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- What is The Desktop Internet Reference?
-
- The Desktop Internet Reference is a hypertext reference to
- the Internet. Its eighteen thousand pages cover the
- following topics:
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- 1) What is the Internet? How does it work?
- 2) How can I get connected to the Internet?
- 3) What resources are available? How can I find things?
- 4) How do I use these resources?
- 5) Where can I find more about these topics?
-
- This reference is based on Peter Scott's Hytelnet, an
- excellent DOS and UNIX reference to the Internet. Other documents
- included are: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet
- NSF's Internet Resource Guide, Zen and the Art of the Internet,
- Introduction to the Internet: A Reading List, Putting your home
- PC on the Internet, the Public Dialup Internet Access List,
- The Totally Unofficial List of Internet Muds, High Weirdness
- on the Internet, ARCHIE user commands, Individual access to the
- Internet and a List of all known anonymous FTP sites. Each of
- these documents is included here in its entirity, with all
- original copyrights retained.
-
- I feel that The Desktop Internet Reference is special
- because it brings together a large number of useful
- documents into a single cross-linked, easily accessed form.
- I hope it will make the Internet more accessible to
- the average computer user.
-
- -> The Desktop Internet Reference is Public Domain, and CANNOT BE SOLD!
- -> It may be freely distributed without restiction. A duplication
- -> cost of $10 or less may be legally charged by a distribution agent.
- -> Anyone attempting to profit through the sale of The Desktop Internet
- -> Reference will not only be violating my copyright, but the
- -> copyrights of the many organizations whose documents are
- -> included here.
-
- The latest version of the Desktop Internet Reference is available via
- anonymous FTP at various sites worldwide. The FTP site "FTP.UWP.EDU"
- always carries the latest version in the directory /pub/msdos/dir. Or,
- send the author a check for $10 for the latest version on a 3.5"
- MS-DOS disk.
-
- The author wishes to solicit documents for inclusion in the next
- version of The Desktop Internet Reference. The author would also
- like to make versions of this program available for other computing
- platforms. Please contact him if you are interested in helping.
-
- If you have any questions about or suggestions for
- The Desktop Internet Reference, you can contact the author at:
-
- John Buckman
- 3520 Connecticut Ave, Apt 33
- Washington, DC 20008
-
- jbuckman@aas.org
-
-
- The Desktop Internet Reference is copyright 1993 John Buckman. All
- included documents are copyright their respective authors. Refer
- to each document for individual copyright information.
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-