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- Subject: Chinese BIG5 environment: FAQ of alt.chinese.text.big5
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- Archive-name: chinese-text/big5-faq
- Last-modified: November 22, 1993
- Version: 2.5
-
- This article contains the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions
- often seen in alt.chinese.text.big5. It also contains some FAQ mailed
- to help@csie.nctu.edu.tw. We hope before you post or mail a question
- about alt.chinese.text.big5, please make sure that the answer is not
- already here. If you find this article doesn't include your questions
- or some answers of this articles are not complete, please e-mail to
- help@csie.nctu.edu.tw. We will try to help you.
-
- BIG-5 ╜X ñññσ└⌠╣╥ ¬║ ░▌ ╗P ╡¬
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >>> Table of Contents <<<<
-
- [0] How many people read a.c.t and a.c.t.b ?
- [1] Where can I find the latest version of this FAQ ?
- [2] If you have trouble with this group, and you cannot find
- any solutions in this FAQ, how can you do ?
- [3] What's the differences between alt.chinese.text and
- alt.chinese.text.big5 ?
- [4] What should I know before I want to read alt.chinese.text.big5 ?
- [5] Do I need to crosspost my articles to both alt.chinese.text
- and alt.chinese.text.big5 ?
- [6] Where can I find most of the software mentioned here ?
- [7] How can I view articles in alt.chinese.text.big5 from UNIX
- hosts ?
- [8] What should I prepare if I want to input Chinese BIG5 code
- under UNIX environment ?
- [9] How can I make "cxterm" work in my system ?
- [10] How can I remotely display cxterm to my local X host if I don't
- have cxterm installed in my local host ?
- [11] How can I read/write Chinese BIG5 chars in PC ?
- [12] How can I read/write Chinese BIG5 chars via modem connection
- in PC?
- [13] How can I read/write Chinese BIG5 chars via NCSA Telnet
- utility in PC?
- [14] How can I read/write Chinese BIG5 chars via NCSA Telnet
- utility in Macintosh?
- [15] How can I utilize ChiRK to read BIG5 Chinese text ?
- [16] Why can't I read Chinese BIG5 mail in "elm"?
- [17] Why can't I send out Chinese BIG5 mail ?
- [18] Is it possible to mail my article to alt.chinese.text.big5 ?
- [19] How can I read/write Chinese BIG5 code under GNU Emacs 19.XX ?
- [20] How can I read/write Chinese BIG5 code under vi ?
- [21] How can I read/write Chinese BIG5 code under joe editor ?
- [22] Where can I get the "talk", "screen", ... etc. which support
- Chinese BIG5 characters ?
- [23] Which gopher servers can I get Chinese BIG5 stuff from ?
- [24] Why can'n my gopher client display Chinese BIG5 directories ?
- [25] How can I write Chinese BIG5 code in IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
- environment ?
- [26] Is the MUD game support Chinese BIG5 code ?
- [27] How can I read alt.chinese.text.big5 offline ? Is there ftp site
- which archives the articles in alt.chinese.text.big5 ?
- [28] What should I notice if I use MS-KERMIT to read BIG Chinese
- word in my PC ?
- [29] Where are the Internet BBS servers in Taiwan ?
- [30] I know there are many good stuffs in BBS. Can I read these good
- articles by newsreader (NNTP) rather than register in BBS ?
- [31] Where can I buy Chinese BIG5 commercial products outsides
- Taiwan ?
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- [0] How many people read a.c.t and a.c.t.b ?
-
- The following is the set of data from USENET readership report which
- comes from the Network Measurement Project at the DEC Network Systems
- Laboratory in Palo Alto, California for Oct 1993.
-
- +-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide.
- | +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population
- | | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all
- | | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month)
- | | | | +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month)
- | | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
- | | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/rdr
- | | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsrders
- | | | | | | | | who read this group.
- V V V V V V V V
- 1 470000 6439 90% 17 163.1 100% 0.00 12.6% news.announce.newusers
- 2 300000 4136 56% 842 11829.9 3% 0.04 8.1% alt.sex.stories
- ............
- 71 110000 1474 73% 2663 5797.6 36% 0.06 2.9% soc.culture.china
- ............
- 144 88000 1200 72% 2901 4864.9 8% 0.06 2.3% soc.culture.hongkong
- ............
- 290 66000 898 72% 572 1191.2 20% 0.02 1.8% soc.culture.taiwan
- ............
- 431 56000 770 55% 3660 6800.2 0% 0.11 1.5% alt.chinese.text
- ............
- 999 35000 472 55% 541 980.1 2% 0.02 0.9% soc.culture.singapore
- ............
- 1106 32000 434 45% 3665 6693.6 0% 0.15 0.8% alt.chinese.text.big5
-
-
- [1] Where can I find the latest version of this FAQ ?
-
- a) The FAQ will be posted monthly in alt.chinese.text and
- alt.chinese.text.big5. The FAQ you can find in these two groups
- should be the lastest version.
-
- b) If you have ftp access, you also can get a fresh copy of this FAQ
- from :
- rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/chinese-text/big5-faq
- ftp.csie.nctu.edu.tw:/pub/Chinese/chinese-text/big5-faq.
-
-
- [2] If you have troubles with this group, and you cannot find any solutions
- in this FAQ, how can you do ?
-
- Certainly, post your questions into alt.chinese.text or
- alt.chinese.text.big5 is the best way, we think. There are thousands of
- people reading these two group every day. They will share their
- experience to you whenever they've seen your problems. If you
- can hardly access these two groups, please mail your problems to
- help@csie.nctu.edu.tw. There will be people there trying to help you.
-
-
- [3] What's the differences between alt.chinese.text and
- alt.chinese.text.big5 ?
-
- Generally speaking, the contents of these two groups are the same.
- The difference between these two groups is the encoding method of
- Chinese characters. In alt.chinese.text, we usually use "HZ" protocol
- and "simplified form" Chinese chars, which is popular in mainland China
- and is assembled by two 7-bit ASCII characters. In alt.chinese.text.big5,
- we usually use "BIG5" character set and "complicated (traditional) form"
- Chinese chars, which is popular in Taiwan and is assembled by two 8-bit
- ASCII characters. To make consistency of contents between these two
- groups, there is a gateway program running in news.csie.nctu.edu.tw.
- In other words, if you post a "HZ" article into alt.chinese.text, you
- will find an another your BIG5 posing in alt.chinese.text.big5, and
- vice versa.
- Consequently, all you must keep in mind is that if you want to post
- "HZ" articles, you must and can just post them into alt.chinese.text;
- if you want to post "BIG5" articles, you must and can just post them
- into alt.chinese.text.big5. If you post "HZ"'s into alt.chinese.text.big5
- or post "BIG5"'s into alt.chinese.text, the gateway program in
- news.csie.nctu.edu.tw will ignore them.
-
-
- [4] What should I know before I want to read alt.chinese.text.big5 ?
-
- The most important thing you must know is that the BIG5 is a 8-bit
- protocol. In other words, before you want to access the a.c.t.b group
- or you want to send out BIG5 packets, please make sure your local network
- is 8-bit clean. As you may know, UUCP is a traditional 7-bit network, so
- if your news are fed from a UUCP site, than you probably cannot read
- articles in alt.chinese.text.big5.
-
-
- [5] Do I need to crosspost my articles to both alt.chinese.text and
- alt.chinese.text.big5 ?
-
- No, you needn't and cannot. There is a gateway program running in
- news.csie.nctu.edu.tw to ensure the contents' consistency between
- these two groups. If you post a article to the both groups, you
- will see duplicate articles in a.c.t and a.c.t.b.
- Generally, if your articles contain GB code, please post those articles
- into alt.chinese.text; if your articles contain BIG5 code, please
- post them to alt.chinese.text.big5.
-
-
- [6] Where can I find most of the software mentioned here ?
-
- If there is no special indication, almost all the software mentioned
- here can be got from the following sites :
-
- ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software
- NCTUCCCA.edu.tw[140.111.3.21]:/Chinese
- ftp.csie.nctu.edu.tw[140.113.17.166]:/pub/Chinese
-
-
- [7] How can I view articles in alt.chinese.text.big5 from UNIX hosts ?
-
- If you are sure that your hosts can accept 8-bit data packet, then :
-
- a) In X-windows, "cxterm" is the best utility to emulate Chinese BIG5
- environment.
- b) In PC or Mac, you must run a 8-bit terminal emulator under a Chinese
- BIG5 system.
-
-
- [8] What should I prepare if I want to input Chinese BIG5 code under UNIX
- environment ?
-
- In BSD-like system, you must set : "stty pass8"
- In SYSV-like system, you must set : "stty -istrip -cs8"
-
- If the utilities you are using have utilized the "setlocale" function,
- you can set the following environment variable :
-
- In SunOS and Solaris : "setenv LC_CTYPE iso_8859_1"
- In IBM AIX 3.2.X[3.1.X ?] : set your language environment to those which
- use 8-bit char set (such as ISO8859-?). You
- also can change your environment variable
- "LANG" to an appropriate one. (such as
- "En_US").
- SGI IRIX 4.X : "setenv LC_CTYPE english.iso88591"
- HP-UX : "setenv LC_CTYPE english.iso88591"
- or "setenv LC_CTYPE american.iso88591"
- or "setenv LC_CTYPE chinese-t.big5"
- Others : Try to "man setlocale" for details or
- ask the vendors how to re-define the
- international language environment.
-
-
- [9] How can I make "cxterm" work in my system ?
-
- Cxterm is a good terminal emulator for BIG 5 environment. If your
- cxterm has problems, please reference the following procedures step
- by step.
-
- a) Get the source of cxterm. You can get it from
-
- cs.purdue.edu:/pub/ygz
- ifcss.org:/software/unix/X-Window
- ftp.csie.nctu.edu.tw:/pub/Chinese/x-win
-
- Remember that cxterm-11.4.X.tar.Z is for X11 R4 base system, whereas
- cxterm-11.5.X.tar.Z is for X11 R5 base system. So before you want to
- install cxterm, you must confirm that whether your X is R4 or R5.
- (eg. Openwin 3.0 is R4 base).
-
- b) look at subdirectory "cxterm-platforms" under the above ftp site
- . There are some patches for different OSs. ( Solaris's patch is only
- available in ftp.csie.nctu.edu.tw).
-
- c) Compile and install cxterm.
-
- d) Retrieve BIG 5 fonts and Chinese input dictionaries. You can
- also get some existed examples from (a)'s ftp sites. But if you
- prefer ETen Chinese system (a popular PC Chinese system in Taiwan),
- there are many good stuff in ftp.csie.nctu.edu.tw:/pub/Chinese/x-win.
-
- e) Decide which directory you want to put all Chinese input dictionaries.
- Convert .tit files to .cit files.
-
- f) Convert all .bdf fonts' file to which your system accept.( please try
- to look up man page of "bdftosnf", "bdftopcf", "convertfont" .....
- etc.)
- Generally, X11R5 needs ".pcf" files, X11R4 needs ".snf" files,
- X11/NeWS (Openwin) needs ".fb" or ".fm" files. And some systems
- need these font files to be compressed.
-
-
- g) Decide which directory you want to put all Chinese fonts. In that
- directory, you should run "mkfontdir <dir_path>". And in your
- .xinitrc, you should add "xset +fp <chinese_font_path>". To ensure
- your Chinese fonts can be searched, you may run "xlsfonts".
-
- h) In your resource file of xterm (eg. ~/XTerm), add the following lines :
- ------------------------------------
- cxterm*HanziEncoding: BIG5
- cxterm*hanziInputDir: <Dir where the chinese dictionaries exist>
- cxterm*HanziFont: <Default chinese font's name>
- cxterm*Font: <Default english font's name>
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Remember you also can override the above settings by giving command
- line options of cxterm.
-
- i) If you want to input Chinese chars, you may need to set up
- different key-binding for different input methods in your
- resource file of xterm. Please refer to man page of "cxterm" for
- detail. the following is an example :
- ----------------------------------------------
- cxterm*VT100.Translations: #override \
- <KeyPress> F1: switch-HZ-mode(ASCII) \n\
- <KeyPress> F2: switch-HZ-mode(IC) \n\
- Shift <KeyPress> F3: switch-HZ-mode(TONEPY) \n\
- ~Shift <KeyPress> F3: switch-HZ-mode(PY-b5) \n\
- Shift <KeyPress> F4: switch-HZ-mode(PY) \n\
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- j) In X-windows environment, run "cxterm".
-
-
- [10] How can I remotely display cxterm in my local X host if I don't have
- cxterm installed in my local host ?
-
- First of all, you must confirm the cxterm resides in remote machine
- can work well.
- Second, you must have X-server running in your local machine.
- Third, reference (d),(f),(g) of question [9]. Setup all fonts needed
- in your local machine. Remember you must ensure that the fonts you want
- to use can be searched by your X-server ( local machine).
- And the last, open your local X access control, and run
- "cxterm -d <local_hostname>:0"
-
- Hope you can use the cxterm now....
-
-
- [11] How can I read/write Chinese BIG5 chars in PC ?
-
- Of course you must run Chinese system in advance. There are many
- popular commercial products for PC, such as ETen, HAN, KC, C-Windows
- ...etc. All this software can be bought from Taiwan and Hong Kong.
- By the way, KC system is distributed freely among TANet (Taiwan
- Academic Network), everyone in Taiwan can get a copy from
- moers2.edu.tw:/chinese-pub/chinese-sys/kc.
-
-
- [12] How can I read/write Chinese BIG5 chars via modem connection in PC?
-
- First of all, you must confirm that your terminal emulater and
- modem are set up 8-bit clean. Load BIG5 Chinese system in PC.
- Most of the problems why you can't read/write Chinese BIG5 chars
- through modem connection are due to your host system configuration.
- In Taiwan, our terminal servers with tty service from tel lines
- are set to 8-bits manually. But as we known, the setup in UNIX by
- defaults is to pass 7-bits. So, if you have already BIG5 Chinese
- system installed, but can't view BIG5 code, you must negotiate with
- your system admin to persuade them to set 8-bits in the tty line.
- ( /etc/gettytab, and /etc/ttytab for SUN-OS)
-
-
- [13] How can I read/write Chinese BIG5 chars via NCSA Telnet utility in PC?
-
- Load BIG5 Chinese system in PC.
- You must use 8-bits clean telnet. Try to get it from :
-
- NCTUCCCA.edu.tw:/Chinese/DOS/NCTU-Telnet
- ftp.csie.nctu.edu.tw:/pub/msdos/NCSA
- moers2.ecu.tw:/chinese-pub/ncsa/{ncu,nctu,itri,iii}.
-
- Or use "cutcp" (another NCSA ), in which only rlogin is 8-bits clean.
- The NCTU's version is highly recommended because it contains many enhanced
- functions besides the 8-bit clean. The source code of NCTU's version is
- also available in above FTP sites for reseachers.
-
-
- [14] How can I read/write Chinese BIG5 chars via NCSA Telnet
- utility in Macintosh?
-
- Please get a modified 8-bit binary code from
-
- imftp.mgt.ncu.edu.tw[140.115.83.90]:/pub/chinese/Telnet2.5c.sea.bin
- ftp.csie.nctu.edu.tw:/pub/Chinese/Mac
-
-
- [15] How can I utilize ChiRK to read BIG5 Chinese text ?
-
- ChiRK stands for "CHInese Reader on teKtronics compatible graphics
- terminals". Now ChiRK 1.2a has been tested and works without any ( yet)
- problem on following terminals: Tektronics 4010/4014; GraphOn 225, 230,
- 140; DEC VT240, VT330/340; XTerm; Tektool on SunView; EM4105 on IBM-PC;
- VersaTerm-Pro on Macintosh, etc. And it should work on any other type of
- Tek compatible terminal with few, if any, lines of the codes changed. For
- BIG5 characters, there is only one bitmap available (chinese.16).
-
- ChiRK is available from ifcss.org:/software/unix/viewer/ChiRK-*.tar.Z,
- please refer to its installation guild for detail.
-
-
- [16] Why can't I read Chinese BIG5 mail in "elm"?
-
- Please reference Question [8] at first.
- And then please check your elm's configuration in installation. If
- you compile in "mime" option, the "character set" should be "ISO-8859-1",
- and the "Content-Transfer-Encoding" should be 8-bit. [Note] These options
- must be configured well before installation.
-
-
- [17] Why can't I send out Chinese BIG5 mail ?
-
- Please check Question [4] to see if you meet the requirement. Then
- you must ensure that your mailer won't strip out the 8th bit. If your
- host has a mailing relay host, you also must ensure that your relay
- host accept 8-bit mail and won't strip out 8th bit.
-
- If you finally find out you cannot send 8-bit mail, you may want to
- try "uuencode/uudecode" mail. Please "man uuencode" and "man uudecode".
-
-
- [18] Is it possible to mail my article to alt.chinese.text.big5 ?
-
- Yes. you can mail your articles to
- alt.chinese.text.big5@usenet.csie.nctu.edu.tw.
- But you must confirm that you can send out 8-bit mail in advance.
- Please refer to [16].
-
-
- [19] How can I read/write Chinese BIG5 code under GNU Emacs 19.XX ?
-
- 1. In your ~/.emacs, including :
-
- (set-input-mode (car (current-input-mode))
- (nth 1 (current-input-mode))
- 0)
-
- Then your emacs will recognize 8-bit input.
-
- 2. To let emacs display 8-bit characters, type the following command
- in emacs :
-
- M-x standard-display-european
-
-
- [20] How can I read/write Chinese BIG5 code under vi ?
-
- Originally vi can accept 8-bit characters. If you want to use
- original vi to write Chinese BIG5 chars, you'd better refer to [18]
- to set proper LC_CTYPE environment variable. But you may have trouble
- with BIG5 2-byte codes. "celvis" is a modified version and a good
- substitute for Chinese BIG5 environment.
-
-
- [21] How can I read/write Chinese BIG5 code under joe editor ?
-
- joe is a popular WordStar-like editor in UNIX. You can get it from
- ftp.csie.nctu.edu.tw:/pub/Chinese/unix/joe.
- To enable joe can accept 8-bit chars, you must include "-asis" option
- in your ".joerc" file.
-
-
- [22] Where can I get the "talk", "screen", ... etc. which support Chinese
- BIG5 characters ?
-
- There are some modified sources which you can find under
- ftp.csie.nctu.edu.tw:/pub/Chinese/unix.
-
-
- [23] Which gopher servers can I get Chinese BIG5 stuff from ?
-
- telnet gopher.csie.nctu.edu.tw 4270
- or
- telnet gopher.ccu.edu.tw
- telnet cc.nsysu.edu.tw , with login name : "gopher".
-
- or you can use gopher client utility to connect the above servers
- directly. eg. "gopher gopher.csie.nctu.edu.tw"
-
-
- [24] Why can't my gopher client display Chinese BIG5 directories ?
-
- If you are in BSD system, you must re-compile your gopher client
- program with SYSV curses library. For example, in SunOS, use :
-
- CC=/usr/5bin/cc
- CFLAGS=-I/usr/5include
- LDFLAGS=-L/usr/5lib -lcurses -ltermcap
-
- And remember change your PAGER to "cless", "more", or "pg", which won't
- strip out 8th bit.
-
-
- [25] How can I write Chinese BIG5 code in IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
- environment ?
-
- You can get the lastest version of IRC client from
- nic.funet.fi:/pub/unix/irc/ircII
- and put the following line in ~/.ircrc
- /set translation LATIN_1
- If you want to set system's default to 8-bit, you must include the above
- setting in $IRCII_LIBRARY/script/local.
-
-
- [26] Is the MUD support Chinese BIG5 code ?
-
- * What is a MUD?
-
- A MUD (Multiple User Dimension, Multiple User Dungeon, or Multiple User
- Dialogue) is a computer program which users can log into and explore.
- Each user takes control of a computerized persona/avatar/incarnation/
- character. You can walk around, chat with other characters, explore
- dangerous monster-infested areas, solve puzzles, and even create your
- very own rooms, descriptions and items. You can also get lost or confused
- if you jump right in, so be sure to read MUD's document before starting.
-
- * What is a Chinese(BIG5) MUD?
-
- There are two definitions, they are:
-
- (1) a MUD which can receive Chinese(BIG5) messages and send
- Chinese(BIG5) messages.
- (2) Including (1), a Chinese(BIG5) MUD which enable Chinese(BIG5)
- interface which you can find every message becomes Chinese(BIG5)
- from English.
-
- * How to use a Chinese(BIG5) MUD?
-
- A Chinese(BIG5) MUD is the same as an English MUD, the difference is a
- Chinese(BIG5) MUD can receive and show Chinese(BIG5) characters just
- like Chinese(BIG5) talk.
-
- If you telnet from a workstation with UNIX system, and under a Chinese
- (BIG5) system. You can type Chinese BIG5 code and see Chinese BIG5
- characters directly for you are under [stty pass8].
-
- If you telnet from PC, first, you must make sure your telnet software
- can transmit 8-bit characters. Second, your telnet must be under a
- Chinese(BIG5) Environment.
-
- If you telnet from UNIX on workstation, and you telnet to workstation
- by a PC, then you have to use 8-bit telnet software on PC under
- Chinese(BIG5) Environment, and set stty pass8 in your account on
- workstation.
-
- * Where are Chinese(BIG5) MUDs?
-
- The following are available sites of definition (1) of Chinese(BIG5)
- MUD :
-
- (a) telnet 140.113.17.168 4040 ( ccsun44.csie.nctu.edu.tw 4000 )
- Merc DikuMud 2.0
- (b) telnet 140.113.17.168 4000 ( ccsun44.csie.nctu.edu.tw 4040 )
- Reamls of Wind I
- (c) telnet 140.113.17.168 1234 ( ccsun44.csie.nctu.edu.tw 4040 )
- Reamls of Wind II
- (d) telnet 140.117.11.33 4000 ( irc.nsysu.edu.tw 4000)
- Merc DikuMud 1.0
-
- If you have problems of (a), (b) or (c) site, please e-mail to
- mud_adm@ccsun44.csie.nctu.edu.tw
- If you have problems with (d) site, please e-mail to
- aries@news.nsysu.edu.tw
-
-
- [27] How can I read alt.chinese.text.big5 offline ? Is there ftp site
- which archives the articles in alt.chinese.text.big5 ?
-
- If your usenet sites haven't carried alt.chinese.text.big5
- or your server can't be 8-bits clean, you can try to read
- them off-line via anonymous FTP service.
-
- Try anonymous ftp to
- ftp.csie.nctu.edu.tw:/pub/Chinese/chinese-text/big5.
-
- All files are in mail folder digest form. You can read them by many ways:
-
- 1). by mail reader
- for example,
- uncompress Sep-1.Z
- elm -f Sep-1
- or
- mail -f Sep-1
-
- 2). Convert them to QWK format and read them by any QWK readers in
- your PC. To convert to QWK format, you can get uqwk and some
- qwk readers in ftp.csie.nctu.edu.tw:/pub/unix/uqwk.
-
- If you can't ftp access to our ftp server, you can try BITFTP
- or ftp-mail.
-
- FTPMAIL
-
- FTPMAIL is a mail server available to anyone who can send
- and receive electronic mail to and from Internet sites.
- This includes most workstations that have an e-mail connec-
- tion to the outside world, and CompuServe users. You do not
- need to be directly on the Internet. Here's how to do it.
- You send mail to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com. In the message
- body, give the name of the anonymous FTP host and the FTP
- commands you want to run. The server will run anonymous FTP
- for you and mail the files back to you. To get a complete
- help file, send a message with no subject and the single
- word "help" in the body. The following is an example mail
- session that should get you a listing of the files in the
- selected directory and the file Sep-1.Z. The listing is
- useful in case there are other files you may be interested
- in.
- % mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
- Subject:
- reply alan@ora.com (where you want files mailed)
- connect ftp.csie.nctu.edu.tw
- cd /pub/Chinese/chinese-text/big5
- dir
- binary
- uuencode (or btoa if you have it)
- get Sep-1.Z
- quit
- %
- A signature at the end of the message is acceptable as long
- as it appears after "quit."
- All retrieved files will be split into 60KB chunks and
- mailed to you. You then remove the mail headers and con-
- catenate them into one file, and then uudecode or atob it.
- Once you've got the desired distribution, extract the files
- from it by following the directions under FTP.
-
-
- BITFTP
-
- BITFTP is a mail server for BITNET users. You send it elec-
- tronic mail messages requesting files, and it sends you back
- the files by electronic mail. BITFTP currently serves only
- users who send it mail from nodes that are directly on BIT-
- NET, EARN, or NetNorth. BITFTP is a public service of
- Princeton University. Here's how it works.
- To use BITFTP, send mail containing your FTP commands to
- BITFTP@PUCC. For a complete help file, send HELP as the
- message body.
- The following is the message body you should send to BITFTP:
- FTP ftp.csie.nctu.edu.tw NETDATA
- USER anonymous
- PASS your Internet e-mail address (not your bitnet address)
- CD /pub/Chinese/chinese-text/big5
- DIR
- BINARY
- GET Sep-1.Z
- QUIT
- Once you've got the desired distribution, extract the files
- from it by following the directions under FTP.
- Questions about BITFTP can be directed to MAINT@PUCC on BIT-
- NET.
-
-
- [28] What should I notice if I use KERMIT to read BIG Chinese
- word in my PC ?
-
- The following is the way to use Chinese system with Kermit 3.13:
-
- 1. Add "DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS" in your "config.sys".
- 2. Add the following commands in your "mscustom.ini":
-
- set port 2 ; modify when needed
- set term none
- set term character-set trans
- set term display 8
- set term control 8
- set parity none.
-
-
- [29] Where are the Internet BBS servers in Taiwan ?
-
- BBS server's address login name status
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- bbs.csie.nctu.edu.tw (140.113.17.154) bbs 24 hours
- bbs.cis.nctu.edu.tw (140.113.23.31) bbs 24 hours
- alab01.ee.nctu.edu.tw (140.113.218.1) bbs Up only on weekend
- whitman.csie.nctu.edu.tw(140.113.214.68) bbs 24 hours
- cc.nsysu.edu.tw (140.117.11.1) bbs 24 hours
- ba.mgt.ncu.edu.tw (140.115.83.210) bbs 24 hours
- ew.ee.ntu.edu.tw (140.112.18.30) bbs 24 hours
- worksun12.ttit.edu.tw (140.129.25.213) bbs 24 hours
- bbs.ntu.edu.tw (140.112.8.19) bbs 24 hours
- etc3.et.ntit.edu.tw (140.118.2.65) bbs 24 hours
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- You also can "telnet bbs.csie.nctu.edu.tw 1234" to use CSIE, NCTU's BBS.
-
- Now bbs.csie.nctu.edu.tw
- bbs.cis.nctu.edu.tw
- ew.ee.ntu.edu.tw
- worksun12.ttit.edu.tw
- are exchanging BBS messages to one another.
- In other words, if you write a message in
- bbs.csie.nctu.edu.tw, you also can see it in
- ew.ee.ntu.edu.tw, ans others.
-
-
- [30] I know there are many good stuffs in BBS. Can I read these good articles
- by newsreader (NNTP) rather than register in BBS ?
-
- Yes. But now this facility is only supported in news server
- news.csie.nctu.edu.tw. You can first set your NNTP news server to
- news.csie.nctu.edu.tw, and then read news groups : csie.bbs.*
-
-
- [31] Where can I buy Chinese BIG5 commercial products outsides Taiwan ?
-
- The following is a list of dealers from which you can purchase some
- popular Chinese BIG5 products outsides Taiwan. Thanks ETen Information
- System CO. LTD. for supporting this list.
-
- West Amercia
-
- CHASE Computer Co.
- 210 E. Main St.
- Alhambra, CA 91801
- U.S.A
- Tel: 818-300-8666
- Fax: 818-300-8693
-
- Advanced Hi-Tech Corp.
- 2221 Rosecrans Ave., #203
- El Segundo, CA 90245
- U.S.A.
- Tel: 213-643-7571
- Fax: 213-643-7572
-
- East Amercia
-
- ABEST Internatonal Inc.
- 83-09 Northern Blvd.
- Jackson Heights
- NY 11372
- U.S.A.
- Tel: 718-507-8485/0411
- Fax: 718-507-7795
-
- Canada (Toronto)
-
- MIT Computer Supplies Co., Ltd.
- 40 Shields Court, Unit 1 & 2
- Markham Ontario
- L3R OM5
- Canada
- Tel: 416-946-0908
- Fax: 416-946-8749
-
- Hong Kong
-
- Universal Electronics Trading Co.
- 15/F., Sincere Insurance Bldg.,
- 6 Hennessy Rd. Wanchai
- Hong Kong
- Tel: 529-4433
- Fax: 529-2308
-
- Singapore
-
- ETen Information System (S) Pte. Ltd.
- 2, Soon Wing Road, #04-01/02,
- Soon Wing Industrial Building
- Singapore 1334
- Tel: 741-0155
- Fax: 741-4732
-
- Malaysia
-
- ETen Information Consultant Service Centre
- 56-B, 2nd Flr.
- Jalan Sultan Ismail,
- 50250 Kuala Lumpur
- Malaysia
- Tel: 3-242-4236
- Fax: 3-241-1557
-
- Korea
-
- KANAM Electronics Co., Ltd.
- 4th Floor Samboo Building
- 48-14, Shinwol 3-Dong,
- Yangchon-ku, seoul 158-095
- Korea
- Tel: 2-604-9138
- Fax: 2-690-3258
-
-
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- Computer Center
- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering
- National Chiao Tung University
- HsinChu, Taiwan, 300
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