Subject: Cyberpoet's Guide to Virtual Culture - 3.14.94 - p4/5 Part IIII of V - 3.14.94 A Cyberpoet's Guide to Virtual Culture - -=- 04.Resources & References o Online how-to's o Similar Lists o Assorted Online Resources o Access Points ------------------------------------------------------ -=- 04.1.Online how-to's | ---------------------------- Admittedly, the the more exotic centers of virtual culture have a steep learning curve. There are plenty of places, however, that require hardly any excess knowledge at all. Fortunately, a plethora of manuals, books and FAQs (Frequently Asked Question lists) exist to help you through your troubled times. o Zen and the Art of the Internet by Brendan Kahoe - ftp at ashley.cs.widener.edu /pub/zen csn.org pub/net/zen quartz.rutgers.edu pub/internet/zen relay.cs.toronto.edu pub/zen mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu gutenberg/etext92/zen10* o ftp ftp.sura.net /pub/nic - How-to's about internet (email, ftp, telnet, etc.) o nic.merit.edu /documents - Gold in Networks! - Hitchikers Guide to the Internet - New User's Questions - What is the Internet /resources - Internet Cruise o ftp.eff.org. /pub/Net_info - Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet o server.cs.virginia.edu /pub/techreports/CS-91-19.ps.Z - Virtual Reality on Five Dollars a Day by Randy Pausch, U. of Virginia, Tech Report CS-91-19 o news.answers - On USENET. (also see misc.answers) -=- 04.2.Similar lists | -------------------------- Hey, I wasn't the first one to have this idea. There are a variety of other lists out there that can direct you to Oft' used Internet resources. o gopher to una.hh.lib.umich.edu - inetdirs/ - A project called the Internet Clearing House (very nice work ppl) o Bert's BigFun List - ftp cerberus.cor.epa.gov pub/misc/bigfun o Electric Mystics Guide - ftp panda1.uottawa.ca pub/religion - guide to religious things on the net. - if you are techno-pagan they don't include you, sorry. o FutureCulture FAQ - ftp sites ftp.eff.org /pub/cud/papers/future ftp.css.itd.umich.edu /poli/future.culture.d redspread.css.itd.umich.edu ftp.u.washington.edu /public/alt.cyberpunk - Also through thesisnet and listserv - started by Andy Hawks (ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu) as a compendium of all things futureculture - now maintained by the list members of FutureCulture. o Internet Services - FAQ - USENET alt.internet.services news.answers - FTP rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/ o The Jargon File (same as The Hacker's Dictionary) - ftp sites wuarchive.wustl.edu /pub ftp.uu.net /doc merit.edu /pub/doc nic.funet.fi /pub/doc pit-manager.mit.edu /pub - nice. You'll like it. o the internet and computer-mediated communication - ftp ftp.rpi.edu pub/communications/internet-cmc - an all-encompassing list of internet-accessible information (so why are you still reading this) :-) o alt.cyberpunk faq - ftp ftp.u.washington.edu pub/alt.cyberpunk/ - restricted to the purview of the newsgroup - a WWW - HTML hypertext version now exists... keen! -=- 04.3.Assorted Online Resources | -------------------------------------- o Almanac of Events - "On this day" information. For the trivia minded. - finger copi@oddjob.uchicago.edu - mail geiser@pictel.com to join the mailing list o Anonymous post - mail anonymus+ping@tygra.michigan.com "help" - mail help@anon.penet.fi "help" o Archeological Dbase telnet cast.uark.edu or telnet 130.184.71.44 (Login: nadb) - National Arch. Database information management system. o BBSlists - - National Graphical BBS List + mail beezer@cc.utah.edu + USENET alt.bbs.* o CARL telnet pac.carl.org or 192.54.81.128 - Online database, book reviews, magazine fax delivery o current cites - ftp ftp.lib.berkeley.edu /pub/Current.Cites ftp.eff.org pub/journals - Over 30 journals in librarianship and information technology are scanned for selected articles on optical disk technologies, computer networks and networking, information transfer, expert systems and artificial intelligence, electronic publishing, and hypermedia and multimedia. Brief annotations accompany most of the citations. o DataBase Via Finger - finger help@dir.su.oz.au - Query databases, find newsgroups, access archie, etc., via finger. o Empire Schoolhouse telnet nysernet.org (login: empire) - K-12 resources, discussion groups, etc. - A gopher based BBS in NY. o FEDIX/MOLIS/HERO telnet fedix.fie.com or telnet 192.111.228.33 - info. on scholarships, minority assistance, etc. - alternative access via Gopher world menu o ftp by mail - mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com "help" o History Databases telnet ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu - History databases o Hpcwire telnet hpcwire.ans.net (Login: hpcwire) - menu-driven information searches. o human-computer interaction bibliography (hcibib) mail hcibib@rumpus.colorado.edu message body "help" - a publically accessible mail-based retrieval system for searching Human-Computer Interaction journals, conference proceedings and books. Users can send in both word queries and relevance feedback queries. Over 3200 abstracts from non-electronic sources. o Hytelnet Are you familiar with HYTELNET by Peter Scott? This is a hypertext program for PC, Mac and other platforms that lists ostensibly ALL telnet-accessible resources on the Net, all over the world. Updates are almost constant and are mailed to Scott's mailing list members. You can anonymous ftp the files from ftp.usask.ca or telnet to that same address and check out a (slow) Unix version of HYTELNET. (on Netcom you can just type ) o USENET posts thru email - News Mail Servers mail [newsgroup]@cs.utexas.edu - Post to Usenet news via email.(eg. [newsgroup] = alt-bbs) o virtual center for the study of virtual spaces (vcsvs) mail vcsvs-request@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu asking for info - ftp nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu /pub/papers -=- 04.4.Access Points | ----------------------------- So, you say, I've got this wonderful Internet access setup at work or school... what happens when I graduate or lose my job? Or perhaps you've got a friend who is moving to the otherside of the continent. Is there a way for you to remain in contact over email? Fortunately, there are easy answers to these queries. -o0 Lists to checkout 0o- o Community Networks Surv ftp atlas.ce.washington.edu pub/seattle-community-network/community-networks/surveys - A collection of data regarding freenet's around the world. o Pdial/Kaminski List ftp rtfm.mit.edu pub/usenet/news.answers/pdial USENET: news.answers, alt.internet.access.wanted, alt.bbs.lists - A nearly complete list of access points to the the Internet. Check the Pdial list first. - Area Codes with access as of Oct 1st 1993. (may not be local to your prefix, check phone book) 201 jvnc-tiger 202 CAPCON clarknet express tmn 203 jvnc-tiger 205 nuance 206 eskimo GLAIDS halcyon netcom nwnexus olympus 212 echonyc maestro mindvox panix pipeline 213 crl dial-n-cerf kaiwan netcom 214 metronet netcom 215 jvnc-tiger PREPnet 216 OARnet wariat 217 prairienet 301 CAPCON clarknet express tmn 303 cns csn netcom nyx 310 class crl dial-n-cerf kaiwan netcom 312 mcsnet netcom 313 michnet MSen 401 anomaly ids jvnc-tiger 403 PUCnet 404 crl netcom 408 a2i netcom portal tellink 410 CAPCON clarknet express 412 PREPnet telerama 415 a2i class crl dial-n-cerf IGC netcom portal tellink well 416 hookup.net uunorth 419 OARnet 503 agora.rain.com netcom 503 teleport 504 sugar 508 anomaly nearnet northshore novalink 510 class crl dial-n-cerf holonet netcom 512 realtime 513 fsp OARnet 514 CAM.ORG 516 jvnc-tiger 517 michnet 519 hookup.net uunorth 602 crl evergreen indirect 603 MV nearnet 609 jvnc-tiger 613 uunorth 614 OARnet 616 michnet 617 delphi nearnet netcom northshore novalink world 619 class crash.cts.com cyber dial-n-cerf netcom 703 CAPCON clarknet express netcom tmn 704 concert Vnet 707 crl 708 mcsnet 713 blkbox nuchat sugar 714 class dial-n-cerf express kaiwan netcom 717 PREPnet 718 maestro mindvox netcom panix pipeline 719 cns csn oldcolo 804 wyvern 814 PREPnet 815 mcsnet 818 class dial-n-cerf netcom 906 michnet 907 alaska.edu 908 express jvnc-tiger 916 netcom 919 concert -o0 Public Access Sites & Freenets 0o- o Freenets telnet nyx.cs.du.edu or 130.253.192.68 (login: new) - Free account, with access to various UNIX features. telnet hermes.merit.edu or telnet 35.1.48.150 telnet m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us or telnet 35.208.17.4 - Which host: um-m-net Enter 'g' for guest. login: newuser telnet yfn.ysu.edu login: visitor ______ _____ __ __ ______ /\ ___\ /\ __ \ /\ "-.\ \ /\__ _\ \ \ \____\ \ \/\ \\ \ \-. \\/_/\ \/ __ \ \_____\\ \_____\\ \_\\"\_\ \ \_\ /\_\ \/_____/ \/____ / \/_/ \/_/ \/_/ \/_/ In Part 5 of 5 copyright 1994 John Frost