Big Fun in the Internet with Uncle Bert ======================================= 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 ð 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 onlyþ) 192.31.231.42 ftp.cs.vu.nl dictionaries/words.*(german french dutch italian) === Encyclopaedia (I'm still looking þ) === 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 ============================= === 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:msdosidx.arc(White Sands,NM) 128.174.5.59 ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (includes þworld's largest BBS,þ 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 ============= === 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 (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) (eg. chdir , 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