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While in today's world, the Internet is a fact of life, and most mentions of it deal with unusual new laws or the discussion of the Internet as a cultural force in the world, this wasn't always the case. Started as a network of networks in the late 1960's, the Internet was, by today's standards, a pitifully slow connection that spanned only the most with-it college campuses and govenment installations. While the BBS world thrived and exploded, the Internet slowly grew, adding new schools and stronger connections over time. Before BBSes knew what hit them, this collegiate computer tool suddenly because The Next Big Thing, and any BBS that didn't grow and adapt to handle the Internet in some form slowly withered and died. On the other hand, any BBSes that made the switch were mutated into something completely unrecognizable anyway, so it was a lose-lose situation as far as the BBS culture surviving intact.
Nostalgic whining aside, the Internet stood away from the BBS world in some very positive ways: It was truly worldwide and your writings could be seen by thousands around the world as opposed to less than a hundred if you were lucky; the participants were generally college-age and had gotten over that inexplicable need to act like a complete ass online; and the subjects and topics approached by different people on the Internet were generally both interesting, and deep.
Of course, it did in fact collapse into a relative heap when the Internet became the must-be-on place for every schmuck with a modem. But on the other hand, you didn't need to spend tens of thousands a year for access to a terminal, either.
These files represent the thoughts of people in the late 80's/early 90's as they struggled to bring to the world the "definitive answer" on everything, which seems to have been one of the Internet's inherent missions. They're separate from BBS textfiles, but they're definitely something worth checking out.
Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Bulletins (1988-)
The Frequently Asked Questions Collection
DDN Management Bulletin #31: Police for Defense Data Netowkr Node Relocations (March 24, 1986)
DDN Management Bulletin #32: Phase 1 Of the Domain Name Implementation (January 22, 1987)
DDN Management Bulletin #36: DDN Monitoring Centers (December 10, 1987)
Adam Curry Explains: What is MTV.COM?
IRC Action Coding Script by PosterBoy (January 22, 1994)
List of Currently Active USENET Newsgroups (June 6, 1992)
List of Currently Active USENET Newsgroups (June 6, 1992) (Part 2)
A List of Newsgroups in the 'Alt" Heirarchy by Bruce Becker (May 6, 1994)
Registration of Domain Names for Bitnet, Csnet and UUCP
Domain Registration Template for CSNET and UUCP Sites
Guidelines for the Creation of an ALT Group (December 7, 1992)
FAQ: The Internet Relay Chat FAQ Version 1.4 (August 7, 1995)
FAQ: IRC Frequently Asked Questions (January 2, 1995)
Crypto Anarchy and Virtual Communities by Timothy C. May
Information on the Anon.Penet.Fi Anonymous Server (April 25, 1994)
A List of Anonymous FTP Servers from Jon Granrose (December 1, 1990)
How to Set Up an Anonymous FTP Server (July 24, 1994)
List of Internet Sites Accepting Anonymous FTP, by Jon Granrose (March 13, 1990)
Information on using Archie for E-mail Version 3.0 (April 10, 1993)
How to Look Up FTP Files on ARCHIE (July 22, 1991)
List of Autonomous System Numbers (July 22, 1992)
Registering for an Autonomous System Number
The Astronomy FTP List (April 5, 1993)
A Brief Tutorial on ATM by Zahir Ebrahim (March 5, 1992)
Information on The Australian Internet Registry
A List of Reachable Major MsDos Authors of Files at FTP Archives (February 28, 1993)
DOCUMENTATION: AUTONET: Automated Internet Communications 3.0 by David SMith (1995)
Autonet Terminal Identity Codes
FAQ: How to Receive Banned Newsgroups FAQ (November 30, 1994)
Complete List of Networks World Wide, from Sk8 the Skinhead
Zamfield`s Wonderfully Incomplete, Complete Internet BBS List (June 15, 1992)
The Big Dummies' Guide to the Internet Version 2.0 (February 1994): Appendix
The Big Dummies' Guide to the Internet Version 2.0 (February 1994): Chapter 10: News of the Weird
The Big Dummies' Guide to the Internet Version 2.0 (February 1994): Chapter 11: IRCs and MUDs
The Big Dummies' Guide to the Internet Version 2.0 (February 1994): Chapter 13: Business on the Net
The Big Dummies' Guide to the Internet Version 2.0 (February 1994): Chapter 2: E-mail
The Big Dummies' Guide to the Internet Version 2.0 (February 1994): Chapter 3: Usenet I
The Big Dummies' Guide to the Internet Version 2.0 (February 1994): Chapter 4: Usenet II
The Big Dummies' Guide to the Internet Version 2.0 (February 1994): Chapter 6: Telnet
The Big Dummies' Guide to the Internet Version 2.0 (February 1994): Chapter 7: FTP
The Big Dummies' Guide to the Internet Version 2.0 (February 1994): Chapter 8: Gophers, WAIS, Web
The Big Dummies' Guide to the Internet Version 2.0 (February 1994): Chapter 9: Advanced E-Mail
The Big Dummies' Guide to the Internet Version 2.0 (February 1994): Preface and Introduction
Big Fun in the Internet with Uncle Bert
A List of Nodes on BITNET (December 14, 1988)
BioBit No 17 (Bitnet for the complete idiot) (October 15, 1990)
A Directory of Files on Bitnet (March 19, 1988)
DOCUMENTATION: Blacker Interface Control Document (March 21, 1989)
Baloobear's Guide to Writing IRC Bots
How to Get onto IRC, from Antares Cybersquatting Division (August 9, 1994)
A Listing of NSFNETworks by Country (June 1, 1994)
NSFNetworks by US State (June 1, 1994)
NSFNet Byte Traffic History (April, 1994)
Some Frequently Submitted Questions on USENET
The Acceptable Use Policy for CERFnet
The Arrival of the USSR on Usenet (April 1st, 1984)
The National Research and Education Network: Two meetings (December 17, 1990)
Closing the Net, by Greg Costikyan, from Reason Magazine
Operational Policies for Internet Network 128.109 and The Concert Network
SPAM: A Confidential Letter, Help Get Nigerian Money
All You Ever Wanted to Know About Usenet (July 27, 1991)
DOCUMENTATION: CPPNews Version 1.2
Do Not Send Any Cards to Craig Shergold! (The Craig Shergold FAQ)
The Acceptable Use Policy for the Corporation for Research and Education Networking
The Political and Social Implications of the Net by Steve Crocker (October 29, 1992)
The Campus-Wide Information Systems List by Judy Hallman (April 7, 1992)
Some thoughts about Cyberpunks and Post Humans, by Wyzel
A Primer on How to Work with the USENET Community by Chuq Von Rospach (October 23, 1991)
Technical Guide to DataPac, by The New Dark Council (1990)
Datapac 3101 ITI Parameters Description
Datapac 3101 Outdial Procedures, Captured and Edited by Damaged Mind (October 23, 1991)
Datapac 3101 Service Descriptions
Dear Emily Postnews: Emily Postnews, the Foremost Authority on Proper Net Behaviour
Department of Defense Federal Data Bases List
Defense Data Network Blues, by Harry Hackalot
Defense Data Network Blues, by The Federation and The Baud Baron
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The Del Rey Books Internet Newsletter Issue #4 (May, 1993)
The Official Demo FTP List by Belgorath (March 22, 1994)
Mudding: Social Phenomena in Text-Based Virtual Realities by Pavel Curtis of Xerox PARC
A List of FTP and Telnet Sites
How to Send Disguised E-mail (Forging)
A Complete List of US Domains from a Long Time Ago
Domain Hijacking and InterNIC Loopholes
What is a USENET Domain? By Mark R. Horton, Bell Laboratories
The Basics to DATAPAC, by Mister X (February 2, 1991)
The Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Shari Steele (January 15, 1994)
FAQ: Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette (July 25, 1991)
Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters by Michael Strangelove (July 1992)
Electropolis: Communication and Community on Internet Relay Chat by Elizabeth H. Reid, 1991
Policies on Electronic Mail: A Summary From Different Sites, by Todd Hooper
Computer Electronic Mail and Privacy by Ruel T. Hernandez (January 11, 1987)
DOCUMENTATION: PC Yarn: Offline News Storage and Reading System
A Primer on How to Work With the USENET Community by Chuq Von Rospach, 21 Jan 1991
Some Hints on Writing Style for USENET (July 25, 1991)
The FARnet Acceptable Usage Policy
The Coming of the Fibersphere (December 7, 1993)
The Cathouse List of File Archives (April 2, 1993)
FAQ: The Internet Firewalls FAQ (1994)
FAQ: How to find people's E-mail addresses (March 31, 1993)
The FRICC Policy on Interconnectivity and Resource Sharing from Bill Bostwick (July 2nd, 1990)
The Internet Warez Sites List (April 3, 1995)
Windoom's Personal Badass Motherfucker List (FTP Sites)
Taran's FTP and FSP PC Site List (February 24, 1995)
The Anonymous Warez Exchange List
The NS FTP Site List (February 20, 1995)
The Chrome FTP Site List by Guilder Lamprey (February 26, 1995)
A List of Warez Sites and What's In Em
The FTP Warez List by AnacondA (January 1, 1995)
A List of Warez FTP Sites by BaergaMan
General List of All Sorts of FTP Sites
Questions & Answers about anonymous ftp by Odin (January 5, 1990)
A List of Anonymous FTP Servers, by Jon Granose (March 8, 1991)
The Anonymous FTP List, by Jon Granrose (October 9, 1990)
The FTP Bounce Attack, by Hobbit (July 12, 1995)
Special Internet Connections from Scott Yanoff (December 6, 1993)
Large List of FTP Sites by Jon Granrose (December 1, 1990)
A List of Internet-Wide FTP Sites (1990)
The Really Up To Date Gaming FTP Site List by Theresa Verity (May 30, 1994)
Inter-Network Mail Guide by John J. Chew (February 23, 1990)
Gender Issues in Online Communications by Hoai-An Truong and Members of BAWIT (1993)
A Somewhat Idiosyncratic View of the Internet As Portrayed as a Parable of Genesis
An Introduction to Anonymous FTP Servers and What's Available, by Granrose
USENET Software: History and Sources (October 23, 1991)
The Information Center Issue #1: Accessing GEnie Free
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Net: First Meeting
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Net: The Flamers
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Net: The Singularans
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Net: E.C. The Extra Commercial
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Net: Netrothea
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Net: Netrothea Part II
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Net: Everything is Alphabetic
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Net: The Flamers Return
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Net: Martin
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Net: Roarin' George
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Net: Life, the Net and Everything Part I
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Net: Life, the Net, and Everything Part II
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet, by Ed Krol (August 25, 1987)
Approximate Amounts of Internet Hosts, 1981-1994
The Department of Defense Internet Host Table (July 23, 1992)
The Twelve Commandments of Flaming, from David Byrnes (May 29th, 1994)
FAQ: Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies (October 23, 1991)
Accessing the Internet by E-Mail by Doctor Bob Rankin (March 1995)
Zamfield`s Wonderfully Incomplete, Complete Internet BBS List (March 20th, 1992)
The List of Mailing Lists (September 21, 1990)
Zamfield`s Wonderfully Incomplete, Complete Internet BBS List (March 30, 1992)
A Hacker's Guide to the Internet, by The Gatsby (July 7, 1991)
A Listing of Special Internet Sites and Services
Answers to Commonly asked "New Internet User" Questions, August 1990
Introduction to Internet Protocols, by the Computer Science Facilities Group (July 3, 1987)
A Tour of the Internet (Poems, Stories, Histories of the Internet)
Michael's List: A List of Internet Services (August, 1995)
An Introduction to WarCom 5, an IRC Script Collection
A Preliminary Overview of the Internet Worm
Understanding IP Addressing, by Wally Linstruth (November 12, 1986)
The IRC How To, by Wyzewun v0.1 (April 2, 1999)
How to Get into IRC (The IRC FAQ) (August 9, 1994)
What is IRC? And what do I do with it?
ISDN FAQ Version 4.2 (January 25, 1995)
FAQ: A List of Active Newsgroups (October 23, 1991)
EXPLOIT: Java Class Loader Hole Recently Discovered (June 10, 1996)
Connecting to the Internet: Security Considerations (CSL Bulletin) (July, 1993)
A List of Moderators of USENET Newsgroups (October 23, 1991)
The KILLFILE FAQ (October 21, 1995)
Searching for the Leviathan in Usenet, by Richard Clark Mackinnon, December, 1992
List of all LISTSERV lists known to LISTSERV@BITNIC on January 14, 1992
Libraries and the National Research and Education Network (June, 1990)
The Los Nettos Acceptable Use Guidelines
List of all LISTSERV lists known to LISTSERV@BITNIC on September 16, 1992
The Mage's Guide to th Internet by Tyagi Nagasiva Version 2.0 (April 29, 1994)
The Inter-network mail transfer guide by John J. Chew (June 25, 1992)
The List of Special Interest Mailing Lists (June 14, 1993)
Information on Configuring a Modem for Connecting to the Internet (April 19, 1995)
The Minnesota Regional Network Bylaws, September 23, 1987
FAQ: List of Recommended PC (DOS) Archive sites Accessible via FTP (July 18, 1991)
The MUF Cheat-Sheet, as seen by Sammael (Arthur, The., etc)
How Students See an Artificial World, by David L. Wilson (February 12, 1993)
Three's Unabridged Dictionary of MUD Commands
The Totally Unofficial List of Internet Muds Volume 5, Issue 9 (June 1993)
The Totally Unofficial List of Internet Muds Volume 6 Issue 3 (September 17, 1993)
Interactive Multi-User Computer Games
MUDs and Reality (Mysticism/Computers - LONG THEORY) by Thyagi Morgoth NagaSiva (December 17, 1992)
The MUF Reference Manual by Jethro, ChupChup and Black_Dougal
Beginner's guide to MUF programming by ChupChup (August 10th, 1990)
The New NCSA E-Mail Policy Inconsistent with Academic Freedom, from Carl M. Kadie (April 23, 1991)
The NEARnet Acceptable Use Policy, 29 October 1990
DOCUMENTATION: Netcat Version 1.10
History of NSFNET Growth by Networks (1988-1994) (June 1, 1994)
formerly The Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Adam Gafflin (October 23, 1995)
The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette by Arlene H. Rinaldi (September 3, 1992)
Summary of Sending Internet Electronic Mail, Circa 1985
The NETSERV Filelist for Netsev at Bitnic (November 4, 1987)
Internet Traveler Guide. The Alternative Journey by Yaron Bloom & Uri Hasson (June 1994)
List of Internet Networks and Protocols
Divination Web News (August 9, 1994)
NSFNET Traffic Distribution Highlights (April 1994)
NetWork Hackers Alliance Issue 3
NIS Explained, by Virtual Circuit and Psychotic
The NIXPUB Open Access UNIX (*NIX) Sites [both Fee and No Fee] (May 20, 1992)
Open Access UNIX (*NIX) Sites [both Fee and No Fee] (September 1, 1992)
The Northwest Net Acceptable Use Policy
Documentation for the Fake Nickserv Bot (Version 1.01) by Ang3ldust
The NSFNet Acceptable Use Policy
The DDN New User Guide Third Edition (September, 1991)
DOCUMENTATION: NewsWerthy Version 2.0 by William Werth (1995)
FAQ: Regional Newsgroup Hierarchies (July 25, 1991)
The ONet Association Acceptable Use Policy, October 23, 1990
Packet Switching Networks and How they Work, March 4, 1985
The Public Dialup Internet Access List (PDIAL) (October 15, 1992)
The RISKS of Posting to the Net (May 23, 1991)
The Usenet Guide to Power Posting, by Hal Singer (May 24, 1988)
The PREPnet Acceptable Use Policy
The Privatized NREN, by Mitch Kapor of the EFF (February 14, 1991)
FAQ: A Guide to Social Newsgroups and Mailing Lists (October 23, 1991)
FAQ: What is Usenet? (October 23, 1991)
DOCUMENTATION: PSILink 3.2 Installation (August 1, 1992)
Working With Jon (Postel), by D. Cohen (November, 1998)
FAQ: How to Construct the Mailpaths File (July 25, 1991)
The SoftBase Report of Internet WWW Pages of Software Suppliers (January 3, 1995)
How to Set Up a Secure Anonymous FTP Site Version 1.3 (June 1, 1994)
A Brief Tutorial on Sendmail Rules
A Brief Tutorial on Sendmail Rules by Dr. Charles Hedrick (1985)
A Description of the Sendmail Wizard Bug, by Steve Bellovin
FAQ: An Anonymous FTP Sites Listing (February 22, 1995)
How Special Librarians really use the Internet (April 1, 1992)
Technical Information of the MIT Serial Line Framing Protocol (November 10, 1987)
Using the Mosaic Web Browser over SLIP and PPP Connections
The Smiley Dictionary (September 12, 1990) by Per Goetterup
The Social Scientist's Guide to the Network (April 25, 1992)
FAQ: USENET Software: History and Sources, by Gene Spafford (April 15, 1992)
DOCUMENTATION: Simple Offline USENET Packet Format Version 1.2 by Rhys Weatherley (August 14, 1993)
Finding Source Code on the Internet (Sources FAQ)
Prototyping SP4: A Secure Data Network System Transport Protocol
The Network Abuse FAQ from J.D. Falk (July 8, 1996)
SPAN Memorandum regarding the Internet Worm
Security information on the Internet Worm, from SPAN
Final SPAN warnings/insistences about the Internet Worm
Special Internet Collections, by Scott Yanoff (November 30, 1992)
The Complete Introductory Guide to SprintNet and Similar Packet Switched Networks (April 22, 1990)
FAQ: SSL-Tak, by Christopher Allen (December 12, 1997)
A Short History of the Internet by Bruce Sterling (November 23, 1993)
Hints on Writing Style for Usenet by Gene Spafford (April 12, 1992)
Surfing the Internet: An Introduction Version 2.0.2 (December 15, 1992)
Surfing the Internet Version 2.0.2 by Jean Armour Polly (December 15, 1992)
Surfing the Wild Internet, by Thomas F. Mandel (March, 1993)
The Inside Guide to Switched 56 Digital Data Services Integrated Network Corporation
Introduction to the Internet Protocols by Rutgers University (October 3, 1988)
Introduction to the Internet Protocols by VVSR, Rutgers University
Round 2 in the great TCP/IP versus OSI Debate (March 15, 1989)
Choosing Modem Software: An Overview
Conversion of Telex Answerback Codes to Internet Domains by Paul Robinson (November 13, 1992)
A List of Telnet Sites Available on the Internet, by CC May (April 18, 1993)
Using Remote Host Computers Via Telnet: Understanding Telnet
The Rules for the Operators in The.Plan by Jennifer Wesp (July 1991) (IRC)
DOCUMENTATION: Thumb Version 1.2 by Kevin Leonard and Paul Braren
The Top 1000 English Words from a Year of Usenet
A Tour of the Internet Worm by Donn Seeley of the University of Utah
The Internet Worm Program: An Analysis by Eugene H. Spafford
Guidelines for Usenet Group Creation by Bo Arnoldson (April 12, 1992)
A quick IRC tutorial from Ronald Van Loon (July 26th, 1991)
IRC Tutorial by Ronald Van Loon, July 31, 1991 (Part II)
IRC Tutorial by Ronald Van Loon, August 27, 1991 (Part III)
The UUNet Acceptable Use Policy
FAQ: Internet Sources of Government Information, 2nd Edition (February 26, 1994)
FAQ: Internet Sources of Government Informaiton, 2nd Edition (February 26, 1994) Part 2
FAQ: Internet Sources: US Federal Government Information Release 0.5 (October, 1993)
USBIC: United States Board of IRC Co-Ordinators by Elizabeth Reid
USENET FAQ, by Jerry Schwarz (April 25, 1993)
How to use Internet Efficiently, by Matt Bishop
The Usenet Newsgroups List (January 21, 1991) by Gene Spafford
How to Use USENET Effectively by Matt Bishop
The Usenet Flow Analysis for January 1994: Who Stores How Much News (February 12, 1994)
The NetNews Moderators Handbook (1994)
FAQ: How to Become a USENET Site by Jonathan Kamens (June 17, 1994)
The FUll Set of Data from the USENET Readership Report (March, 1995)
Getting Subscriber Lists for BITNET Lists (June 25, 1992)
FAQ: The NASA Science Internet Interoperability Survey (April 14, 1993)
FAQ: How to use the File Transfer Protocol (July 12, 1993)
Internet Providers in the US By Area Code (November, 1995)
The University of Toronto Policy on Computer Software (January, 1988)
FAQ Posting of the UUCP Protocol (February 25, 1992)
A UUCP/USENET Logical Map by S. McGeady (November 19, 1981)
Some Economics of the Internet by Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason (June 14, 1993)
Pricing the Internet by Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason (June 14, 1993)
Network Protocol Implementations and Vendors Guide by Steven Bjork and April Marine (August, 1990)
FAQ: Information about Veronica, a File Retrieval Service (August 23, 1993)
How to Compose Veronica Queries Version 0.5 (June 24, 1993)
WAIS: A Sketch of an Overview, by Jeff Kellem of Beyond Dreams (September 23, 1991)
Finish University and Research Network FUNET WAIS Capture
Compy.Infosystems.WWW Frequently Asked Questions (March 15, 1994)
The World Wide Web: CERN Information
PR Firm Declares War on Rogue Web Sites (1996)
The Supplement to High Weirdness by Email v2.1
High Weirdness by E-mail Version 2.1 by Mike Porter
The DDN Network Information Center (NIC)
The Online World Revision History (November 30, 1994)
What is Usenet? by Gene Spafford (April 15, 1992)
Getting information to and from the White House FAQ (March 12, 1993)
The Internet Resources Guide by the NSF Network and BBN (1989)
Windows Sockets Version 1.1 Frequently Asked Questions (December 8th, 1993)
The Wired Magazine Online Frequently Asked Questions v3.08 (August 19, 1994)
Crisis and aftermath. (the Internet worm), by Spafford, Eugene H.
Wrathing a Webpage, by Archangel of the L0pht (April 24, 1998)
Introduction to the World Wide Web (February 4, 1994)
World Wide Web Frequently Asked Questions (January 26, 1995)
World Wide Web: A Guide to Cyberspace by Kevin Hughes (October 1993)
Specification: X25 Protocol, from BBN
John Labovitz's E-Zine List (January 26, 1993)