service is currently
suffering from "contractual difficulties" with the Arc software,
however it is up and running for other platforms, and will be supporting
Acorn machines.
However, here are a few services that are available now. I have limited
this list to those providers who have subscribers using Acorn machines,
and the list is in alphabetic order to avoid favouritism :) Several
phrases I use may be unfamiliar - take a look at the glossary at the
end of this FAQ.
a) Demon Internet Services (UK)
A UK-wide provider, cheap and effective. Mail internet@demon.net for
information. Or download ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/doc/Demon.txt. Points
of presence in many areas, supplying local-call access to a large
number of subscribers. Tel: (0181) 371 1234
Support available in the newsgroup demon.ip.support.archimedes.
Fixed IP address service.
b) The Internet Account (AUS)
Internet Provider in Sydney, Australia. Email to accounts@geko.com.au
for information. Provides SLIP, PPP and CLI accounts for the same
rates. Called 'The Internet Account'. riscman@geko.com.au handles
the Acorn-related side of things.. !TCPIP, Slipdial work with this
service.
Information can be obtained from http://www.geko.com.au/,
ftp://ftp.geko.com.au/pub/
Tel : +61-2-968-4333, Fax +61-2-968-4334,
PO BOX 473, Crows Nest, NSE 2065, Australia.
c) Pavilion Internet (UK)
A Brighton-based supplier. Email info@pavilion.co.uk for more info.
Dynamic IP address service.
d) Stichting Hack-Tic Network (NL)
Supplies service to the Netherlands. Email to helpdesk@xs4all.nl
for further information. Supplies both UUCP-style and direct
SLIP/PPP access to the Internet.
e) Stichting Knoware (NL)
Supplies service to the Netherlands. Email to knoware@knoware.nl for
information. !TCPIP works with this service, as does !ReadNews.
Michiel Koolen (mkoolen@trickbox.knoware.nl) runs their Arc support,
and provides a starter-pack preconfigured for Knoware.
f) Zynet (UK)
This service is provided by a sister-company to Minerva Software,
who have been in the Acorn arena for many years now, and are well
placed to talk Acorn-speak to Acorn users :-), so I'm going to say
a bit more about Zynet than I have about the others.
Email zynet@zynet.co.uk, or telephone (01392) 426160 (fax 421762).
Fixed IP address service. Rates are 12UKP+VAT pcm for 15 hours pcm
or 18UKP +VAT for unlimited time (discounts available for quarterly
and yearly payment). They also provide a specially designed schools
service.
Zynet can provide customers with a collection of PD/Shareware
software which is tailored for Zynet, and pre-configured for easy
setup.
There are a couple of lists available that are more comprehensive; a list
of UK providers can be found via ftp from ftp.demon.co.uk as
/pub/archives/uk-internet-list/inetuk.lng. There is an international
list distributed from <info-deli-server@netcom.com> - send email with
"Send PDIAL" as the text body to get the latest version.
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3) Who can supply indirect access?
There are many of these. They can usually be used with normal comms
software, eg. Arcterm, Hearsay etc.
a) CIX - Compulink Information eXchange
A London-based conferencing system, also providing email, ftp, telnet,
irc, gopher, www etc. Email: cixadmin@cix.compulink.co.uk,
Tel: 081 390 8446 (voice), 081 390 1244/1255 (modem).
Join conferences "archimedes" or "bbc" to find other Acorn users.
CIX are soon to launch a direct SLIP/PPP connection as well.
b) Compuserve
A large international conferencing system (albeit with a heavy US
bias). Currently provides an EMail interface and access to the Usenet
News (GO INTERNET). More comprehensive internet access is planned,
including FTP and TELNET. Forum UKCOMP topic Acorn/Z88 is the place
to find other Acorn users.
Tel: London (0181) 801 2001, Birmingham (0121) 632 4858,
Reading (01734) 391 064 or 569 025, Bristol (0117) 925 5111
c) Many bulletin boards provide EMail and limited newsgroup access.
The following is a list of the more popular ones - all are 24hour
boards and support most modem speeds:
Arcade BBS (0181 654 2212)
Rich in Paradise BBS (01442) 255199
The Digital Databank (01707) 329306)
The World Of Cryton (01749 670030)
These also hold lists of other Acorn-relevant bulletin boards.
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4) What software do I need for direct access services?
There are several options. Under RISC OS, there is !TCPIP, also known as
KA9Q (the call-sign of the radio ham who first wrote it for the PC), and
Acorn's TCP/IP Suite, although you need a suitable driver for dial-up use
(Gnome Software market a SLIP driver). Most software that makes use of
the serial port will need !SerialDev, the serial device drivers. These
are written by Hugo Fiennes (altman@cryton.demon.co.uk) and are available
from most sources of Acorn software.
Under RISCiX, everything you need should already be there. You should
find that most UNIX sofware compiles without too much trouble (see
below). Running X-Windows (and hence using graphical WWW clients
like X-Mosaic) is possible, if a little slow.
4.1) Issues relating to !TCPIP - the port of KA9Q
Some of these are somewhat oriented towards use with Demon's dial-up
service; however most if not all points are relevant to all dial-up
SLIP services.
a) Where can I find it?
A "Starter-pack" has been assembled by Dr. Alan Hassey
(alan@midwife.demon.co.uk), of a selection of various pieces PD
software that provides an easy way to set yourself up for Demon
Internet. Available via ftp from ftp.demon.co.uk in directory
/pub/archimedes/acorn-starter-pak. Instructions for download and
de-archiving the software are given when you "cd" to that directory.
This sets up enough to use EMail, Usenet News and the basic Internet
protocols (FTP, TELNET etc). This is by far the easiest way to set up
initially. You can always try different newsreaders etc. later on.
Latest versions of the software can be found via ftp from ftp.demon.co.uk
in /pub/archimedes. Other popular sites that carry copies include Hensa
(micros.hensa.ac.uk), Stuttgart (ftp.uni-stuttgart.de). Can also be
found on Compuserve (GO UKCOMP), and bulletin boards (eg. Arcade, The
Digital Databank).
Make sure you have all of the following:
!TCPIP
!SlipDial or !CallDemon
!TCPIPUser
!SerialDev
A newsreader (see below)
It is probably best to put all the above in one directory - some of them
assume that the Filer has "seen" some of the others.
b) Who develops/developed it?
Currently maintained by Anthony Frost (vulch@kernow.demon.co.uk, G8UDV)
and Adam Goodfellow (email to tcpip2@comptech.demon.co.uk for
TCPIP-related stuff).
Original software for DOS by Phil Karn (KA9Q), first ported to the
Archimedes by Jonathan Naylor (G4KLX).
c) Does it work on the Risc PC?
As of version 2.01, it works well.
d) News is taking ages - how can I speed it up?
This often happens if you don't connect for a week - the retrieval of
messages over a day or two old seems to take forever. The solution is
to edit the "DemLast" file to a more recent date. The problem will
probably vary in severity depending on the speed of (and load on) your
local news server. The DemLast file is found inside ...!TCPIP.nntp
on versions of !TCPIP up to 2.00f, from 2.01 onwards it is found
in !TCPIPUser.NNTP. On configurations other than Demon, the file
may be called something else, but it will be <something>Last.
e) !TCPIP (KA9Q) crashes with "Bad Memory Access".
Several possible causes,
i) long lines in the "DemGroup" file - split into two or more lines.
ii) Forgetting to surroung numeric addresses with square brackets -
use "[127.0.0.1]" not "127.0.0.1". From version 2.01 this is not
a problem - both forms of address are accepted.
iii) "DemHist" file over ~20K. Quick solution is to delete the file,
the problem will then go away (until DemHist grows too big again!)
DemHist should be "trimmed" regularly, by deleting some lines
from the beginning of the file (it doesn't matter how many, as
long as you delete whole lines and the resulting file is
a fair bit under 20K).
The best way to do this is to use the likes of !SlipDial, which
can automatically trim the file each time you connect.
This should also not be a problem from version 2.01 onwards,
although it is still a good idea to trim the DemHist file regularly
for speed.
Note that when configured for systems other than Demon the
"DemHist" file might be called <somethingelse>Hist.
f) !TCPIP (KA9Q) can't find a site.
If the machine that "resolve" uses to resolve hostnames is down, then
the site will not be found. Unfortunately, this information is "cached",
i.e. the resolver remembers that the site is unavailable and next time
you can't get to it even if the resolve server is back up. Type
"resolve purge" to clear the cache, and try again.
Resolve as implemented in !TCPIP currently can only resolve one hostname
at a time - if a second request is made before the first is completed then
the site comes back as unknown. This has the same effect on the resolve
cache as above; solution is to type "resolve purge" in the same way.
g) How do I configure !TCPIP (KA9Q) for setups other than Demon?
Knoware works with a similar setup to Demon's - contact Michiel Koolen
for details (mkoolen@trickbox.knoware.nl).
The main differences on other systems are the connection sequence (for
which a suitable !SlipDial script is required) and the host names of
the relevant mail and news servers. Some of the smaller providers
use dynamic IP addresses (i.e. you're IP address is different every
time you log on) which is where !SlipDial comes into its own. Look
at the script "default" for an example of how to cope with this.
h) I keep getting "resolve timeout" errors when first connecting - what
is wrong?
Nothing is wrong. With Demon's system, it takes time to set up the
routing tables at their end so that packets get sent down your serial
line. Until these tables are set up nothing can find it's way to
you, including the response to resolver requests. The timeout message
just indicates that a fresh request is being sent as a response has
not been received.
To stop the messages, you can add all the hosts mentioned in the
AutoExec file to the resolve.hosts file - to do this you will need
to know the IP addresses of the relevant hosts. For example, my
resolve.hosts file looks like:
{ip_addr} {host} local
158.152.1.193 ns.demon.co.uk
158.152.1.72 post.demon.co.uk
158.152.1.76 ntp.demon.co.uk
158.152.1.83 betanews.demon.co.uk
158.152.1.44 ftp.demon.co.uk
However, doing this means that if the IP address changes (some of
these sites are aliases for other sites and the alias may change
from time to time) then the resolve.hosts file will need to be
updated to reflect the changes. If you can live with the messages,
you can just have the first line in your resolve.hosts file and
you won't have to worry about changing IP addresses.
i) When I try using !TCPIP, it doesn't seem to get the modem to
dial up. What am I doing wrong?
This is a common mistake, often made by people used to the DIS software
provided by Demon for PC users. DIS incorporates a "dialler", whereas
the current version of !TCPIP does not. A "dialler" of some sort is
required to make the initial connection and log on - !TCPIP assumes that
it can start talking SLIP to the serial port as soon as it is launched.
There are several ways to dial the modem; you can use the likes of
!ArcTerm7, !Hearsay etc. or you can use a special dialler application.
There are two "diallers" on ftp.demon.co.uk, !CallDemon and !SlipDial.
!CallDemon is a simple dialler, and !SlipDial provides a scripting
language and can do clever things, like dial alternate numbers and
re-configure !TCPIP for dynamic IP situations on-the-fly etc.
j) The last email I send doesn't get deleted properly, and gets sent
out every time I connect.
This is due to the faulty SMTP implementation on some email gateways.
In English, this means that although !TCPIP is working correctly,
sometimes the machine that email goes to has duff software on it.
Here are a few ways to combat the problem:
i) After sending your E-mail delete the last message manually.
(hmm..)
ii) Write a widget to do it for you, and run that after succesful
mailing.
For example, put the following two lines in an "Obey" file (i.e.
create a normal textfile and use the filer menu to set the type to
obey) - strip off the leading spaces (if you want!):
Wipe <Mail$Dir>.spool.mqueue.text.* ~CF~R~V
Wipe <Mail$Dir>.spool.mqueue.work.* ~CF~R~V
iii) Put a message in <TCPIP$Dir>.MailDir.spool.mqueue.text (phew)
and a message header in <TCPIP$Dir>.MailDir.spool.mqueue.work
with name '9999' (or any other high number) and send it do a
null E-mail address. The message will always remain in the
queue, but it is sent to the great electronic garbage can.
Ask your service provider if they have such a thing (often
something like "dev/null@<site>).
4.2) Issues relating to the TCP/IP suite (Acorn)
Contains a good VT220 emulation, and a basic TCP/IP stack. Does not
provide SMTP (email) or NNTP (network news) at the moment. The suite
provides a Berkeley socket look-alike interface, which should enable
software to be ported without too much difficulty, however I am unaware
of any such available software.
A SLIP driver (IP-SLIP) is available fromn Gnome Computers, Cambridge,
which is needed for dial-up connections. Gnome can also supply a
DOMAIN module which provides domain-name lookup.
Acorn are working on major additions to the suite to include support
for more protocols, in particular they are working on a Web browser.
Current ETA for the Web Browser is very roughly the middle of 1995.
4.3) Issues relating to RiscIX and the TCP/IP stack.
As said above, this is not a problem for those who know UNIX.
Some things worth noting, however. Get the kernel kit from Acorn or
Granada MicroCare, and build a kernel with PPP support built-in, then
compile PPPD. Use ifconfig etc. to configure the routeing. This is too
complex a process to describe in detail here, and you should only do this
sort of thing if you know what you are doing anyway! There is also a
"BIND" patch, which reduces dependency on the local hosts databases.
The BIND patch is available via anonymous FTP from ftp.acorn.co.uk
in directory /pub/riscix/named.
Granada MicroCare are on Harrogate (01423) 525412.
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5) What software do I need for indirect access?
All that is needed here is normal comms software, like !Arcterm 7 from
The Serial Port and !Hearsay from Beebug. Both are perfectly competent;
both have many satisfied users. There is a little public domain
software, !ZAnsi includes ZModem file transfer which is the most
efficient commonly used transfer protocol in the BBS world.
As with indirect access, message reading and composing can usually be
done on-line; however this can get expensive as you end up spending a lot
of money on your 'phone bill. To alleviate this problem, OLRs (Off-Line
Readers) are available. !ReaderS from Anthony Frost supports several
BBS formats, including those used by most Acorn-related bulletin boards.
For CompuServe, a package is available from Richard Proctor called
!Arctic. See below for further information.
Arcterm 7 and Hearsay both provide scripting facilities which allow
automation of sessions. Scripts are available for several bulletin
boards, and also for CIX.
If you are or would like to be an Arc bulletin board operator,
the Archiboard software package from Supreme Software Systems Ltd
supports transfer of news and email to/from the Internet via a
Demon Internet account. This software now supports mailing lists.
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6) What newsreaders are there for the Acorn range?
There are no commercial newsreaders available (yet). However there
are several PD and Shareware/Careware newsreaders around. A few months
ago there were only two real contenders here (!ReadNews and !ReaderS),
but all of a sudden we are spoilt for choice! I could say something
about public transport and buses here...
In an attempt at not appearing biased, I have listed them in alphabetic
order. I hope that any comments I have made are fair - people get very
touchy about their favourite newsreader, source of many a flame war!.
a) !Arctic
This is dedicated to CompuServe, currently supports conference
messaging, mail, and file transfers amongst other things. Available
from the UKCOMP forum (Acorn/Z88 topic) and from good bulletin boards.
It is shareware, registration currently costs 10 UKP. It automates
reading, posting, file upload and downloads amongst other things. For
further information contact Richard Proctor on Compuserve (user ID
100031.604) or as rjp@waveney.demon.co.uk on the Internet.
Current hints:
None really. Make sure you have the latest version (well over 2.4
now) as Compuserve have recently upgraded their system. Note that
it only works with Compuserve at the moment.
b) !EasyMail
This news/email reader also handles message downloads from BBS
systems running ArcBBS (including Arcade, The Digital Databank,
Rich In Paradise and The World of Cryton). Written by Marc L.Veary,
marc@mlveary.demon.co.uk.
c) !News
This is available via ftp from ftp.demon.co.uk in /pub/archimedes.
Still haven't had time to try it out yet...
Written by Timothy Kimber (ceetnk@caledonia.hw.ac.uk term time,
tim@mobius.demon.co.uk other times)
d) !News-o-saurus
This is a single-tasking newsreader (i.e. doesn't use any nice
windows!) and needs a large amount of RAM (2Mb+), as it is written
in Perl.
However, it doesn't crash, and handles threads very well. Similar
in style to "rn" et. al. on UNIX systems.
In my opinion it has the best threading capability of the available
newsreaders that I've seen.
Currently only available direct from the author.
Written by Martin Portman (martin@tumble.demon.co.uk).
"Freeware".
Current hints:
None really. Does what it does without much difficulty. If it fails
to run, this is invariably due to lack of memory. Increase the
wimpslot (edit the !Run file) and try again.
e) !ReaderS
This is a general-purpose reader that caters for Bulletin Boards
as well as interfacing with !TCPIP. It provides good navigation
of threads, but doesn't follow this through when posting messages.
Also a little unstable for Internet access at the time of writing.
Easy to set up. Good option if you already use it for BBS use.
Written by Anthony Frost (vulch@kernow.demon.co.uk).
"Careware".
Current hints:
a) !ReaderS locks up when I try to start it
The !MailDir application MUST have been seen by the filer
before !ReaderS is used for News and Email. !MailDir is the
repository for incoming and outgoing mail with !TCPIP (KA9Q).
As of version 2.01 of !TCPIP, a new application !TCPIPUser
replaces !MailDir, and in this case !TCPIPUser must be seen
by the filer.
b) When !ReaderS crashes, just try again. The only reliable way to
get !ReaderS working when it repeatedly crashes is to delete the
message database (unfortunately). Delete the file "DemMail" from
the !ReadBack application. Reliability seems to vary quite
considerably - some people find it crashes all the time when
used for Usenet News access while others find it is relatively
stable.
c) !ReaderS doesn't work on my nice new Risc PC
Yes it does :-) Load the !Run file inside the !ReaderS
application into an editor (!Edit is fine). Change the
line that sets the WimpSlot to
Wimpslot -min 300K -max 300K
and it'll work again.
f) !ReadNews
A competent newsreader. Many facilities; easy to add your own.
Unfortunately suffers from a limit of 77 article per newsgroup,
and doesn't provide any neat threading facilities. A little daunting
to set up initially as it was written to interface with !RUCP, not
!TCPIP. Read the help files supplied with (at least) the versions
on ftp.demon.co.uk for step-by-step instructions.
New version (0.31) imminent, which will solve the 77-arcticle limit,
the spurious CTRL-A that appears between postings and the signature,
and it should also simplify the setting up procedure.
Written by Julian Wright (jwright@comp.vuw.ac.nz)
"Freeware".
Current hints:
i) To solve the CTRL-A problem (see above), select
Options->Signature->Script from the main menu.
ii) Article limit. No real reliable solution here (that I know of)
You can try using the likes of !Memphis to support more than
77 files in the News subdirectory structure, but this is slow
and unreliable.
iii) Having trouble setting up?
a) You need to set up !RUCP - however only bits of it are
relevant. The files you need are !Boot, !Run, Passwd,
SystemRC, Systems, the directory trees UserHome and uucp.
In the "Systems" file, the actual details are ignored by
!ReadNews, the important thing is to write one line for
"news" and one for "post" on a Demon setup, so that !ReadNews
knows about the NNTP server and mail server respectively.
In the "SystemRC" file, set "MailServ=post", leave the rest
alone. In the "!Boot" file, set RUCP$NodeName to your node
name (the first word in your hostname, for example my hostname
is banana.demon.co.uk, so my node name is banana). Set
RUCP$Domain to the domain name (in my case demon.co.uk) and
RUCP$User to your normal username. That should complete
the setting up required for !Rucp.
b) With the latest version of !Incorp, the debatcher that goes
with !ReadNews no longer needs the filters needed for previous
versions. However to work properly with !TCPIP (KA9Q) you
need to ensure that the mail separator is ^A - to do this
change the "Config" file in !TCPIP so that it reads:
smtp separator ^A
Although "smtp separator rnews" would be quicker, it fails
because !TCPIP (KA9Q) adds an extra line between mail messages
for some reason. Future versions of either !TCPIP or !Incorp
may cure this, which would speed up debatching considerably.
The default setup of !TCPIP (KA9Q) comes configured with
"smtp separator from", which causes the machine to crash
needing a CTRL-Break when used with !Incorp.
c) !ReadNews itself is simple, just copy it along with !Incorp
into your internet directory.
g) !TTFN and !NewsBase
Together these form an excellent pair. TTFN is a news/email reader,
NewsBase is a news database thingy. TTFN looks somewhat like
!ReadNews, but is far superior (IMHO). A lot of effort appears to
have been made to make them easy to configure, automatically picking
information up from !TCPIP (KA9Q).
Currently !NewsBase supports !TCPIP (KA9Q), Taylor UUCP and !UUCP.
!TTFN supports whatever !NewsBase supports...
Latest versions available from ftp.demon.co.uk in the Archimedes
section.
TTFN written by Robert Orwin (ttfn@wong.demon.co.uk)
Newsbase written by Graham Allan (allan@mnhep1.hep.umn.edu)
Current hints:
None, really. Note that threading is by article title only.
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7) Can I use WWW, Gopher etc. on my Acorn?
There is a Gopher client, written by Anthony Frost, available for
ftp from ftp.demon.co.uk which interfaces with !TCPIP (KA9Q) v2.01.
The gopher client allows access to Veronica, which is a search utility
linked to gopher.
There are two Web clients available in the public domain.
ArcWeb, written by Stewart Brodie is available from ftp.demon.co.uk
/pub/archimedes/www. Currently lacking "Forms", but this is on the
way.
Webster, written by Andrew Pullan (a.j.pullan.uk03@oasis.icl.co.uk)
is also available from ftp.demon.co.uk, in /pub/archimedes/developers.
Other products are on their way - Doggysoft are hoping that !Termite
will support WWW etc. fairly soon.
There are also public access clients available via TELNET which
provide access to the facilities without the need for local
client software. There is a trade off in speed and often
functionality, but it's better than nothing. For most of these
types of facility you need a telnet client capable of supporting
VT100 terminal emulation (or above). !TCPIP (KA9Q) supports this, as
does Acorn's TCP/IP suite, which includes a VT220 emulator.
Here is a list of a few sites for various TELNET facilities:
a) WWW (World Wide Web)
The following public-access Lynx clients are available (Lynx is a text
based WWW browser; no pictures and sound but it's better than nothing):
telnet www.tecc.co.uk 9001 (The "9001" is very important)
telnet www.info.cern.ch
telnet panda.uiowa.edu
b) Gopher
The following public-access gopher clients are available via telnet:
telnet gopher.brad.ac.uk
telnet panda.uiowa.edu
You can also access gopher through the World Wide Web. In other
words you can get at it via public-access Lynx clients (see (a)
above). Press "g" to perform a "goto", then type in:
gopher://<whereever>
c) IRC
telnet to irc.demon.co.uk, for a public access IRC client. Be
prepared to be on-line for a long time...
As far as indirect access is concerned, the above public access
clients are of course still available to those services supplying
telnet access. CIX supplies its own facilties for the above,
again running text-only versions for VT100-capable terminals.
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8) Serial ports, serial modules, transfer rates and other mysteries.
a) Serial ports and SerialDev.
The various different models of Acorn Archimedes et. seq. computers have
different capabilities with respect to their in-built serial ports. The
older machines often have difficulty above 9600bps. There are two
modules available via ftp from ftp.acorn.co.uk in /pub/riscos/patches
which alleviate problems (Risc OS 3.11 does not need these as they are
already on ROM). This should enable reliable communication at 9600bps
and possibly at 19.2Kbps
The other solution is to purchase one of the serial port cards available.
These give high-speed capability, and recoup their cost rapidly. Go for
one that can support 115200bps - this may seem excessive but the V34
standard has now been ratified which gives a modem-modem speed
of 28800bps; with V42bis compression this can theoretically come though
to the computer at up to 4x28800=115200bps.
In order to assist software to communicate with the various serial port
systems, Hugo Fiennes developed the "Serial Block Drivers", which are
needed for most comms software. They are available as an application
called !SerialDev from most sources.
Acorn have issued a detailed application note that includes lots of
useful information on serial ports, AppNote234. Available from Acorn's
FTP site (ftp.acorn.co.uk), a copy can also be found on ftp.demon.co.uk
and various bulletin boards.
b) Serial modules - SerialDev, SerialUtil, SerialBuff, SerPatch
There various "features" of the multitude of serial port implementations
on the various machines in the Acorn range. As far as I know, the
implementation in the Risc PC works well. On older machines some of the
modules may be necessary to drive the internal serial port reliably.
SerialDev is required on older machines (A3000, A3x0, A4x0) if
reliable communication is required with Risc OS 3.10.
SerialBuff provides an extended serial buffer for the internal port,
which reduces character loss. Should be RMLoaded before the serial
port is used.
SerialUtil is a patch to enable older Risc OS 2 software to run with
Risc OS 3.1. Probably not needed with recent software.
SerPatch is an application which patches the module SerialDeviceDriver
to improve interrupt handling. Load the patched module on boot-up if
you have problems after loading SerialDev.
c) Transfer rates.
With a 14.4Kbps V32bis modem, you should be able to get up to 1400 bytes
per second when transferring binary files (i.e. files that are compressed)
with FTP, and up to 2500 bytes per second and above when transferring
text files. Note however that transfer rates also depend on the speed of
the route between your service provider and the machine at the other end.
Often this can reduce flow considerably.
In this case, find out if your service provider supplies a "BatchFTP"
service, where you can send mail to one of their machines which will then
transfer the required file to their own machine, from which you can
download the file at full speed later on. Both Demon and CIX supply this
service at no extra charge.
d) UUencoding, Tar, Zip etc.
When a binary file is sent over the Network News system, it has to be
coded in ASCII as the news system does not generally support 8-bit
transfer. In this case the most common form of encoding is called
"UUEncoding". The results are distinguishable by long files of gibberish
where the first letter of each line is "M". To decode these files, you
need "UUDecode", a version of which is available from all the usual
places.
If a file is very long, it is often split into several parts. To decode
these files, they need to be recombined before decoding. Often, due to
the way the news system operates, the parts can become jumbled. They
should be labelled "part 2 of 3" etc to enable reliable recombination.
There are several utilities which can do this for you automatically; for
example !UUExplode, which is available from the usual sources. This
enables you to double-click on a file of type UUEncode (7FE) and watch it
explode into the decoded files automatically. Some newsreaders will
cope with this, automatically glueing multi-part uuencoded files together
for easy decode (the only available one that does at the moment is
!ReadNews).
Once you have the decoded file, it will often be an archive of some sort,
probably compressed. Most software repositories which deal with
Arc software use "!Spark" from David Pilling to archive and compress the
software. !SparkPlug is available in the public domain to decompress
such archives. The other utility commonly used is !ArcFS, as used by
the various Acorn magazines for their cover discs. This is read-only;
!ArcFSR/W is the read/write version, and is available commercially from
most outlets.
In the PC world, the most common utility is "PKZIP", these files can be
noted by their ".zip" suffix. !SparkFS supports the PKZIP format. And
of course you could use PKZIP itself with a PC Emulator if you have one.
In the UNIX world, a combination of "tar" and "compress" are used,
versions of which are available for the Acorn machines. "tar" takes a
set of files and combines them into one file, and "compress" compresses
files. Usually such "tarchives" are noticeable by the ".tar.Z" suffix.
Sometimes "GNUZip" is used instead of "compress", in which case the
suffix is ".tar.gz". A port of GNUZip is also available from the usual
sources.
SparkFS from David Pilling also handles uuencoded and ".tar.Z" stuff.
However it doesn't cope with multi-part uuencoded postings if they
arrive out of order. As far as ".tar" and ".Z" are concerned it is
complete.
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9) Use of TCP/IP over packet radio.
!TCPIP (KA9Q) is well suited to running TCP/IP over packet radio; after
all that is what it was written for in the first place. However there
are strict (global) regulations regarding what can and cannot be
transmitted over the amateur bands. This technically outlaws copying
stuff to and from the Internet without taking care to vet all material.
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10) Other Software Utilities
This section discusses briefly other utilities that are relevant to
using the Internet.
a) !MailList
This utility provides mailing list and mail server functions alongside
!NewsBase (see section 6g above). A mailing list is an automatic
facility that takes incoming email to a user account, and copies that
email to all subscribers to the mailing list. A mail server is a
facility for retrieving files via email.
To obtain a copy send email to MailList@cray-3.xs4all.nl with the
subject field set to "SEND MailList".
b) !MailBot
This is a general purpose automatic email "robot". It relies on
<Mail$Dir>, which is part of the !TCPIP/KA9Q distribution. It can
be used to process incoming mail to an account automatically.
It can be obtained via FTP from ftp.demon.co.uk in directory
/pub/archimedes, or from HENSA. For full information, send
a blank email to mailbot@xargle.demon.co.uk.
============================================================================
Appendix A: List of Software including where to find it
Archiboard
From Supreme Software Systems Limited.
Arcterm7
Most Acorn retailers, or direct from The Serial Port.
Arctic
Compuserve (UKFORM Acorn/Z88), Arcade, The Digital Databank.
ArcWeb
FTP from ftp.demon.co.uk /pub/archimedes/www
CallDemon
FTP from ftp.demon.co.uk /pub/archimedes
Gopher
FTP from ftp.demon.co.uk /pub/archimedes
Hearsay
Most Acorn retailers, or direct from Beebug
Newsbase and TTFN
FTP from ftp.demon.co.uk /pub/archimedes
News-o-saurus
FTP from ftp.demon.co.uk /pub/archimedes (soon!)
ReaderS
Direct from Anthony Frost (vulch@kernow.demon.co.uk)
ReadNews, Incorp, RUCP and filters
FTP from ftp.demon.co.uk /pub/archimedes
RiscIX related software
Granada Microcare
SerialDev
FTP from ftp.demon.co.uk /pub/archimedes
SlipDial
FTP from ftp.demon.co.uk /pub/archimedes
Spark, SparkFS, Sparkplug
Sparkplug can be found in most public places. Spark and SparkFS are
available direct from David Pilling, email david@pilling.demon.co.uk
TCPIP (KA9Q)
FTP from ftp.demon.co.uk /pub/archimedes
TCP/IP Suite
Most Acorn retailers. SLIP driver and DOMAIN module available from
Gnome Computers.
Unix utilities, tar, compress, gzip etc.
Try Hensa (micros.hensa.ac.uk) or the Acorn-related bulletin boards,
e.g. Arcade and The Digital Databank. David Pilling has ported many
unix utilities, email david@pilling.demon.co.uk.
Webster
FTP from ftp.demon.co.uk /pub/archimedes/developers
Zansi
Available on good Acorn-related BBS systems
============================================================================
Appendix B: Contact Addresses mentioned elsewhere in this FAQ
Anthony Frost:
Email vulch@kernow.demon.co.uk
Adam Goodfellow:
Email tcpip2@comptech.demon.co.uk for !TCPIP (KA9Q) related stuff,
otherwise email adam@comptech.demon.co.uk for
Arcade BBS:
Tel: Modem London (0181) 654 2212, (0181) 655 4412 most speeds.
Beebug:
Tel: St. Albans (01727) 860263
CIX (Compulink Information eXchange):
Tel: London (0181) 390 8446 or email cixadmin@cix.compulink.co.uk
Modem (0181) 390 1255/1244 most speeds (on-line registration
is available).
CompuServe:
Tel: London (0181) 801 2001, Birmingham (0121) 632 4858,
Reading (01734) 391 064 or 569 025, Bristol (0117) 925 5111
David Pilling:
Email david@pilling.demon.co.uk
Demon Internet Services:
Email: internet@demon.net
Tel: London (0181) 371 1234
Web: http://www.demon.co.uk/
FTP: ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/
The Digital Databank BBS:
Tel: (Modem) Welwyn Garden (01707) 329306 most speeds
Gnome Computers:
Tel: Huntingdon (01480) 406 164
Graham Allan:
Email
allan@mnhep1.hep.umn.edu.
Granada Microcare:
Tel: Harrogate (01423) 525 412
Hugo Fiennes:
Email: altman@cryton.demon.co.uk (see also The Serial Port)
The Internet Account (AUS)
Email: accounts@geko.com.au
Tel: +61-2-968-4333, Fax: +61-2-968-4334
Web: http://www.geko.com.au/
FTP: ftp://ftp.geko.com.uk/pub/
Julian Wright:
Email jwright@comp.vuw.ac.nz
Rich in Paradise BBS:
Tel: (Modem) Hemel Hempstead (01442) 255 199 most speeds
Risc Developments:
Have gone into receivership. Direct any queries to Beebug (see above)
Robert Orwin:
Email ttfn@wong.demon.co.uk for !TTFN related stuff, otherwise
email rob@wong.demon.co.uk.
Stichting Hack-Tic Netwerk/XS4ALL (NL)
Email helpdesk@xs4all.nl
Stichting Knoware (NL)
Email knoware@knoware.nl
Supreme Software Systems Ltd
Tel: (01603) 745077 (voice) and (01603) 744231 (data/BBS)
The Serial Port:
Tel: Wells (01749) 670058
The World Of Cryton BBS - (Modem) Wells (01749) 670030 most speeds
Zynet:
Email: zynet@zynet.co.uk
Tel: (01392) 426160, fax (01392) 421762
Web: http://www.zynet.co.uk/
FTP: ftp://ftp.zynet.co.uk/
============================================================================
Appendix C: Glossary
This is a new section. If you spot any term or phrase used in the FAQ
which would benefit from elaboration here in the glossary, please let
me know.
Dynamic IP Services
Services whereby your Internet address is assigned when you dial in,
so that the address changes each time you connect.
Fixed IP Services
Services whereby your Internet address is permanently assigned.
Enables incoming FTP, TELNET etc.
Protocol
A standardised method of communication understood by both ends of
a connection. For the Internet, these include TCP, UDP, IP, ICMP,
IGMP, SLIP, PPP, NNTP, FTP, TELNET etc. etc.
Resolving
This is the term given to the process of converting a numeric Internet
address (e.g. 123.132.1.2) to a host name (e.g. fred.co.uk) and vice
versa.
TCP/IP (stack).
Generic term used to describe the "protocols" used across the Internet.
The TCP/IP stack is a collection of the various protocols that use
each other in a stack-like formation, for example FTP uses TCP which
uses IP which uses SLIP.
URLs
"Uniform Resource Locators" appear all the way through the FAQ.
They are generally of the form: <protocol>://<site>/<directory>,
for example ftp://ftp.src.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/systems/ means access
using the FTP protocol, to site "src.doc.ic.ac.uk" in directory
"/pub/systems". URLs are used by Web browsers to locate resources.
============================================================================
Appendix D: Things I'd like to know :-)
If you have further information on the following that I could include in
this FAQ, please drop me an email. If you have further information that
you think could be relevant that isn't on the list please send it anyway!
Information on configuring and using KA9Q (and any other TCP/IP software
for that matter) with IP suppliers other than Demon, especially the Pipex
resellers who use dynamic IP address allocation (DynaSLIP etc).
Information on software that is available and of use on the Internet,
commercial or otherwise.
Acorn-related bulletin boards with Internet gateways.
Anything about the relative merits of the various newsreaders - I don't
have time to use them all in anger. Especially !EasyMail and !News.
============================================================================
Credits:
Many people have contributed to this FAQ, however to list everybody
would double the size of the FAQ! Contributions are much appreciated,
without them the FAQ would be a fraction of the size it is now, so
please keep them flowing in.
Comments, suggestions etc. to aifaq@banana.demon.co.uk (Kevin F. Quinn).
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This list is used to discuss all Acorn related topics.
To subscribe send email to: <listserv@trearn.bitnet> or
<listserv@vm3090.ege.edu.tr> in the body of the message enter the
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E.g. SUBSCRIBE ACORN-L John H. P. Doe
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BBC-LIST <bbc-list@ohm.york.ac.uk>
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CS-ARM
CS-ARM is a oneway mailing-list for the distribution of the USEnet
newsgroup 'comp.sys.arm'.
The mailing-list is aimed at users of Acorn machines who have
email-only access to the Internet. The mailing-list does NOT provide
a mail-to-news-gateway. Distribution is done via digests only.
To subscribe send email to: <maillist@cray-3.xs4all.nl>
with the SUBJECT: SIGNON CS-ARM
The rest of the message will be ignored.
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CSA
CSA is a oneway mailing-list for the distribution of the USEnet
newsgroup 'comp.sys.acorn'.
The mailing-list is aimed at users of Acorn machines who have
email-only access to the Internet. The mailing-list does NOT provide
a mail-to-news-gateway. Distribution is done via digests only.
To subscribe send email to: <maillist@cray-3.xs4all.nl>
with the SUBJECT: SIGNON CSA
The rest of the message will be ignored.
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CSA-ANN
CSA-ANN is a oneway mailing-list for the distribution of the USEnet
newsgroup 'comp.sys.acorn.announce'.
The mailing-list is aimed at users of Acorn machines who have
email-only access to the Internet. The mailing-list does NOT provide
a mail-to-news-gateway. Distribution is done via digests only.
To subscribe send email to: <maillist@cray-3.xs4all.nl>
with the SUBJECT: SIGNON CSA-ANN
The rest of the message will be ignored.
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CSA-GAMES
CSA-GAMES is a oneway mailing-list for the distribution of the USEnet
newsgroup 'comp.sys.acorn.games'.
The mailing-list is aimed at users of Acorn machines who have
email-only access to the Internet. The mailing-list does NOT provide
a mail-to-news-gateway. Distribution is done via digests only.
To subscribe send email to: <maillist@cray-3.xs4all.nl>
with the SUBJECT: SIGNON CSA-GAMES
The rest of the message will be ignored.
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CSA-TECH
CSA-TECH is a oneway mailing-list for the distribution of the USEnet
newsgroup 'comp.sys.acorn.tech'.
The mailing-list is aimed at users of Acorn machines who have
email-only access to the Internet. The mailing-list does NOT provide
a mail-to-news-gateway. Distribution is done via digests only.
To subscribe send email to: <maillist@cray-3.xs4all.nl>
with the SUBJECT: SIGNON CSA-TECH
The rest of the message will be ignored.
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MAILLIST-L <maillist-l@cray-3.xs4all.nl>
MAILLIST-L is a mailing-list concerning the discussion of bugs and
features of the application !MailList. The mailing-list is aimed at
host-owners (who are using this application on their machine) and
list-owners (who are managing mailing-lists with this application)
!MailList is an application which provides a mailing-list and
mail-server robot to users of the Acorn range of RISC computers
and requires the RiscOS v3.10 platform.
To subscribe send email to: <maillist@cray-3.xs4all.nl>
with the SUBJECT: SIGNON MAILLIST-L
The rest of the message will be ignored.
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TAYLOR is a mailing-list concerning the discussion of bugs and
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0000f450 0a 0a 49 6e 74 72 6f 64 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 |..Introduction a|
0000f460 6e 64 20 46 41 51 20 73 74 72 75 63 74 75 72 65 |nd FAQ structure|
0000f470 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 46 41 51 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 |..This FAQ conta|
0000f480 69 6e 73 20 71 75 69 74 65 20 61 20 6c 6f 74 20 |ins quite a lot |
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0000f4a0 20 41 73 20 61 20 72 65 73 75 6c 74 20 49 20 68 | As a result I h|
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0000f550 74 68 69 73 20 61 76 6f 69 64 73 20 72 65 70 65 |this avoids repe|
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0000f620 0a 0a 54 68 72 6f 75 67 68 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 |..Throughout the|
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00018870 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 50 43 20 45 6d 75 6c 61 | with a PC Emula|
00018880 74 6f 72 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 |tor if you have |
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000188a0 55 4e 49 58 20 77 6f 72 6c 64 2c 20 61 20 63 6f |UNIX world, a co|
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000189d0 22 20 69 73 20 75 73 65 64 20 69 6e 73 74 65 61 |" is used instea|
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00018a50 20 73 6f 75 72 63 65 73 2e 0a 20 20 20 0a 20 20 | sources.. . |
00018a60 20 53 70 61 72 6b 46 53 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 44 61 | SparkFS from Da|
00018a70 76 69 64 20 50 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 61 6c 73 6f |vid Pilling also|
00018a80 20 68 61 6e 64 6c 65 73 20 75 75 65 6e 63 6f 64 | handles uuencod|
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00018aa0 73 74 75 66 66 2e 0a 20 20 20 48 6f 77 65 76 65 |stuff.. Howeve|
00018ab0 72 20 69 74 20 64 6f 65 73 6e 27 74 20 63 6f 70 |r it doesn't cop|
00018ac0 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 6d 75 6c 74 69 2d 70 61 72 |e with multi-par|
00018ad0 74 20 75 75 65 6e 63 6f 64 65 64 20 70 6f 73 74 |t uuencoded post|
00018ae0 69 6e 67 73 20 69 66 20 74 68 65 79 0a 20 20 20 |ings if they. |
00018af0 61 72 72 69 76 65 20 6f 75 74 20 6f 66 20 6f 72 |arrive out of or|
00018b00 64 65 72 2e 20 20 41 73 20 66 61 72 20 61 73 20 |der. As far as |
00018b10 22 2e 74 61 72 22 20 61 6e 64 20 22 2e 5a 22 20 |".tar" and ".Z" |
00018b20 61 72 65 20 63 6f 6e 63 65 72 6e 65 64 20 69 74 |are concerned it|
00018b30 20 69 73 0a 20 20 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 2e | is. complete.|
00018b40 0a 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |..--------------|
00018b50 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------|
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00018b80 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a |--------------..|
00018b90 0a 39 29 20 55 73 65 20 6f 66 20 54 43 50 2f 49 |.9) Use of TCP/I|
00018ba0 50 20 6f 76 65 72 20 70 61 63 6b 65 74 20 72 61 |P over packet ra|
00018bb0 64 69 6f 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 21 54 43 50 49 50 20 |dio... !TCPIP |
00018bc0 28 4b 41 39 51 29 20 69 73 20 77 65 6c 6c 20 73 |(KA9Q) is well s|
00018bd0 75 69 74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 |uited to running|
00018be0 20 54 43 50 2f 49 50 20 6f 76 65 72 20 70 61 63 | TCP/IP over pac|
00018bf0 6b 65 74 20 72 61 64 69 6f 3b 20 61 66 74 65 72 |ket radio; after|
00018c00 0a 20 20 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 73 20 |. all that is |
00018c10 77 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 77 72 69 74 |what it was writ|
00018c20 74 65 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 66 |ten for in the f|
00018c30 69 72 73 74 20 70 6c 61 63 65 2e 20 20 48 6f 77 |irst place. How|
00018c40 65 76 65 72 20 74 68 65 72 65 0a 20 20 20 61 72 |ever there. ar|
00018c50 65 20 73 74 72 69 63 74 20 28 67 6c 6f 62 61 6c |e strict (global|
00018c60 29 20 72 65 67 75 6c 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 72 65 |) regulations re|
00018c70 67 61 72 64 69 6e 67 20 77 68 61 74 20 63 61 6e |garding what can|
00018c80 20 61 6e 64 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 0a 20 | and cannot be. |
00018c90 20 20 74 72 61 6e 73 6d 69 74 74 65 64 20 6f 76 | transmitted ov|
00018ca0 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 61 6d 61 74 65 75 72 20 62 |er the amateur b|
00018cb0 61 6e 64 73 2e 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 74 65 63 68 |ands. This tech|
00018cc0 6e 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 6f 75 74 6c 61 77 73 20 |nically outlaws |
00018cd0 63 6f 70 79 69 6e 67 0a 20 20 20 73 74 75 66 66 |copying. stuff|
00018ce0 20 74 6f 20 61 6e 64 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 | to and from the|
00018cf0 20 49 6e 74 65 72 6e 65 74 20 77 69 74 68 6f 75 | Internet withou|
00018d00 74 20 74 61 6b 69 6e 67 20 63 61 72 65 20 74 6f |t taking care to|
00018d10 20 76 65 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 6d 61 74 65 72 69 61 | vet all materia|
00018d20 6c 2e 0a 0a 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |l....-----------|
00018d30 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------|
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00018d70 2d 0a 0a 0a 31 30 29 20 4f 74 68 65 72 20 53 6f |-...10) Other So|
00018d80 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 55 74 69 6c 69 74 69 65 73 |ftware Utilities|
00018d90 0a 0a 20 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 73 65 63 74 69 6f |.. This sectio|
00018da0 6e 20 64 69 73 63 75 73 73 65 73 20 62 72 69 65 |n discusses brie|
00018db0 66 6c 79 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 |fly other utilit|
00018dc0 69 65 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 72 65 20 72 65 6c |ies that are rel|
00018dd0 65 76 61 6e 74 20 74 6f 0a 20 20 20 75 73 69 6e |evant to. usin|
00018de0 67 20 74 68 65 20 49 6e 74 65 72 6e 65 74 2e 0a |g the Internet..|
00018df0 0a 20 20 20 61 29 20 21 4d 61 69 6c 4c 69 73 74 |. a) !MailList|
00018e00 0a 0a 20 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 |.. This utilit|
00018e10 79 20 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 73 20 6d 61 69 6c 69 |y provides maili|
00018e20 6e 67 20 6c 69 73 74 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 61 69 6c |ng list and mail|
00018e30 20 73 65 72 76 65 72 20 66 75 6e 63 74 69 6f 6e | server function|
00018e40 73 20 61 6c 6f 6e 67 73 69 64 65 0a 20 20 20 21 |s alongside. !|
00018e50 4e 65 77 73 42 61 73 65 20 28 73 65 65 20 73 65 |NewsBase (see se|
00018e60 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 36 67 20 61 62 6f 76 65 29 2e |ction 6g above).|
00018e70 20 20 41 20 6d 61 69 6c 69 6e 67 20 6c 69 73 74 | A mailing list|
00018e80 20 69 73 20 61 6e 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 | is an automatic|
00018e90 0a 20 20 20 66 61 63 69 6c 69 74 79 20 74 68 61 |. facility tha|
00018ea0 74 20 74 61 6b 65 73 20 69 6e 63 6f 6d 69 6e 67 |t takes incoming|
00018eb0 20 65 6d 61 69 6c 20 74 6f 20 61 20 75 73 65 72 | email to a user|
00018ec0 20 61 63 63 6f 75 6e 74 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 63 6f | account, and co|
00018ed0 70 69 65 73 20 74 68 61 74 0a 20 20 20 65 6d 61 |pies that. ema|
00018ee0 69 6c 20 74 6f 20 61 6c 6c 20 73 75 62 73 63 72 |il to all subscr|
00018ef0 69 62 65 72 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 69 |ibers to the mai|
00018f00 6c 69 6e 67 20 6c 69 73 74 2e 20 20 41 20 6d 61 |ling list. A ma|
00018f10 69 6c 20 73 65 72 76 65 72 20 69 73 20 61 0a 20 |il server is a. |
00018f20 20 20 66 61 63 69 6c 69 74 79 20 66 6f 72 20 72 | facility for r|
00018f30 65 74 72 69 65 76 69 6e 67 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 |etrieving files |
00018f40 76 69 61 20 65 6d 61 69 6c 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 54 |via email... T|
00018f50 6f 20 6f 62 74 61 69 6e 20 61 20 63 6f 70 79 20 |o obtain a copy |
00018f60 73 65 6e 64 20 65 6d 61 69 6c 20 74 6f 20 4d 61 |send email to Ma|
00018f70 69 6c 4c 69 73 74 40 63 72 61 79 2d 33 2e 78 73 |ilList@cray-3.xs|
00018f80 34 61 6c 6c 2e 6e 6c 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 |4all.nl with the|
00018f90 0a 20 20 20 73 75 62 6a 65 63 74 20 66 69 65 6c |. subject fiel|
00018fa0 64 20 73 65 74 20 74 6f 20 22 53 45 4e 44 20 4d |d set to "SEND M|
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00018fc0 20 21 4d 61 69 6c 42 6f 74 0a 0a 20 20 20 54 68 | !MailBot.. Th|
00018fd0 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 20 67 65 6e 65 72 61 6c 20 |is is a general |
00018fe0 70 75 72 70 6f 73 65 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 |purpose automati|
00018ff0 63 20 65 6d 61 69 6c 20 22 72 6f 62 6f 74 22 2e |c email "robot".|
00019000 20 20 49 74 20 72 65 6c 69 65 73 20 6f 6e 0a 20 | It relies on. |
00019010 20 20 3c 4d 61 69 6c 24 44 69 72 3e 2c 20 77 68 | <Mail$Dir>, wh|
00019020 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 70 61 72 74 20 6f 66 20 74 |ich is part of t|
00019030 68 65 20 21 54 43 50 49 50 2f 4b 41 39 51 20 64 |he !TCPIP/KA9Q d|
00019040 69 73 74 72 69 62 75 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 20 49 74 |istribution. It|
00019050 20 63 61 6e 0a 20 20 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 | can. be used |
00019060 74 6f 20 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 20 69 6e 63 6f 6d |to process incom|
00019070 69 6e 67 20 6d 61 69 6c 20 74 6f 20 61 6e 20 61 |ing mail to an a|
00019080 63 63 6f 75 6e 74 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 |ccount automatic|
00019090 61 6c 6c 79 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 49 74 20 63 61 6e |ally... It can|
000190a0 20 62 65 20 6f 62 74 61 69 6e 65 64 20 76 69 61 | be obtained via|
000190b0 20 46 54 50 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 66 74 70 2e 64 65 | FTP from ftp.de|
000190c0 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 20 69 6e 20 64 69 72 |mon.co.uk in dir|
000190d0 65 63 74 6f 72 79 0a 20 20 20 2f 70 75 62 2f 61 |ectory. /pub/a|
000190e0 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 2c 20 6f 72 20 66 72 |rchimedes, or fr|
000190f0 6f 6d 20 48 45 4e 53 41 2e 20 20 46 6f 72 20 66 |om HENSA. For f|
00019100 75 6c 6c 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 2c |ull information,|
00019110 20 73 65 6e 64 0a 20 20 20 61 20 62 6c 61 6e 6b | send. a blank|
00019120 20 65 6d 61 69 6c 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 69 6c 62 6f | email to mailbo|
00019130 74 40 78 61 72 67 6c 65 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 |t@xargle.demon.c|
00019140 6f 2e 75 6b 2e 0a 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |o.uk...=========|
00019150 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |================|
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00019190 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a 0a 41 70 70 65 6e 64 69 78 20 41 |===...Appendix A|
000191a0 3a 20 4c 69 73 74 20 6f 66 20 53 6f 66 74 77 61 |: List of Softwa|
000191b0 72 65 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 69 6e 67 20 77 68 65 |re including whe|
000191c0 72 65 20 74 6f 20 66 69 6e 64 20 69 74 0a 0a 0a |re to find it...|
000191d0 20 20 41 72 63 68 69 62 6f 61 72 64 0a 20 20 20 | Archiboard. |
000191e0 20 46 72 6f 6d 20 53 75 70 72 65 6d 65 20 53 6f | From Supreme So|
000191f0 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 53 79 73 74 65 6d 73 20 4c |ftware Systems L|
00019200 69 6d 69 74 65 64 2e 0a 0a 20 20 41 72 63 74 65 |imited... Arcte|
00019210 72 6d 37 0a 20 20 20 20 4d 6f 73 74 20 41 63 6f |rm7. Most Aco|
00019220 72 6e 20 72 65 74 61 69 6c 65 72 73 2c 20 6f 72 |rn retailers, or|
00019230 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 54 68 65 | direct from The|
00019240 20 53 65 72 69 61 6c 20 50 6f 72 74 2e 0a 0a 20 | Serial Port... |
00019250 20 41 72 63 74 69 63 0a 20 20 20 20 43 6f 6d 70 | Arctic. Comp|
00019260 75 73 65 72 76 65 20 28 55 4b 46 4f 52 4d 20 41 |userve (UKFORM A|
00019270 63 6f 72 6e 2f 5a 38 38 29 2c 20 41 72 63 61 64 |corn/Z88), Arcad|
00019280 65 2c 20 54 68 65 20 44 69 67 69 74 61 6c 20 44 |e, The Digital D|
00019290 61 74 61 62 61 6e 6b 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 0a 20 20 |atabank.. . |
000192a0 41 72 63 57 65 62 0a 20 20 20 20 46 54 50 20 66 |ArcWeb. FTP f|
000192b0 72 6f 6d 20 66 74 70 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f |rom ftp.demon.co|
000192c0 2e 75 6b 20 2f 70 75 62 2f 61 72 63 68 69 6d 65 |.uk /pub/archime|
000192d0 64 65 73 2f 77 77 77 0a 0a 20 20 43 61 6c 6c 44 |des/www.. CallD|
000192e0 65 6d 6f 6e 0a 20 20 20 20 46 54 50 20 66 72 6f |emon. FTP fro|
000192f0 6d 20 66 74 70 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f 2e 75 |m ftp.demon.co.u|
00019300 6b 20 2f 70 75 62 2f 61 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 |k /pub/archimede|
00019310 73 0a 0a 20 20 47 6f 70 68 65 72 0a 20 20 20 20 |s.. Gopher. |
00019320 46 54 50 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 66 74 70 2e 64 65 6d |FTP from ftp.dem|
00019330 6f 6e 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 20 2f 70 75 62 2f 61 72 |on.co.uk /pub/ar|
00019340 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 0a 0a 20 20 48 65 61 72 |chimedes.. Hear|
00019350 73 61 79 0a 20 20 20 20 4d 6f 73 74 20 41 63 6f |say. Most Aco|
00019360 72 6e 20 72 65 74 61 69 6c 65 72 73 2c 20 6f 72 |rn retailers, or|
00019370 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 42 65 65 | direct from Bee|
00019380 62 75 67 0a 0a 20 20 4e 65 77 73 62 61 73 65 20 |bug.. Newsbase |
00019390 61 6e 64 20 54 54 46 4e 0a 20 20 20 20 46 54 50 |and TTFN. FTP|
000193a0 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 66 74 70 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e | from ftp.demon.|
000193b0 63 6f 2e 75 6b 20 2f 70 75 62 2f 61 72 63 68 69 |co.uk /pub/archi|
000193c0 6d 65 64 65 73 0a 0a 20 20 4e 65 77 73 2d 6f 2d |medes.. News-o-|
000193d0 73 61 75 72 75 73 0a 20 20 20 20 46 54 50 20 66 |saurus. FTP f|
000193e0 72 6f 6d 20 66 74 70 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f |rom ftp.demon.co|
000193f0 2e 75 6b 20 2f 70 75 62 2f 61 72 63 68 69 6d 65 |.uk /pub/archime|
00019400 64 65 73 20 28 73 6f 6f 6e 21 29 0a 0a 20 20 52 |des (soon!).. R|
00019410 65 61 64 65 72 53 0a 20 20 20 20 44 69 72 65 63 |eaderS. Direc|
00019420 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 41 6e 74 68 6f 6e 79 20 46 |t from Anthony F|
00019430 72 6f 73 74 20 28 76 75 6c 63 68 40 6b 65 72 6e |rost (vulch@kern|
00019440 6f 77 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 29 0a |ow.demon.co.uk).|
00019450 0a 20 20 52 65 61 64 4e 65 77 73 2c 20 49 6e 63 |. ReadNews, Inc|
00019460 6f 72 70 2c 20 52 55 43 50 20 61 6e 64 20 66 69 |orp, RUCP and fi|
00019470 6c 74 65 72 73 0a 20 20 20 20 46 54 50 20 66 72 |lters. FTP fr|
00019480 6f 6d 20 66 74 70 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f 2e |om ftp.demon.co.|
00019490 75 6b 20 2f 70 75 62 2f 61 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 |uk /pub/archimed|
000194a0 65 73 0a 0a 20 20 52 69 73 63 49 58 20 72 65 6c |es.. RiscIX rel|
000194b0 61 74 65 64 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 0a 20 20 |ated software. |
000194c0 20 20 47 72 61 6e 61 64 61 20 4d 69 63 72 6f 63 | Granada Microc|
000194d0 61 72 65 0a 0a 20 20 53 65 72 69 61 6c 44 65 76 |are.. SerialDev|
000194e0 0a 20 20 20 20 46 54 50 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 66 74 |. FTP from ft|
000194f0 70 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 20 2f 70 |p.demon.co.uk /p|
00019500 75 62 2f 61 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 0a 20 20 |ub/archimedes. |
00019510 0a 20 20 53 6c 69 70 44 69 61 6c 0a 20 20 20 20 |. SlipDial. |
00019520 46 54 50 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 66 74 70 2e 64 65 6d |FTP from ftp.dem|
00019530 6f 6e 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 20 2f 70 75 62 2f 61 72 |on.co.uk /pub/ar|
00019540 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 0a 0a 20 20 53 70 61 72 |chimedes.. Spar|
00019550 6b 2c 20 53 70 61 72 6b 46 53 2c 20 53 70 61 72 |k, SparkFS, Spar|
00019560 6b 70 6c 75 67 0a 20 20 20 20 53 70 61 72 6b 70 |kplug. Sparkp|
00019570 6c 75 67 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 |lug can be found|
00019580 20 69 6e 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 70 75 62 6c 69 63 20 | in most public |
00019590 70 6c 61 63 65 73 2e 20 20 53 70 61 72 6b 20 61 |places. Spark a|
000195a0 6e 64 20 53 70 61 72 6b 46 53 20 61 72 65 0a 20 |nd SparkFS are. |
000195b0 20 20 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 64 69 72 | available dir|
000195c0 65 63 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 44 61 76 69 64 20 50 |ect from David P|
000195d0 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 2c 20 65 6d 61 69 6c 20 64 61 |illing, email da|
000195e0 76 69 64 40 70 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 2e 64 65 6d 6f |vid@pilling.demo|
000195f0 6e 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 0a 0a 20 20 54 43 50 49 50 |n.co.uk.. TCPIP|
00019600 20 28 4b 41 39 51 29 0a 20 20 20 20 46 54 50 20 | (KA9Q). FTP |
00019610 66 72 6f 6d 20 66 74 70 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 |from ftp.demon.c|
00019620 6f 2e 75 6b 20 2f 70 75 62 2f 61 72 63 68 69 6d |o.uk /pub/archim|
00019630 65 64 65 73 0a 0a 20 20 54 43 50 2f 49 50 20 53 |edes.. TCP/IP S|
00019640 75 69 74 65 0a 20 20 20 20 4d 6f 73 74 20 41 63 |uite. Most Ac|
00019650 6f 72 6e 20 72 65 74 61 69 6c 65 72 73 2e 20 20 |orn retailers. |
00019660 53 4c 49 50 20 64 72 69 76 65 72 20 61 6e 64 20 |SLIP driver and |
00019670 44 4f 4d 41 49 4e 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 61 76 |DOMAIN module av|
00019680 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 0a 20 20 20 |ailable from. |
00019690 20 47 6e 6f 6d 65 20 43 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 73 | Gnome Computers|
000196a0 2e 0a 0a 20 20 55 6e 69 78 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 |... Unix utilit|
000196b0 69 65 73 2c 20 74 61 72 2c 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 |ies, tar, compre|
000196c0 73 73 2c 20 67 7a 69 70 20 65 74 63 2e 0a 20 20 |ss, gzip etc.. |
000196d0 20 20 54 72 79 20 48 65 6e 73 61 20 28 6d 69 63 | Try Hensa (mic|
000196e0 72 6f 73 2e 68 65 6e 73 61 2e 61 63 2e 75 6b 29 |ros.hensa.ac.uk)|
000196f0 20 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 2d 72 65 | or the Acorn-re|
00019700 6c 61 74 65 64 20 62 75 6c 6c 65 74 69 6e 20 62 |lated bulletin b|
00019710 6f 61 72 64 73 2c 0a 20 20 20 20 65 2e 67 2e 20 |oards,. e.g. |
00019720 41 72 63 61 64 65 20 61 6e 64 20 54 68 65 20 44 |Arcade and The D|
00019730 69 67 69 74 61 6c 20 44 61 74 61 62 61 6e 6b 2e |igital Databank.|
00019740 20 20 44 61 76 69 64 20 50 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 | David Pilling |
00019750 68 61 73 20 70 6f 72 74 65 64 20 6d 61 6e 79 0a |has ported many.|
00019760 20 20 20 20 75 6e 69 78 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 69 | unix utiliti|
00019770 65 73 2c 20 65 6d 61 69 6c 20 64 61 76 69 64 40 |es, email david@|
00019780 70 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f |pilling.demon.co|
00019790 2e 75 6b 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 0a 20 20 57 65 62 73 |.uk.. . Webs|
000197a0 74 65 72 0a 20 20 20 20 46 54 50 20 66 72 6f 6d |ter. FTP from|
000197b0 20 66 74 70 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b | ftp.demon.co.uk|
000197c0 20 2f 70 75 62 2f 61 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 | /pub/archimedes|
000197d0 2f 64 65 76 65 6c 6f 70 65 72 73 0a 20 20 0a 20 |/developers. . |
000197e0 20 5a 61 6e 73 69 0a 20 20 20 20 41 76 61 69 6c | Zansi. Avail|
000197f0 61 62 6c 65 20 6f 6e 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 41 63 6f |able on good Aco|
00019800 72 6e 2d 72 65 6c 61 74 65 64 20 42 42 53 20 73 |rn-related BBS s|
00019810 79 73 74 65 6d 73 0a 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |ystems..========|
00019820 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |================|
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00019860 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a 0a 41 70 70 65 6e 64 69 78 20 |====...Appendix |
00019870 42 3a 20 43 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 20 41 64 64 72 65 |B: Contact Addre|
00019880 73 73 65 73 20 6d 65 6e 74 69 6f 6e 65 64 20 65 |sses mentioned e|
00019890 6c 73 65 77 68 65 72 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 69 73 |lsewhere in this|
000198a0 20 46 41 51 0a 0a 20 20 41 6e 74 68 6f 6e 79 20 | FAQ.. Anthony |
000198b0 46 72 6f 73 74 3a 0a 20 20 20 20 45 6d 61 69 6c |Frost:. Email|
000198c0 20 76 75 6c 63 68 40 6b 65 72 6e 6f 77 2e 64 65 | vulch@kernow.de|
000198d0 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 0a 0a 20 20 41 64 61 |mon.co.uk.. Ada|
000198e0 6d 20 47 6f 6f 64 66 65 6c 6c 6f 77 3a 0a 20 20 |m Goodfellow:. |
000198f0 20 20 45 6d 61 69 6c 20 74 63 70 69 70 32 40 63 | Email tcpip2@c|
00019900 6f 6d 70 74 65 63 68 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f |omptech.demon.co|
00019910 2e 75 6b 20 66 6f 72 20 21 54 43 50 49 50 20 28 |.uk for !TCPIP (|
00019920 4b 41 39 51 29 20 72 65 6c 61 74 65 64 20 73 74 |KA9Q) related st|
00019930 75 66 66 2c 0a 20 20 20 20 6f 74 68 65 72 77 69 |uff,. otherwi|
00019940 73 65 20 65 6d 61 69 6c 20 61 64 61 6d 40 63 6f |se email adam@co|
00019950 6d 70 74 65 63 68 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f 2e |mptech.demon.co.|
00019960 75 6b 20 66 6f 72 0a 0a 20 20 41 72 63 61 64 65 |uk for.. Arcade|
00019970 20 42 42 53 3a 0a 20 20 20 20 54 65 6c 3a 20 4d | BBS:. Tel: M|
00019980 6f 64 65 6d 20 4c 6f 6e 64 6f 6e 20 28 30 31 38 |odem London (018|
00019990 31 29 20 36 35 34 20 32 32 31 32 2c 20 28 30 31 |1) 654 2212, (01|
000199a0 38 31 29 20 36 35 35 20 34 34 31 32 20 6d 6f 73 |81) 655 4412 mos|
000199b0 74 20 73 70 65 65 64 73 2e 0a 0a 20 20 42 65 65 |t speeds... Bee|
000199c0 62 75 67 3a 0a 20 20 20 20 54 65 6c 3a 20 53 74 |bug:. Tel: St|
000199d0 2e 20 41 6c 62 61 6e 73 20 28 30 31 37 32 37 29 |. Albans (01727)|
000199e0 20 38 36 30 32 36 33 0a 0a 20 20 43 49 58 20 28 | 860263.. CIX (|
000199f0 43 6f 6d 70 75 6c 69 6e 6b 20 49 6e 66 6f 72 6d |Compulink Inform|
00019a00 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 65 58 63 68 61 6e 67 65 29 3a |ation eXchange):|
00019a10 0a 20 20 20 20 54 65 6c 3a 20 4c 6f 6e 64 6f 6e |. Tel: London|
00019a20 20 28 30 31 38 31 29 20 33 39 30 20 38 34 34 36 | (0181) 390 8446|
00019a30 20 6f 72 20 65 6d 61 69 6c 20 63 69 78 61 64 6d | or email cixadm|
00019a40 69 6e 40 63 69 78 2e 63 6f 6d 70 75 6c 69 6e 6b |in@cix.compulink|
00019a50 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |.co.uk. |
00019a60 4d 6f 64 65 6d 20 28 30 31 38 31 29 20 33 39 30 |Modem (0181) 390|
00019a70 20 31 32 35 35 2f 31 32 34 34 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 | 1255/1244 most |
00019a80 73 70 65 65 64 73 20 28 6f 6e 2d 6c 69 6e 65 20 |speeds (on-line |
00019a90 72 65 67 69 73 74 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 0a 20 20 20 |registration. |
00019aa0 20 20 20 20 20 20 69 73 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 | is availab|
00019ab0 6c 65 29 2e 0a 0a 20 20 43 6f 6d 70 75 53 65 72 |le)... CompuSer|
00019ac0 76 65 3a 0a 20 20 20 20 54 65 6c 3a 20 4c 6f 6e |ve:. Tel: Lon|
00019ad0 64 6f 6e 20 28 30 31 38 31 29 20 38 30 31 20 32 |don (0181) 801 2|
00019ae0 30 30 31 2c 20 42 69 72 6d 69 6e 67 68 61 6d 20 |001, Birmingham |
00019af0 28 30 31 32 31 29 20 36 33 32 20 34 38 35 38 2c |(0121) 632 4858,|
00019b00 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 52 65 61 64 69 6e |. Readin|
00019b10 67 20 28 30 31 37 33 34 29 20 33 39 31 20 30 36 |g (01734) 391 06|
00019b20 34 20 6f 72 20 35 36 39 20 30 32 35 2c 20 42 72 |4 or 569 025, Br|
00019b30 69 73 74 6f 6c 20 28 30 31 31 37 29 20 39 32 35 |istol (0117) 925|
00019b40 20 35 31 31 31 0a 0a 20 20 44 61 76 69 64 20 50 | 5111.. David P|
00019b50 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 3a 0a 20 20 20 20 45 6d 61 69 |illing:. Emai|
00019b60 6c 20 64 61 76 69 64 40 70 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 2e |l david@pilling.|
00019b70 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 0a 0a 20 20 44 |demon.co.uk.. D|
00019b80 65 6d 6f 6e 20 49 6e 74 65 72 6e 65 74 20 53 65 |emon Internet Se|
00019b90 72 76 69 63 65 73 3a 0a 20 20 20 20 45 6d 61 69 |rvices:. Emai|
00019ba0 6c 3a 20 69 6e 74 65 72 6e 65 74 40 64 65 6d 6f |l: internet@demo|
00019bb0 6e 2e 6e 65 74 0a 20 20 20 20 54 65 6c 3a 20 4c |n.net. Tel: L|
00019bc0 6f 6e 64 6f 6e 20 28 30 31 38 31 29 20 33 37 31 |ondon (0181) 371|
00019bd0 20 31 32 33 34 0a 20 20 20 20 57 65 62 3a 20 68 | 1234. Web: h|
00019be0 74 74 70 3a 2f 2f 77 77 77 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e |ttp://www.demon.|
00019bf0 63 6f 2e 75 6b 2f 0a 20 20 20 20 46 54 50 3a 20 |co.uk/. FTP: |
00019c00 66 74 70 3a 2f 2f 66 74 70 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e |ftp://ftp.demon.|
00019c10 63 6f 2e 75 6b 2f 0a 20 20 20 20 0a 0a 20 20 54 |co.uk/. .. T|
00019c20 68 65 20 44 69 67 69 74 61 6c 20 44 61 74 61 62 |he Digital Datab|
00019c30 61 6e 6b 20 42 42 53 3a 0a 20 20 20 20 54 65 6c |ank BBS:. Tel|
00019c40 3a 20 28 4d 6f 64 65 6d 29 20 57 65 6c 77 79 6e |: (Modem) Welwyn|
00019c50 20 47 61 72 64 65 6e 20 28 30 31 37 30 37 29 20 | Garden (01707) |
00019c60 33 32 39 33 30 36 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 73 70 65 65 |329306 most spee|
00019c70 64 73 0a 0a 20 20 47 6e 6f 6d 65 20 43 6f 6d 70 |ds.. Gnome Comp|
00019c80 75 74 65 72 73 3a 0a 20 20 20 20 54 65 6c 3a 20 |uters:. Tel: |
00019c90 48 75 6e 74 69 6e 67 64 6f 6e 20 28 30 31 34 38 |Huntingdon (0148|
00019ca0 30 29 20 34 30 36 20 31 36 34 0a 0a 20 20 47 72 |0) 406 164.. Gr|
00019cb0 61 68 61 6d 20 41 6c 6c 61 6e 3a 0a 20 20 20 20 |aham Allan:. |
00019cc0 45 6d 61 69 6c 20 0a 20 20 20 20 61 6c 6c 61 6e |Email . allan|
00019cd0 40 6d 6e 68 65 70 31 2e 68 65 70 2e 75 6d 6e 2e |@mnhep1.hep.umn.|
00019ce0 65 64 75 2e 0a 0a 20 20 47 72 61 6e 61 64 61 20 |edu... Granada |
00019cf0 4d 69 63 72 6f 63 61 72 65 3a 0a 20 20 20 20 54 |Microcare:. T|
00019d00 65 6c 3a 20 48 61 72 72 6f 67 61 74 65 20 28 30 |el: Harrogate (0|
00019d10 31 34 32 33 29 20 35 32 35 20 34 31 32 0a 0a 20 |1423) 525 412.. |
00019d20 20 48 75 67 6f 20 46 69 65 6e 6e 65 73 3a 0a 20 | Hugo Fiennes:. |
00019d30 20 20 20 45 6d 61 69 6c 3a 20 61 6c 74 6d 61 6e | Email: altman|
00019d40 40 63 72 79 74 6f 6e 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f |@cryton.demon.co|
00019d50 2e 75 6b 20 28 73 65 65 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 54 68 |.uk (see also Th|
00019d60 65 20 53 65 72 69 61 6c 20 50 6f 72 74 29 0a 0a |e Serial Port)..|
00019d70 20 20 54 68 65 20 49 6e 74 65 72 6e 65 74 20 41 | The Internet A|
00019d80 63 63 6f 75 6e 74 20 28 41 55 53 29 0a 20 20 20 |ccount (AUS). |
00019d90 20 45 6d 61 69 6c 3a 20 61 63 63 6f 75 6e 74 73 | Email: accounts|
00019da0 40 67 65 6b 6f 2e 63 6f 6d 2e 61 75 0a 20 20 20 |@geko.com.au. |
00019db0 20 54 65 6c 3a 20 2b 36 31 2d 32 2d 39 36 38 2d | Tel: +61-2-968-|
00019dc0 34 33 33 33 2c 20 46 61 78 3a 20 2b 36 31 2d 32 |4333, Fax: +61-2|
00019dd0 2d 39 36 38 2d 34 33 33 34 0a 20 20 20 20 57 65 |-968-4334. We|
00019de0 62 3a 20 68 74 74 70 3a 2f 2f 77 77 77 2e 67 65 |b: http://www.ge|
00019df0 6b 6f 2e 63 6f 6d 2e 61 75 2f 0a 20 20 20 20 46 |ko.com.au/. F|
00019e00 54 50 3a 20 66 74 70 3a 2f 2f 66 74 70 2e 67 65 |TP: ftp://ftp.ge|
00019e10 6b 6f 2e 63 6f 6d 2e 75 6b 2f 70 75 62 2f 0a 0a |ko.com.uk/pub/..|
00019e20 20 20 4a 75 6c 69 61 6e 20 57 72 69 67 68 74 3a | Julian Wright:|
00019e30 0a 20 20 20 20 45 6d 61 69 6c 20 6a 77 72 69 67 |. Email jwrig|
00019e40 68 74 40 63 6f 6d 70 2e 76 75 77 2e 61 63 2e 6e |ht@comp.vuw.ac.n|
00019e50 7a 0a 0a 20 20 52 69 63 68 20 69 6e 20 50 61 72 |z.. Rich in Par|
00019e60 61 64 69 73 65 20 42 42 53 3a 0a 20 20 20 20 54 |adise BBS:. T|
00019e70 65 6c 3a 20 28 4d 6f 64 65 6d 29 20 48 65 6d 65 |el: (Modem) Heme|
00019e80 6c 20 48 65 6d 70 73 74 65 61 64 20 28 30 31 34 |l Hempstead (014|
00019e90 34 32 29 20 32 35 35 20 31 39 39 20 6d 6f 73 74 |42) 255 199 most|
00019ea0 20 73 70 65 65 64 73 0a 0a 20 20 52 69 73 63 20 | speeds.. Risc |
00019eb0 44 65 76 65 6c 6f 70 6d 65 6e 74 73 3a 0a 20 20 |Developments:. |
00019ec0 20 20 48 61 76 65 20 67 6f 6e 65 20 69 6e 74 6f | Have gone into|
00019ed0 20 72 65 63 65 69 76 65 72 73 68 69 70 2e 20 20 | receivership. |
00019ee0 44 69 72 65 63 74 20 61 6e 79 20 71 75 65 72 69 |Direct any queri|
00019ef0 65 73 20 74 6f 20 42 65 65 62 75 67 20 28 73 65 |es to Beebug (se|
00019f00 65 20 61 62 6f 76 65 29 0a 20 20 0a 20 20 52 6f |e above). . Ro|
00019f10 62 65 72 74 20 4f 72 77 69 6e 3a 0a 20 20 20 20 |bert Orwin:. |
00019f20 45 6d 61 69 6c 20 74 74 66 6e 40 77 6f 6e 67 2e |Email ttfn@wong.|
00019f30 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 20 66 6f 72 20 |demon.co.uk for |
00019f40 21 54 54 46 4e 20 72 65 6c 61 74 65 64 20 73 74 |!TTFN related st|
00019f50 75 66 66 2c 20 6f 74 68 65 72 77 69 73 65 0a 20 |uff, otherwise. |
00019f60 20 20 20 65 6d 61 69 6c 20 72 6f 62 40 77 6f 6e | email rob@won|
00019f70 67 2e 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 2e 0a 0a |g.demon.co.uk...|
00019f80 20 20 53 74 69 63 68 74 69 6e 67 20 48 61 63 6b | Stichting Hack|
00019f90 2d 54 69 63 20 4e 65 74 77 65 72 6b 2f 58 53 34 |-Tic Netwerk/XS4|
00019fa0 41 4c 4c 20 28 4e 4c 29 0a 20 20 20 20 45 6d 61 |ALL (NL). Ema|
00019fb0 69 6c 20 68 65 6c 70 64 65 73 6b 40 78 73 34 61 |il helpdesk@xs4a|
00019fc0 6c 6c 2e 6e 6c 0a 0a 20 20 53 74 69 63 68 74 69 |ll.nl.. Stichti|
00019fd0 6e 67 20 4b 6e 6f 77 61 72 65 20 28 4e 4c 29 0a |ng Knoware (NL).|
00019fe0 20 20 20 20 45 6d 61 69 6c 20 6b 6e 6f 77 61 72 | Email knowar|
00019ff0 65 40 6b 6e 6f 77 61 72 65 2e 6e 6c 0a 20 20 20 |e@knoware.nl. |
0001a000 20 0a 20 20 53 75 70 72 65 6d 65 20 53 6f 66 74 | . Supreme Soft|
0001a010 77 61 72 65 20 53 79 73 74 65 6d 73 20 4c 74 64 |ware Systems Ltd|
0001a020 0a 20 20 20 20 54 65 6c 3a 20 28 30 31 36 30 33 |. Tel: (01603|
0001a030 29 20 37 34 35 30 37 37 20 28 76 6f 69 63 65 29 |) 745077 (voice)|
0001a040 20 61 6e 64 20 28 30 31 36 30 33 29 20 37 34 34 | and (01603) 744|
0001a050 32 33 31 20 28 64 61 74 61 2f 42 42 53 29 0a 0a |231 (data/BBS)..|
0001a060 20 20 54 68 65 20 53 65 72 69 61 6c 20 50 6f 72 | The Serial Por|
0001a070 74 3a 0a 20 20 20 20 54 65 6c 3a 20 57 65 6c 6c |t:. Tel: Well|
0001a080 73 20 28 30 31 37 34 39 29 20 36 37 30 30 35 38 |s (01749) 670058|
0001a090 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 57 6f |. The Wo|
0001a0a0 72 6c 64 20 4f 66 20 43 72 79 74 6f 6e 20 42 42 |rld Of Cryton BB|
0001a0b0 53 20 2d 20 28 4d 6f 64 65 6d 29 20 57 65 6c 6c |S - (Modem) Well|
0001a0c0 73 20 28 30 31 37 34 39 29 20 36 37 30 30 33 30 |s (01749) 670030|
0001a0d0 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 73 70 65 65 64 73 0a 0a 20 20 | most speeds.. |
0001a0e0 5a 79 6e 65 74 3a 0a 20 20 20 20 45 6d 61 69 6c |Zynet:. Email|
0001a0f0 3a 20 7a 79 6e 65 74 40 7a 79 6e 65 74 2e 63 6f |: zynet@zynet.co|
0001a100 2e 75 6b 0a 20 20 20 20 54 65 6c 3a 20 28 30 31 |.uk. Tel: (01|
0001a110 33 39 32 29 20 34 32 36 31 36 30 2c 20 66 61 78 |392) 426160, fax|
0001a120 20 28 30 31 33 39 32 29 20 34 32 31 37 36 32 0a | (01392) 421762.|
0001a130 20 20 20 20 57 65 62 3a 20 68 74 74 70 3a 2f 2f | Web: http://|
0001a140 77 77 77 2e 7a 79 6e 65 74 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 2f |www.zynet.co.uk/|
0001a150 0a 20 20 20 20 46 54 50 3a 20 66 74 70 3a 2f 2f |. FTP: ftp://|
0001a160 66 74 70 2e 7a 79 6e 65 74 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 2f |ftp.zynet.co.uk/|
0001a170 0a 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |..==============|
0001a180 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |================|
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0001a1b0 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a |==============..|
0001a1c0 0a 41 70 70 65 6e 64 69 78 20 43 3a 20 47 6c 6f |.Appendix C: Glo|
0001a1d0 73 73 61 72 79 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 |ssary..This is a|
0001a1e0 20 6e 65 77 20 73 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 20 49 | new section. I|
0001a1f0 66 20 79 6f 75 20 73 70 6f 74 20 61 6e 79 20 74 |f you spot any t|
0001a200 65 72 6d 20 6f 72 20 70 68 72 61 73 65 20 75 73 |erm or phrase us|
0001a210 65 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 46 41 51 0a 77 68 |ed in the FAQ.wh|
0001a220 69 63 68 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 6e 65 66 69 |ich would benefi|
0001a230 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 65 6c 61 62 6f 72 61 74 69 |t from elaborati|
0001a240 6f 6e 20 68 65 72 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 67 |on here in the g|
0001a250 6c 6f 73 73 61 72 79 2c 20 70 6c 65 61 73 65 20 |lossary, please |
0001a260 6c 65 74 0a 6d 65 20 6b 6e 6f 77 2e 0a 0a 0a 44 |let.me know....D|
0001a270 79 6e 61 6d 69 63 20 49 50 20 53 65 72 76 69 63 |ynamic IP Servic|
0001a280 65 73 0a 20 20 20 20 53 65 72 76 69 63 65 73 20 |es. Services |
0001a290 77 68 65 72 65 62 79 20 79 6f 75 72 20 49 6e 74 |whereby your Int|
0001a2a0 65 72 6e 65 74 20 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 20 69 73 |ernet address is|
0001a2b0 20 61 73 73 69 67 6e 65 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 79 | assigned when y|
0001a2c0 6f 75 20 64 69 61 6c 20 69 6e 2c 0a 20 20 20 20 |ou dial in,. |
0001a2d0 73 6f 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 61 64 64 72 |so that the addr|
0001a2e0 65 73 73 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 73 20 65 61 63 68 |ess changes each|
0001a2f0 20 74 69 6d 65 20 79 6f 75 20 63 6f 6e 6e 65 63 | time you connec|
0001a300 74 2e 0a 0a 46 69 78 65 64 20 49 50 20 53 65 72 |t...Fixed IP Ser|
0001a310 76 69 63 65 73 0a 20 20 20 20 53 65 72 76 69 63 |vices. Servic|
0001a320 65 73 20 77 68 65 72 65 62 79 20 79 6f 75 72 20 |es whereby your |
0001a330 49 6e 74 65 72 6e 65 74 20 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 |Internet address|
0001a340 20 69 73 20 70 65 72 6d 61 6e 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 | is permanently |
0001a350 61 73 73 69 67 6e 65 64 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 45 6e |assigned.. En|
0001a360 61 62 6c 65 73 20 69 6e 63 6f 6d 69 6e 67 20 46 |ables incoming F|
0001a370 54 50 2c 20 54 45 4c 4e 45 54 20 65 74 63 2e 0a |TP, TELNET etc..|
0001a380 0a 50 72 6f 74 6f 63 6f 6c 0a 20 20 20 20 41 20 |.Protocol. A |
0001a390 73 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 69 73 65 64 20 6d 65 74 |standardised met|
0001a3a0 68 6f 64 20 6f 66 20 63 6f 6d 6d 75 6e 69 63 61 |hod of communica|
0001a3b0 74 69 6f 6e 20 75 6e 64 65 72 73 74 6f 6f 64 20 |tion understood |
0001a3c0 62 79 20 62 6f 74 68 20 65 6e 64 73 20 6f 66 0a |by both ends of.|
0001a3d0 20 20 20 20 61 20 63 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 69 6f 6e | a connection|
0001a3e0 2e 20 20 46 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 49 6e 74 65 72 |. For the Inter|
0001a3f0 6e 65 74 2c 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 |net, these inclu|
0001a400 64 65 20 54 43 50 2c 20 55 44 50 2c 20 49 50 2c |de TCP, UDP, IP,|
0001a410 20 49 43 4d 50 2c 0a 20 20 20 20 49 47 4d 50 2c | ICMP,. IGMP,|
0001a420 20 53 4c 49 50 2c 20 50 50 50 2c 20 4e 4e 54 50 | SLIP, PPP, NNTP|
0001a430 2c 20 46 54 50 2c 20 54 45 4c 4e 45 54 20 65 74 |, FTP, TELNET et|
0001a440 63 2e 20 65 74 63 2e 0a 0a 52 65 73 6f 6c 76 69 |c. etc...Resolvi|
0001a450 6e 67 0a 20 20 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 74 |ng. This is t|
0001a460 68 65 20 74 65 72 6d 20 67 69 76 65 6e 20 74 6f |he term given to|
0001a470 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 20 6f 66 20 | the process of |
0001a480 63 6f 6e 76 65 72 74 69 6e 67 20 61 20 6e 75 6d |converting a num|
0001a490 65 72 69 63 20 49 6e 74 65 72 6e 65 74 0a 20 20 |eric Internet. |
0001a4a0 20 20 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 20 28 65 2e 67 2e 20 | address (e.g. |
0001a4b0 31 32 33 2e 31 33 32 2e 31 2e 32 29 20 74 6f 20 |123.132.1.2) to |
0001a4c0 61 20 68 6f 73 74 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 28 65 2e 67 |a host name (e.g|
0001a4d0 2e 20 66 72 65 64 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 29 20 61 6e |. fred.co.uk) an|
0001a4e0 64 20 76 69 63 65 0a 20 20 20 20 76 65 72 73 61 |d vice. versa|
0001a4f0 2e 0a 0a 54 43 50 2f 49 50 20 28 73 74 61 63 6b |...TCP/IP (stack|
0001a500 29 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 47 65 6e 65 72 69 63 20 74 |).. Generic t|
0001a510 65 72 6d 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 64 65 73 63 |erm used to desc|
0001a520 72 69 62 65 20 74 68 65 20 22 70 72 6f 74 6f 63 |ribe the "protoc|
0001a530 6f 6c 73 22 20 75 73 65 64 20 61 63 72 6f 73 73 |ols" used across|
0001a540 20 74 68 65 20 49 6e 74 65 72 6e 65 74 2e 0a 20 | the Internet.. |
0001a550 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 54 43 50 2f 49 50 20 73 74 | The TCP/IP st|
0001a560 61 63 6b 20 69 73 20 61 20 63 6f 6c 6c 65 63 74 |ack is a collect|
0001a570 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 76 61 72 69 6f |ion of the vario|
0001a580 75 73 20 70 72 6f 74 6f 63 6f 6c 73 20 74 68 61 |us protocols tha|
0001a590 74 20 75 73 65 0a 20 20 20 20 65 61 63 68 20 6f |t use. each o|
0001a5a0 74 68 65 72 20 69 6e 20 61 20 73 74 61 63 6b 2d |ther in a stack-|
0001a5b0 6c 69 6b 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 |like formation, |
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0001a5d0 75 73 65 73 20 54 43 50 20 77 68 69 63 68 0a 20 |uses TCP which. |
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