From sustag@BETA.TRICITY.WSU.EDU Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 09:24:28 -0700 From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" To: Multiple recipients of list SUSTAG-L Subject: new version of the online world resources handbook (fwd) [I just downloaded the new version of Od de Presno's online book about the internet. It has about 800k of text, very comprehensive. The following message tells how to get it. I used lynx since I access the internet over a phone modem and can't use mosaic. If you can, get it yourself, its good experience, then you will know how to find other things on the internet. Otherwise I can send it, but there will be a delay of a few weeks because I will have to wait until there is a megabyte of extra space for my internet account. Also some mail systems will choke on 800+ kbyte messages. I also have it zipped as a 380 kbyte binary file if you can receive MIME (pine compatible) binary files over your email. TH, thodges@beta.tricity.wsu.edu] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 15:30:42 +0200 From: Odd de Presno To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L Subject: new version of the online world resources handbook For immediate release: THE ONLINE WORLD - online resources handbook <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> (New release: September 19, 1994) The Online World resources handbook is out in its eight release. Version 1.7 can be retrieved by modem from services all over the world, including from the project's new World Wide Web server at the following URL: http://login.eunet.no/~presno/index.html Since the last release in July, it has strengthened its focus on resources in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. The changes and additions also reflect Internet's continued strong growth in the number of service providers, offerings, and users, and extended global contents. Highlights include how to quickly find information in World Wide Web pages, find great WWW sources, WAIS data bases, gopher menus, and file archives (ftp); how to search Usenet's Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) reservoir; and how to find information resources and news sources by country. A large number of users can only access Internet's resources by email. The book now explains how email users can read and search World Wide Web pages, WAIS databases, and Veronica. It has more on Usenet by email, and hints on how to handle mail returned due to error in contents, and how to get off that mailing list. Other new pointers: CompuServe, Dialog, Data-Star and ECHO on the WWW. Data-Star's European business offerings. Microsoft on the Internet. Global demography and population information. Australian and New Zealand wines. Images from the Vatican Library's collection of books and manuscripts. Genealogy. Art from the Louvre in France. The British Library. The United Nations. The Organization of American States. The Council of Security and Cooperation in Europe. French news summaries. The latest UK news. It sure does not stand still! The Internet is moving so fast that printed books are obsolete the moment they appear in print. Not so with this The Online World resources handbook. A new online version appears every second month. If reading an electronic book is too hard, adapted print versions of the book is now available in English (in Canada), German (in Germany), and in Norwegian. Print versions focusing on Australia, Spain, Iceland, and Denmark will be published shortly. THE AUTHOR <><><><><> >From his electronic cottage on the southern coast of Norway, author Odd de Presno advises on the practical use of the GLOBAL online information resource. (His house stands in a small bay, about 7 kilometers from Arendal. It is so close to the ocean, that his computers could potentially exchange views with fish and sea gulls. :-) THE BOOK'S CONTENTS <><><><><><><><><>> The book explores selected applications across continent, country, network and service boundaries to show how user needs can be met. Examples range from databases to entertainment and the bizarre to special services for professionals and organizations. He shares insights on the use of major global networks and services as the Internet, Usenet, BITNET, Fidonet, Echo, CompuServe, DIMDI, NIFTY-Serve, and others. de Presno has more than 20 years of experience with online services, both as a service provider and a heavy user. In his spare time, he runs KIDLINK, a global network for kids 10 - 15 years of age. Since he founded it in 1990, over 24,000 kids in 64 countries have participated in the programs. WHERE TO GET THE BOOK <><><><><><><><><><>> By anonymous ftp: ftp://OAK.Oakland.Edu:/SimTel/msdos/info/online17.zip [326 KB] ftp://ftp.ismennt.is/pub/online-books/online-world/online.txt [810 KB] ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/online17.zip CompuServe: IBMCOM Library 5 as ONLINE.ZIP By email: Get the file TOW WHERE as described below for instructions. By Gopher: See below. FOR MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION : <><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><>> The easy way ------------ Gopher to cosn.org. Select: Networking Information/Reference/The Online World. For information about KIDLINK, gopher kids.ccit.duq.edu 70 . Information by email -------------------- Send your requests to LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU (or LISTSERV@NDSUVM1 on BITNET) . Put the following type of command in the TEXT of your mail to retrieve desired documents (the subject line is ignored) : GET Replace and by names from the list below. Archive File What does this file contain? ------ ------- ---------------------------- TOW INDEX The Online World book's contents TOW WHERE How to retrieve The Online World shareware book by modem? TOW OPRESNO Who is Odd de Presno? TOW WHATSNEW The book's update history. TOW MONITOR Information about The Online World Monitor newsletter KIDLINK GENERAL What is KIDLINK? Example: To get the file INDEX, use the command GET TOW INDEX FOR PERSONAL ATTENTION <><><><><><><><><><><> Write me at opresno@extern.uio.no , or by fax to +47-370-27111. I will reply as soon as possible. Thanks, Odd de Presno (Author, publisher, Norwegian)