Big Dummy's Guide To The Internet Part 19

and hit enter. Then type

scan

and hit enter. You'll see this:

FOR LIST OF AVAILABLE TOPICS TYPE TOPICS OR ENTER THE TOPIC YOU DESIRE ==>

MANUAL BBSUSER 08-OCT-91 1 BBS User Manual

At this point, turn on your own computer's screen-capture or logging function and hit your 1 key and then enter. The manual will begin to scroll on your screen, pausing every 24 lines.

HIRING AND COLLEGE PROGRAM INFORMATION

The Federal Information Exchange in Gaithersburg, MD, runs two systems at the same address: FEDIX and MOLIS. FEDIX offers research, scholars.h.i.+p and service information for several federal agencies, including NASA, the Department of Energy and the Federal Aviation Administration. Several more federal agencies provide minority hiring and scholars.h.i.+p information. MOLIS provides information about minority colleges, their programs and professors.

Telnet: fedix.fie.com User name: fedix (for the federal hiring database) or molis (for the minority-college system) Both use easy menus to get you to information.

HISTORY

Stanford University maintains a database of doc.u.ments related to Martin Luthor King.

Telnet: forsythetn.stanford.edu Account: socrates

At the main menu, type

select mlk

and hit enter.

SKI REPORTS

See under weather.

s.p.a.cE

NASA s.p.a.celink in Huntsville, Ala., provides all sorts of reports and data about NASA, its history and its various missions, past and present. You'll find detailed reports on every single probe, satellite and mission NASA has ever launched along with daily updates and lesson plans for teachers.

The system maintains a large file library of GIF-format s.p.a.ce graphics, but you can't download these through telnet. If you want them, you have to dial the system directly, at (205) 895-0028.

Telnet: s.p.a.celink.msfc.nasa.gov When you connect, you'll be given an overview of the system and asked to register and choose a pa.s.sword.

The NED-NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database lists data on more than 100,000 galaxies, quasars and other objects outside the Milky Way.

Telnet: ipac.caltech.edu.

Log in: ned

You can learn more than you ever wanted to about quasars, novae and related objects on a system run by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Ma.s.s.

Telnet: cfa204.harvard.edu Log in: einline

The physics department at the University of Ma.s.sachusetts at Amherst runs a bulletin-board system that provides extensive conferences and doc.u.ment libraries related to s.p.a.ce.

Telnet: s.p.a.cemet.phast.uma.s.s.edu Log on with your name and a pa.s.sword.

SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

The University of Maryland Info Database maintains U.S. Supreme Court decisions from 1991 on.

Telnet: info.umd.edu Choose a terminal type and hit enter (or just hit enter if you are using VT100). At the main menu, choose the number next to "Educational Resources" and hit enter. One of your options will then be for "United States." Select that number and then, at the next menu, choose the one next to "Supreme Court."

TELNET

Hytelnet, at the University of Saskatchewan, is an online guide to hundreds of telnet sites around the world.

Telnet: access.usask.ca Log in: hytelnet

TIME

To find out the exact time:

Telnet: india.colorado.edu 13

You'll see something like this:

Escape character is '^]'.

Sun Apr 5 14:11:41 1992 Connection closed by foreign host.

The middle line tells you the date and exact Mountain Standard Time, as determined by a federal atomic clock.

TRANSPORTATION

The Subway Navigator in Paris can help you learn how long it will take to get from point A to point B on subway systems around the world.

Telnet: metro.jussieu.fr 10000 No log-in is needed.

When you connect, you'll be asked to choose a language in which to search (you can choose English or French) and then a city to search.

You'll be asked for the station you plan to leave from and the station you want to get to.

WEATHER

The University of Michigan's Department of Atmospheric, Oceanographic and s.p.a.ce Sciences supplies weather forecasts for U.S. and foreign cities, along with skiing and hurricane reports.

Telnet: madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 (note the 3000).

No log-in name is needed.

Also see under Weather in the FTP list for information on downloading satellite and radar weather images.

6.4 TELNET BULLETIN-BOARD SYSTEMS

You might think that Usenet, with its hundreds of newsgroups, would be enough to satisfy the most dedicated of online communicators.

But there are a number of "bulletin-board" and other systems that provide even more conferences or other services, many not found directly on the Net. Some are free; others charge for access. They include:

Bookstacks Unlimited is a Cleveland bookstore that uses the Internet to advertise its services. Its online system features not only a catalog, however, but conferences on books and literature.

Telnet: books.com Log in with your own name and select a pa.s.sword for future connections.

Cimarron. Run by the Inst.i.tuto Technical in Monterey, Mexico, this system has Spanish conferences, but English commands, as you can see from this menu of available conferences:

List of Boards Name t.i.tle General Board general Dudas Dudas de Cimarron Comentarios Comentarios al SYSOP Musica Para los afinados........