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Big Fun in the Internet with Uncle Bert
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Yer luvin' Uncle Bert stumbles through the gateway, scurries across
the 'Internet land, eyes agog, then has Big Fun in the nether regions.
[These are all ftp, telnet and email sites all over the world that
have all kinds of neat resources available, and can mostly be
accessed from any internet node.]
General Fun
===========
=== freenet (free network account, Internet access, email...)
129.22.8.82 freenet-in-a.cwru.edu (& ftp) login: new (USA Headline News)
130.253.192.68 nyx.cs.du.edu login: new (public access)
35.1.48.150 hermes.merit.edu login: new (public access)
35.208.17.4 m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us login: newuser (public access)
18.72.1.146 techinfo.mit.edu (Information service inc. lyrics database)
128.6.60.6 quartz.rutgers.edu login: bbs (discussions)
=== IRC (Internet Relay Chat ? CB radio, IRC access)
128.2.54.2 brandenville.andrew.cmu.edu (no go)
143.248.1.53 ara.kaist.ac.kr login: irc
192.12.12.2 santafe.santafe.edu login: irc
General Reference
================
=== hytelnet (hyper-telnet: like this list on hypercard - must see!)
128.233.3.1 access.usask.ca login: hytelnet hytelnet/pc/HYTELN50.ZIP
128.252.135.4 wuarchive.wustl.edu /mirrors/msdos/hypertext/hyteln61.zip
=== Geographic name server (returns longitude & latitude of town, zip...)
141.212.100.9 martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000
=== NBS Time
128.138.140.44 india.colorado.edu 13 telnet (exact time)
(202) 652-1079 1200e71 (sunrise, sunset, twilight, moonrise, satellite trans)
=== Weather (National Weather Service)
35.1.48.150 hermes.merit.edu login(Which Host?): um-weather(forecasts)
141.212.196.79 madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 login: um-weather (forecasts)
128.174.5.98 vmd.cso.uiuc.edu wx/*.gif (hourly satellite weather photos-US)
129.215.168.19 cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk images/gifs/{eur|norden|uk|world}.*.gif
128.178.36.30 liasun3.epfl.ch pub/weather/ (Europe, Scandinavia, UK, World)
137.219.16.14 marlin.jcu.edu.au JCUMetSat/*last /utilities/* (Australia)
(301) 899-1214 2400n81 login: NWS password: TEMPPASS
=== Earthquakes
128.95.16.50 quake@geophys.washington.edu finger
=== Dictionary, Thesaurus, Quotations, CIA World Factbook, US Gov, Constituti
128.6.26.25 info.rutgers.edu telnet
128.223.32.19 decoy.uoregon.edu 2627 type: HELP (Webster's)
128.174.5.50 uxc.cso.uiuc.edu 621(Webster's accessible by uiuc & uic only?)
192.31.231.42 ftp.cs.vu.nl dictionaries/words.*(german french dutch italian)
=== Encyclopaedia (I'm still looking ?)
=== Math (Interactive Math algorithm bibliography)
192.20.225.2 research.att.com login: walk
130.44.1.100 login: e-math password: e-math (American Mathematical Society)
=== FDA (consumer info & news releases of FDA)
150.148.8.48 fdabbs.fda.gov login: bbs
=== PEN pages (Agricultural and weather data)
128.118.36.5 psupen.psu.edu login: PNOTPA
=== Space (NASA news, shuttle schedules & satellite updates)
192.149.89.61 spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov telnet
18.75.0.10 nasanews@space.mit.edu finger (NASA hewdline news)
192.101.147.11 lpi.jsc.nasa.gov login: lpi (geology, geophysics, astronomy)
134.4.10.118 ned.ipac.caltech.edu login: ned (NASA Extragalactic Database)
128.183.36.25 nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov login: nodis (National Space Science Data)
128.183.36.23 nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov login: nodis (National Space Science Dat)
130.199.112.132 bnlnd2.dne.bnl.gov login: nndc (Nuclear Data Center)
=== Gateways (How to email between any network: CI$ Fido GEnie Internet)
130.18.80.11 ftp.MsState.edu pub/docs/internetwork-mail-guide
129.24.8.1 ariel.unm.edu library/network.guide
mail listserv@unmvm.unm.edu message: GET NETWORK GUIDE
posted monthly on Usenet:comp.mail.misc
134.67.4.48 cerberus.cor.epa.gov pub/bigfun/gateways (ftp IP#)
=== World News (NASA news, shuttle schedules & satellite updates)
152.10.1.1 conrad.appstate.edu login: info
=== Compuserve
35.1.48.150 hermes.merit.edu login: compuserve (connection uses tymnet)
wais www gopher prospero mime
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=== wais (a multi format finding system) (wide area information server)
192.31.181.1 quake.think.com login: wais
128.109.157.30 ftp.oit.unc.edu pub/wais/UNC/DOS wais 1.02 for DOS
129.100.2.13 hydra.uwo.ca libsoft/wais_servers.txt (list of wais servers)
=== www (a hyper text system) (world wide web)
128.141.201.74 info.cern.ch pub/WWW/
=== gopher (a browsing oriented system)
128.101.95.9 consultant.micro.umn.edu login: gopher
128.174.33.160 gopher.uiuc.edu login: gopher
128.255.63.234 panda.uiowa.edu login: gopher
129.120.1.42 gopher.unt.edu login: gopher
129.16.221.40 gdunix.gd.chalmers.se login: gopher
131.210.1.4 gopher.uwp.edu login: gopher
134.84.132.2 boombox.micro.umn.edu pub/gopher (gopher sources)
=== prospero (a front end to archie)
mail info-prospero@cs.washington.edu
128.95.1.4 cs.washington.edu pub/prospero.tar.Z
=== mime
. . .
Internet Reference
==================
=== White Pages (find somebody)
132.151.1.1 nri.reston.va.us 185 (type name of person you're looking for)
192.33.4.21 wp.psi.net login: fred (front end to the directory)
192.33.33.22 ftp.nisc.sri.com
128.138.243.151 bruno.cs.colorado.edu login: netfind (Netfind User Lookup)
=== archie (all these sites, login: archie) (find files & software)
128.167.254.179 archie.sura.net (SURAnet, College Park, MaryLand)
128.167.254.179 archie.rutgers.edu (New Jersey)
128.184.1.4 archie.au (Australia)
128.214.6.100 archie.funet.fi (Finland)
129.93.1.14 archie.unl.edu (Nebraska)
132.65.6.5 archie.cs.huji.ac.il (Israel)
132.206.2.3 quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Canada)
132.206.51.1 quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Canada)
146.169.11.3 archie.doc.ic.ac.uk (Imperial College, London, Great Britain)
147.225.1.2 archie.ans.net (New York)
mail archie@archie.mcgill.ca message: prog software_name
=== DNS --> IP# (a front end to archie)
mail resolve@cs.widener.edu message: site machine.site.domain (returns IP#)
=== nixpub (public access unix sites)
138.9.200.1 uop.uop.edu pub/nixpub.{short|long}
=== Usenet type rn, trn or nn (see below under notes for more details)
news.announce.newusers (this newsgroup contains detailed Usenet info)
/newsgroup to goto newsgroup, /g newsgroup to add newsgroup
mail [newsgroup]@cs.utexas.edu (post to usenet [newsgroup] via email)
129.89.2.1 uwm.edu 119 (post to usenet [newsgroup] via telnet)
128.59.64.40 sol.ctr.columbia.edu 119 (post to usenet via telnet)
129.69.1.12 rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de 119 (post to usenet via telnet)
130.133.4.250 gibb.math.fu-berlin.de 119 (post to usenet via telnet)
=== Dr Chaos (I have a Master's Degree)fun viwes of (internet) computer news)
128.253.194.202 pelican.cit.cornell.edu pub/ccv01.ps
mail rdc@cornella.cit.cornell.edu (to get on Chaos Corner mailing list)
=== ftp
128.6.7.38 pilot.njin.net pub/ftp-list/ftp.list (list of all ftp sites)
ftp.sura.net pub/nic (help on email, ftp, telnet)
Internet (Resource) Guides
==========================
=== Internet Resource Guide
128.89.1.178 nnsc.nsf.net resource-guide/
mail resource-guide-request@nnsc.nsf.net
=== NWnet resource Guide (GET ME - most comprehensive)
128.95.112.1 ftphost.nwnet.net nic/nwnet/user-guide
=== Zen and the Art of the Internet (Beginner's Guide to the Internet)
147.31.254.130 cs.widener.edu brendan@cs.widener.edu
=== Interactive menu of resources
192.54.81.128 pac.carl.org telnet (information databases)
128.183.10.3 dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov login: dftnic (online aid - Nicolas)
=== lists of services
129.89.7.4 csd4.csd.uwm.edu pub/inet.services.txt
129.89.7.4 yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu finger
134.67.4.48 cerberus.cor.epa.gov pub/bigfun/bigfun (ftp IP#) (This file!)
=== listserver list (List of lists)
192.33.33.22 ftp.nisc.sri.com netinfo/interest-groups
mail mail-server@nisc.sri.com message: send netinfo/interest-groups
mail listserv@ncsuvm.cc.ncsu.edu message: list global
mail listserv@bitnic.bitnet message: list global
mail mlol-request@wariat.org (music list of lists)
=== listserver resource guide
mail listserv@arizum1 message: get listservguide
=== Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters
441495@acadum1.uottawa.ca
mail listserv@uottawa message: get ejourn{11|12} directory
mail listserv@kentvm message: get acadlist file*
Books & Documents
=================
=== Book Reviews CARL, item 60
192.54.81.128 pac.carl.org telnet
=== Net Maps
16.1.0.2 gatekeeper.dec.com pub/maps/[a4|letter]/*.ps
usenet:comp.mail.maps-ps (net maps, postscript files posted monthly)
=== FAQs (answers to Frequently Asked Questions)
18.172.1.27 pit-manager.mit.edu pub/usenet/news.group.of.interest/faq_file
=== Project Gutenberg hart@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (classics collection available)
128.174.201.12 mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu etext/
=== The jargon file (The New Hackers Dictionary) eric@snark.thyrus.com
128.6.18.15 dorm.rutgers.edu pub/jargon/jargon.2.9.9
=== Dante (All of Dante's and Shakespeare's works on line)
129.170.16.11 library.dartmouth.edu login: connect dante
=== Shakespeare 24 histories 17 comedies 10 tragedies grady@btr.com
129.170.16.11 library.dartmouth.edu telnet
131.210.1.4 vacs.uwp.edu pub/etext/shakespeare/...
=== U.S Constitution
137.39.1.9 ftp.uu.net doc/USconstitution.Z
=== Journals and Artworld
130.150.102.33 atl.calstate.edu login: lewsnts
mail comserve@vm.ecs.rpi.edu message: send ejournal{1|2}.sources
=== Zipcodes database
128.210.1.3 zeus.mgmt.purdue.edu pub/zipdocs.zip lookup.exe
=== lyrics, music
131.210.1.4 vacs.uwp.edu pub/music/lyrics/files/...
131.210.1.4 cs.uwp.edu pub/music pub/lyrics
129.186.150.150 ftp.iastate.edu pub/lyrics
=== Random other book stuff
128.121.50.7 nisc.jvnc.net login: nicol (electronic publishing service Nicol)
137.39.1.9 ftp.uu.net nutshell(Info about O'Reilly's Nutshell books guides)
Pictures
========
=== Images from Space and scads of other space related info (Voyager &)
128.102.18.3 ames.arc.nasa.gov pub/SPACE/CDROM{|2} (Magellan missions)
pub/SPACE/SOFTWARE/imdisp78.zip imdispd.zip(PC viewer for space images)
128.155.23.47 vab02.larc.nasa.gov gifs/space/orien.gif
140.147.3.12 seq1.loc.gov pub/soviet.archive (text and .gifs of soviet docs)
=== gif archives sites
132.254.1.4 vmtecmex.cem.itesm.mx (nogo) (list of gif archive sites)
Software
========
=== The Archives
128.32.184.254 ocf.berkeley.edu
134.114.64.24 rainbow.cse.nau.edu
128.252.135.4 wuarchive.wustl.edu (Saint Louis, MO) (Simtel20 & PCBlue)
16.1.0.2 gatekeeper.dec.com
141.210.10.117 oak.oakland.edu (Detroit, MI) (includes Simtel20)
128.255.32.1 sca.icaen.uiowa.edu login: iscabbs (public domain software)
26.0.0.74 wsmr-simtel20.army.mil pd1:<msdos>msdosidx.arc(White Sands,NM)
128.174.5.59 ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (includes ?world's largest BBS,? Exec-PC)
139.130.4.6 plaza.aarnet.edu.au
136.176.5.253 erratic.bradley.edu
137.39.1.9 ftp.uu.net
141.211.182.23 archive.umich.edu
128.219.128.17 netlib@ornl.gov message: send index (NetLib)
137.39.1.2 netlib@uunet.uu.net message: send index (NetLib)
=== Random files and software
16.1.0.2 gatekeeper.dec.com GNU/ghostscript-2.4.1.tar.Z (PostScript)
128.174.5.59 ux1.cso.uiuc.edu doc/pcnet/compression (list of compression)
18.24.0.12 export.lcs.mit.edu /contrib/xtroff.tar.Z (troff previewer)
128.250.77.2 ftp.ee.mu.oz.au pub/text/...(Rocket Roger, Toxic Custard Work)
129.79.20.84 ftp.cica.indiana.edu pub/pc/win3/games/dogcow.zip
128.153.12.3 sun.soe.clarkson.edu pub/src/pbmplus.tar.Z (fax unix graphic)
128.153.12.3 sun.soe.clarkson.edu pub/packet-drivers/drivers.zip (ethernet)
128.174.5.50 uxc.cso.uiuc.edu pub/crack-4.1.tar.Z (passwd checking program)
128.252.135.4 wuarchive.wustl.edu
mirrors/msdos/graphics/gif2jpg5.zip (PC gif/jpeg graphic converter)
mirrors/msdos/modem/uwpc201.zip (run multiple remote unix shells on PC)
mirrors/msdos/zoo/zoo210.exe (latest zoo compression program)
mirrors/msdos/graphics/frail611.zip (fractal generating program)
mirrors/msdos/sound/remac.zip playbwc.zip playmac.zip (mac sounds - PC)
mirrors/msdos/compress/comp430d.zip ([un]compress .Z files on PC)
mirrors/msdos/filutl/pdtar.zip ([un]tar .tar files on PC)
mirrors/msdos/txtutl/qt201.zip (PC fortune cookie program)
mail customer-support@borland.com(Borland price lists, maintenance upgrades)
Library stuff
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=== Library of Congress cataloging records (3,000,000 records)
192.65.218.43 dra.com telnet
=== CARL Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries(access to library databases)
192.54.81.128 pac.carl.org
=== Melvyl (access to library databases)
31.1.0.1 melvyl.ucop.edu telnet
31.1.0.11 next.stanford.edu telnet
=== bibliography database (find journals)
128.2.232.60 cmulibrary.andrew.cmu.edu telnet
=== library software
129.100.2.13 hydra.uwo.ca libsoft/
=== library catalogs (Internet Accessible Library Catalogs & Databases)
130.157.2.3 vax.sonoma.edu login: LIBS(FLASH! a searchable online catalog)
192.102.249.3 nic.cerf.net cerfnet/cerfnet_info/internet-catalogs-mm-yy...
128.101.4.33 ariel.umn.edu library/internet.library
=== online libraries and accessing online bibliographic databases
129.120.1.1 ftp.unt.edu library/libraries.* billy@untvax
128.48.108.25 dla.ucop.edu pub/internet/libcat-guide (Internet libraries)
128.104.198.20 nls.adp.wisc.edu telnet (Network Library System - NLS)
144.13.12.1 lib.uwstout.edu (Readers Guide to periodical literature)
152.2.22.80 bbs.oit.unc.edu login: bbs (UNC BBS; nationwide libraries)
=== Law
137.113.10.35 liberty.uc.wlu.edu login: lawlib (law library)
129.78.136.1 sulaw.law.su.oz.au pub/law
Bitnet
======
=== User help (Bitnet for the Complete Idiot)
mail listserv@bitnic message: get bitnet user help
=== Interbit (to get internet address of bitnet node)
mail bitnodes@american.edu message: whois sitename
Handheld Computers
==================
=== palmtop sites: (Usenet: comp.sys.palmtops faq: sokay@mitre.org)
128.32.183.94 math.berkeley.edu (sharp wizard)
131.254.254.2 ftp.irisa.fr (HP 95)
18.62.0.6 eddie.mit.edu distrib/hp95lx/... (HP 95)
129.89.7.4 csd4.csd.uwm.edu pub/Psion (Poqet Psion II OPL)
141.211.164.8 atari.archive.umich.edu usenet:comp.sys.atari.st (PortFolio)
mail agserv@ukmug.uk.mugnet.org message: send {help|index|newsletter}(AgendA)
0271-24458 AgendA BBS (AgendA)
=== handheld ftp sites (can also telnet hpcvbbslogin: new)
36.14.0.43 calvin.stanford.edu
131.188.34.43 faui43.informatik.uni-erlangen.de hp28/
129.174.1.8 gmuvax2.gmuvax.edu /new/hp48sx
15.255.240.16 hpcsos.col.hp.com pub
15.255.72.15 hpcvaaz.cv.hp.com pub
15.255.72.16 hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com pub/readme login: newuser
130.39.128.96 max.ee.lsu.edu hp48sx
134.129.111.64 plains.nodak.edu comp.sys.handhelds, hp-28
128.109.221.20 sec.uncwil.edu (start here for HP48 stuff, Waynes Mail Server)
130.233.200.42 vega.hut.fi pub/misc/hp48sx/asap/chip48-2.25-bin.Z
Dan's BBS Extravaganza (Dan Dunham) dunham@cl-next4.cl.msu.edu
(517) 886-0836 2400n81
(416) 968-6633 2400n81 Raiders of the Lost Arg BBS john.ricciuti@can.rem.com
487-6947 HP BBS Edmonton
129.186.99.31 telnet DIAL: me\16125 (Iowa State)
(414) 362-2020 9600n81 Milwaukee HP48BBS
Notes
=====
=== general format of entries
111.222.333.444 machine.site.domain {port} login: login_name (telnet)
111.222.333.444 machine.site.domain directory/files_of_interest (ftp)
mail server@site message: commands (mail)
111.222.333.444 server@site message: commands (mail)
111.222.333.444 finger person@machine.site.domain (finger)
(area code) phone number settings BBS_name (dial-up BBS)
111.222.333.444 is the IP number (Internet Protocol)
machine.site.domain is the DNS name corresponding to the IP number
{port} is a port number, where required, for telnet access (see below)
=== telnet
telnet allows you to log in to a remote machine as if you are connected to a
directly attached terminal. Allows realtime interactive sessions, browsing
through information, not usually file transfers unless kermit or some such is
enabled.
From your terminal prompt type:
telnet machine.site.domain {port}
At the login prompt put login_name (it is not given if none is required):
login: login_name
Some sites must be logged in from an actual Internet node rather than
something connected to one (like a PC connected with a SLIP link to a node).
telneting a port: (site name instead of IP# can be used)
telnet 128.235.1.10 2000
telnet 128.235.1.10..2000
telnet 128.235.1.10::2000
telnet 128.235.1.10/port=2000
=== ftp
ftp allows you to logon to a remote site and list and get (and put) files.
ftp machine.site.domain
login: anonymous (anonymous is usual public access name)
password: your_email_address (occasionally guest)(not required but preferred)
cd directory (usually pub/)
cd sub_directory (often self descriptive)
get README |more (more's README to your screen without actually getting file)
type binary (see below)
get file_of_interest (download file_of_interest)
To switch to binary mode for file transfers type at the ftp prompt:
bi (shortcut)
binary (often works)
type binary (usually works)
set file type binary (kermit format, sometimes works)
tenex (if remote host is vax)
Success is indicated by a message saying:
set to type I
or some such. During file transfer the mode (ascii, binary...) is usually
indicated. Some ftp sites perform automatic switching between modes.
=== remote ftp - Bitftp
Mail the following ftp script file to Bitftp@PUCC (bitnet) or
Bitftp@PUCC.Princeton.edu (Internet):
help (to get the bitftp help file)
ftp site.domain uuencode
user anonymous
<more commands> (eg. binary, ls, get file_name)
quit
=== remote ftp - DECwrl
Mail the following ftp script file to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com:
connect machine.site.domain (defaults to decwrl.dec.com)
get README.ftp (the help file @decwrl.dec.com)
<more commands> (eg. chdir <dir>, binary, ls, get file_name)
quit
=== mail
mail server@machine.site.domain site means send a mail message to that site
with the message as indicated on the first line, put each option on a new line
(subject: don't care, unless indicated). They usually take only a few minutes
to respond, and if you err they'll send messages explaining the problem, so
you can `chat' to them.
mail machine.site.domain
Subject: don't care(usually not read, or read as if it's part of the message)
help (usual for getting general help for that site)
send file (get the file; generic files are help & index)
quit (sometimes used to end a mail transaction)
=== finger
finger person@machine.site.domain displays a file (hopefully of some
useful information) that person has made available.
=== Usenet
usenet:newsgroup indicates the newsgroup readable on usenet news.
Usenet is the global news service that runs on many internet and other sites.
Mail is posted by you and me to specific newsgroups, and is read everywhere in
the world where that newsgroup is fed. See news.announce.newusers for a list
of all the newsgroups.
On unix boxes newsreaders are invoked with a command like nn (No News),
rn (read news), trn (threaded read news), or other such incantations. On
other systems, who knows? Many folks can't access news directly, but can get
on mailing lists often provided for this contingency. Get the list of lists
to see the mailing groups, and be aware of bitftp (bitnet users) or decwrl
(others) if you can't ftp directly (see both above).
=== Glossary
.gif gif (graphic interchange format) are encoded pictures
.ps postscript file preformatted for postscript printers and viewable on all
platforms with various viewers.
.tar unix tape archive format. To tar files on a PC get pdtar.zip from wustl
(see under random files above). To tar a bunch of file into file.tar:
tar cvf file.tar file1 file2 file3 ...
to untar the files:
tar xvf file.tar (tvf instead of xvf to just see the contents)
.tar.Z
On unix, filenames may contain numerous extensions. uncompress
file.tar.Z to generate file.tar, then untar file.tar to get the
contents.
.Z unix compression. To compress on a PC get comp430d.zip from wustl. To
compress a file type:
compress file (generates file.Z)
To uncompress a file.Z type:
uncompress file.Z (regenerates file)
{options}: nixpub.{short|long} means nixpub.short or nixpub.long
=== Feedback
This compendium has been growing over a few years of internet travelling, and
represents the minimum amount of information to the happy net wanderer. It
consists of sites of interest to me (which is why there is a section on
handheld computers), and hence includes sites of direct relevance to exploring
the net. I have tried all sites listed, but some not so recently.
I only discovered Scott Yanoff's internet services list a few weeks ago,
which has much overlap. I highly recommend getting it (see above under
Internet resource guides).
Another file I have been culturing for some years is Gateways, Keys to
the Matrix, (above) which is a good adjunct to this file. Also see John
Chew's internetworking guide (above).
Sites do change, and some I have trouble getting into are indicated
(nogo). Any corrections, additions, deletions and reorganizations please send
to me @:
jeremy@atlantis.cs.orst.edu Jeremy Smith August 24, 1992