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Using online services http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/3.html The good news is that most conference and forum mail rarely contain such codes. Many users routinely keep captured online information on their hard disks for later reference. If this is your intention, make sure that text is sent to you in plain ASCII, or in a mode that your software can handle. If you want 'TTY' or 'ASCII', and these are not on your online services' lists of options, try 'Others' or 'Other computers'. These settings usually identify your computer as unable to handle 'standard' colors, sound and graphics. Connecting the first time If you have low cost access to a local Internet provider, or unlimited financial resources, go ahead and call up services all over the world. Learning by doing is exciting. If your resources are limited and the service is expensive, start by reading user information manual. Go online to capture key menus and help texts. Print them out on paper for further study before going online again for 'real'. I always hurry slowly during my first visits to a commercial online service. I call up, quickly capture information about how to use it, and disconnect. It may take days to study the material. My goal is to find what the service offers so that I can plan how to use it most efficiently. The first important command to look up is the logoff command. There is nothing more frustrating than to get an error message after submitting BYE. If lost, try "quit," "exit," "logoff," "off," "logout," and "G" in the hope of finding the correct command. These are the most usual variations. You should also try ? or HELP. If you really can't figure out how to get off a system, just hang up on it (cut the connection). However, be careful. Some systems will continue to charge for a period after you have disconnected by hanging up. Note: If you are using a dialup modem to connect to online services, make sure that it is always set to watch the presence of the carrier signal. On my modems, this is set by the command: AT &D2. If this feature is not set, then you may not get disconnected from the online service until the phone line is physically disconnected from your modem! One of the first things that I do, is set my options to expert status, though I am obviously an amateur at this stage. Often, I also start automating the process during my first visits. I write script files for automatic access and quick navigation to key offerings. Another good strategy is to look for automated offline readers or systems (see Chapter 16 for details). Others prefer paper and pencil. They write a list of required commands on a piece of paper, like this: Call 0165 At CONNECT: ENTER @SP ENTER At the NUI prompt: Nxxxxxppppp a170041 At Enter 'dix' and : dix At More : ENTER At Your name: Odd de Presno At Password: hemmelig At What do you want to do: when no unread mail goodbye when mail to read ENTER Put the list by your keyboard before calling the service. Follow it carefully. After a while you may remember the procedure, and can throw away your notes. | Next | [Back | Top of page | Index | Expanded index | Register | Illustration by Anne Tove Vestfossen Search: The Online World resources handbook's text on paper, disk and in any other electronic form is © copyrighted 2002 by Odd de Presno. Updated at February 14, 2002. Feedback please. 6 of 6 23.11.2009 15:44
The Online World resources handbook: APPLICATIONS http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/part2.html The Online World resources handbook PART 2: APPLICATIONS [INDEX] [Expanded Index] [Search] [NEXT] [BACK] "Imagination is more important than knowledge" Albert Einstein This part of the book is the core of the matter. Here, we want to give you an idea of what is out there. The bad news is that the online world has too much. We have been forced to make a selection. So, if there are important pointers you feel have been left out, please drop me a line. Maybe it can be included in a future release of the handbook. Terms used in this book While references to offerings with terms like "on CompuServe," and "on TWICS" may be easily understood, you may not be used to our terms referring to resources on the Internet. These include the following: anonymous ftp gopher telnet RFC, FYI, FAQ archie WWW WAIS Do not despair. Explanation is given in appendix 6. You can also search the book for additional information. Throughout the book, we will use the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) format when referring to Internet resources. These codes are basically in the format method://site.name/filepath The "method" part tells if the URL points to a hypertext document (http), a gopher menu (gopher), an anonymous ftp host for file transfers (ftp), etc.. Examples: Web addresses URL: http://home.eunet.no/~presno/index.html This means: "Connect me to the site login.eunet.no, and show me the hypertext ~presno/index.html file." This URL will give you the Online World resources handbook's World Wide Web home page. The tilde character (~) in the directory name "~presno" is a special notation used on Unix systems. 1 of 2 23.11.2009 15:44
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