Subject: [FYI] more about WWW and IFCSS server
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china,alt.chinese.text,talk.politics.china

Since I posted the announcement of IFCSS/CCIC www server, I was flooded by
emails. Sorry if I was not be able to answer your questions.
My suggestion is, try to get the binary whenever it is possible.
Secondly, read the readme of the package (I know no more than you do, but
just have read the documents.)
And last, for PC and Mac, I think you need a network card and connect
directly to the internet to run the graphics client. If you use modem, you
can still try the line based one. But then, you can do it by telnet to some
public www site, why take you hard disk and time to install it.

OK, here's a revised article.

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Contents:
I.	Pointer to what is W3
II.	W3 Clients
III.	IFCSS CCIC W3
IV.	Where to get help
V.	Short reminder of Chinese version xmosaic and midaswww
VI.	Some interesting URL

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I.	Pointer to what is W3

     	WWW is a new type of Internet information service similar to gopher
	and WAIS, but is a hypermedia service, in which related subjects are 
	linked for easy search and multimedia is supported. Information search
	is through easy to use menus.
        On WWW, you can listen to audio, view pictures and even short
	movies. Also, the WWW service provide menu driven (mouse click)
	graphics interface to access ftp, gopher, wan, and almost any network 
	services. On top of these, it often permits searches of documents
	and databases.
	Once you tried WWW, you will never go back to the plain, boring ftp,
	gopher. Even the text based WWW client is much better.

I.1	Frequent Asked Questions is available by
   
          anonymous FTP from
          rtfm.mit.edu in directory
          pub/usenet/news.answers/www-faq

          or on WWW at URL
          http://www.vuw.ac.nz:80/who/Nathan.Torkington/ideas/www-faq.html

I.2	For basic WWW info,

          telnet nxoc01.cern.ch

	which brings you to the WWW Home Page at CERN. You are now using the
	simple line mode browser. To move around the Web, enter the number
	given after an item.

I.3	WWW papers

          anonymous ftp to info.cern.ch:/pub/www/doc
	  anonymous ftp to ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu:/Web/mosaic-papers

I.4	Retrieve WWW documents by e-mail: send a mail to

          [email-masked]
          with a line in it saying just
          HELP
	to get back detailed instructions. Your mail system must have a
	mail gateway to the internet mail.

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II.	W3 Clients

II.1	Personally I recommend the following softwares,
	 * lynx
           -Availability 
                Sources, and binaries for rs6000,sun3, sun4, NeXT, 
		VMS(multinet).
                FTP site:	ftp2.cc.ukans.edu 
	 * NCSA xmosaic
	   -Availability: 
   		FTP sites:
		ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu: /Web	(for X11, Windows, Mac and source code)
   		info.cern.ch: /pub/www/bin (for decstation, hp, next, rs6000,
			sgi, sun4, Mac, PC, VM, and VMS)
	 * Mosaic-2.0-l10n (support Chinese gb, big5, chanjie),
           -Availability
		Patch, and binaries for sgi, hp, sparc
		FTP site:	www.ntt.jp:/networking/WWW/Mosaic-l10n/
	 * midaswww-2.0    (support Chinese gb,hz,big5)
	   -Availability
		Source, and binaries for sgi, rs6000, sun4, DEC.OSF1
		FTP site:	ifcss.org:/software/x-win/www
	 * software for PC and MAC can be found at (I didn't test)
		ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Web/Mac
		ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Web/Windows

	I am not awared of any PC or MAC mosaic package that support Chinese,
	if you know one, please let me know.

	Partial list of programs allow you to access the WWW

II.2	Terminal based browsers

	***Demo sites:
	To have a taste of WWW, you may telnet to the following public 
	accessible computers and run the software there (Login in as www if
	 asked for a user name)

	  telnet info.cern.ch 
   	  	The simplest line mode browser.
	  telnet ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu or journal.biology.carleton.ca
   		A full screen browser "Lynx" which requires a vt100 terminal.
	  telnet www.njit.edu 
		A full-screen browser in New Jersey
	  telnet info.funet.fi 
	  telnet vms.huji.ac.il, login as www [ vms (didn't try out)]

	***Packages:

        * Line Mode Browser : This program gives W3 readership to anyone
          with a dumb terminal.  A general purpose information retrieval
          tool.
	  -Availability 
		FTP:  info.cern.ch: /pub/www/src/WWWLineMode_2.12.tar.Z
        * "Lynx" full screen browser : This is a hyhpertext browser for
          vt100s using full screen, arrow keys, highlighting, etc.
        * NJIT's Browser : Assumes a character-grid terminal with cursor
          addressing, and provides a full-screen interface to the web.
        * Tom Fine's perlWWW : A tty-bbased browser written in perl.
        * For VMS : Dudu Rashty's full screen client based on VMS's SMG
          screen management routines.
        * Emacs w3-mode : W3 browse mode for emacs.  Uses multiple fonts
          when used with Lemacs or Epoch.  Now version 0.3b at least.  See
          doc .
	  -Availability: 
   		FTP site:	moose.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/elisp/w3/

II.3	Graphic User Interfaces

        * NCSA Mosaic : Browser using X11/Motif, Mac and Windows
        * MacWeb : Browser for the Macintosh from CERN PTG.
        * "Cello" PC/Windows client : Browser for windows.
        * "Erwise" : Browser for X/Motif.  (Unsupported).
        * "ViolaWWW" Browser for X11 : Browser for X11.  (Beta, unsupported)
        * tkWWW Browser/Editor for X11 : Browser/Editor for X11.  (Beta)
        * MidasWWW Browser : WWW browser for X/Motif.  (Beta, works well.)
        * Browser-Editor on the NeXT : A browser/editor for
          NeXTStep.  Allows wysiwyg hypertext editing.  Requires NeXTStep 3.0

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III.	What do I get from IFCSS CCIC WWW server?

	You can check the IFCSS service program (insurance, air tickets,
	jobs, markets).
	You can find news, magazines and newsletters (English and Chinese)
	from the Chinese community, as well as novels, poems and Usenet 
	group articles.
	You can search for Chinese software you need.
	You can find information concerning the overseas Chinese community,
	such as immigration, jobs and tax issues.
	You can look up alumni lists or play GO and Chinese chess.
	You can convert Chinese lunar date with Gregorian date......
	We are expnading our services and welcome your suggestions.

	The URL address for this server is:
		http://ifcss.org:8001
	Or set your homepage by
		"setenv WWW_HOME http://ifcss.org:8001/index.html"

	(notice, there are two / after http: )
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IV.	Where to get help

	First, always read the doc or readme files come with the package.
	For problems concerning NCSA Mosaic, email to:
		[email-masked]		for X-specific help
		[email-masked]	for Mac-specific help
		[email-masked]	for Windows-specific help
		[email-masked]		for general help
	Bug information of mosaic-2.0-l10n, email to:
		[email-masked]
	Check news group "comp.infosystems.www"
	For bug information of CCIC server, email to "[email-masked]"

V.
1.	For the Mosaic-2.0-l10n, you must use the fonts found in the same
	ftp site, as it is not compatible with other Chinese fonts.
2.	midaswww recommend use $HOME/Midasww as resource file instead of the
	normal .Xdefault
	Here's a sample $HOME/Midasww used at ifcss.org
------------>% cut &<-------------------
midaswww.font16:        cclib16st
midaswww*font16:        cclib16st
midaswww.hotList:       <title>HotList</title><nocache><h1> \
    <img pixmap=flame>HotList</h1>\n\
    Click on the <img pixmap=kill> icon to remove an item from the list, \
    or\n\
    <a href=http://slacvx.slac.stanford.edu:80/midasv20/hotlist.html>here</a> \
    for more help.\n\
    <h6><kill><a href=news:comp.infosystems.www>Comp.Infosystems.WWW</a></h6> \
    <h6><kill><a href=http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html> \
    The World Wide Web project </a></h6>\n\
    <h6><kill> \
    <a href=http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/whats-new.html> \
    What's New With NCSA Mosaic </a></h6> \
    <h6><kill><a href=http://aka.dcrt.nih.gov>Rob's Multimedia Lab</a></h6>\
    <h6><kill><a href = http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/demoweb/url-primer.html> \
    A Beginner's Guide to URLs </a></h6> \
    <h6><kill><a href=http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/demoweb/html-primer.html> \
    A Beginner's Guide to HTML </a></h6> \
    <h6><kill><a href=http://slacvx.slac.stanford.edu/tonywww/talk/talk.html> \
    World-Wide Web: An Illustrated Seminar </a></h6> \
    <h6><kill><a href=http://pulua.hcc.hawaii.edu/guide/www.guide.html> \
    Entering the World-Wide Web: A Guide to Cyberspace </a></h6> \
    <h6><kill><a href=http://ifcss.org:8001/www/ep.html> \
    Electronic Publications </a></h6>
--------->% end cut &<-------------------
	Also, recommend you set the following environment,
    setenv UIDPATH %U
    # setenv WWW_HOME your-favorite-homepage-here
    setenv XFILESEARCHPATH ./%N_color.ad:./%N.ad
    # use the below statement instead if you are using mono monitor.
    #setenv XFILESEARCHPATH ./%N_mono.ad:./%N.ad

3.	To install the fonts, put them in a directory, then run
	%mkfontdir
	After installed the fonts, as usual, you need add the font path by,
	%xset +fp <the path>
	%xset fp rehash

VI.	collections of URLs

	This is only part of my hotlist of URLs.

IFCSS	http://ifcss.org:8001/
MTV	http://www.mtv.com/
Travelers' Tales Resource Center
	http://nearnet.gnn.com/mkt/travel
N-FUSION RECORDS
	http://www.internex.com/n-fusion
Taiwan Academic Network
	gopher://leica.ccu.edu.tw/11/tanet
NASA Information Services
	http://hypatia.gsfc.nasa.gov/NASA_homepage.html
Internet Resources Metamap
	http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Demo/metamap.html
Index to Multimedia Information Sources
	http://cui_www.unige.ch/OSG/MultimediaInfo/index.html
Explorer Home Page
	http://unite.tisl.ukans.edu/xmintro.html
CERN Welcome
	http://info.cern.ch/
NCSA Mosaic Home Page
	http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/NCSAMosaicHome.html

and it goes on and on....

---D.C.