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- This file should be called "bkupdate.txt" on your computer.
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- UPDATE TO THE LAMBERT/HOWE INTERNET BOOK
-
- _Internet Basics, Your Online Access to the Global Electronic Highway_
-
- As expected in this fast-changing world of the Internet, there have been
- changes since the book went to press. This file is intended to show you
- where there are changes, and where to find the most up-to-date material.
-
- Summary of changes:
-
- 1. Many menus have changed from those pictured in the book. In particular,
- the menu "Using Internet Services" is no longer in the Internet SIG menu.
- Instead, the same information is included in the FAQ (Frequently Asked
- Questions) section of the gopher. Type GO INT GOPHER and select the FAQ
- from the main gopher menu. You will then see a list of questions, and
- you can either read the questions individually or read or download the
- complete FAQ file from the gopher. In general, many Internet functions
- now appear on the gopher menu that were previously separate items.
-
- 2. There are other special interest gophers in other SIGs and Forums
- on Delphi. If you don't see something you are looking for in the Internet
- SIG gopher, you may find it in a specialized gopher elsewhere.
-
- 3. There are now three ways to read newsgroups. The nn newsreader is
- fairly well documented in the book, and additional documentation is
- available in the support menu (type USENET at the Internet SIG> prompt)
- and in the Usenet Database here. The newer Delphi newsreader is easier
- for beginners to handle than the powerful, but somewhat difficult to
- learn nn reader. The nn reader can be accessed by typing NN from the
- Internet SIG> prompt or by typing USENET first to access the support menus
- and then typing NN. The new Delphi reader can be accessed by typing
- USE USE from the Internet SIG> prompt. The resulting newsgroup menus
- include help files, FAQ files for beginners, a selected list of newsgroups,
- a newsgroup finder utility, and a command to enter the name of any
- newsgroup you want to access directly. After typing a name, you can type
- SAVE to make the newsgroup part of your permanent personal newsgroup
- menu, called FAVORITES.
-
- The third way to read newsgroups is to use the shareware program D-Lite.
- You can find more about it by typing GO COMP D-LITE to visit the D-Lite
- SIG elsewhere in DELPHI.
-
- You will also find selected newsgroups available in other SIGs and Forums.
-
- 4. The procedures for using WAIS at Thinking Machines have changed, although
- the companion WAIS utility at WAIS.COM has not. If you select the Thinking
- Machines WAIS from the Search Utilities menu, and login as wais, you will get a
- new introductory screen, which asks you to search for the source files you want
- first from the directory-of-servers.src source. This Directory of Servers is a
- descriptive listing of the 600 or so source files that can be searched. You
- search first for the best source files. Press w to enter a word or words you
- think will best identify the source file or files you want to search. If you
- are going to search the List of Lists, press w and type lists. When you press
- Enter, it will find a number of sources, and the List of Lists will be the
- second one on the source lists. Highlight it and press Enter to read more about
- it, or just press u to select it. When you press q to return to the first
- screen, your selected sources will now be added to the initial
- directory-of-servers.src. Now highlight each one to be searched and press the
- spacebar to select it. An asterisk appears by each one selected. Then press w,
- as before to enter keywords. This affects material on pages 154-158 and page
- 293.
-
- 5. FINGER is no longer an option at the Internet SIG> prompt. It appears
- on the Utilities menu along with PING and TRACEROUTE. To use FINGER, type
- UTIL at the Internet SIG prompt and then use it as documented from the
- UTILITIES> prompt.
-
- PING and TRACEROUTE are both used by following the command with an Internet
- address, either in domain name or IP address form. PING will repeatedly send a
- signal to the remote site and time its return. Stop it with ctl-C. It is
- basically used to confirm that a given site is online and operating. TRACEROUTE
- shows you the complete route that is used to connect to a given site, and can
- locate where along the path a problem is occurring.
-
- Sample commands:
-
- ping well.sf.ca.us
- ping 134.82.1.8
- traceroute whitehouse.gov
- traceroute 128.95.10.207
-
- 6. There are many more changes underway on DELPHI. This file will be
- updated and expanded as changes come into effect.
-
-
- Walt and Steve
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