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How can I get more information?

Most of this information is available on the Internet. In order to access resources specified by a URL, you may need to use a Web browser or connect to a telnet site that provides a public-access browser. Enter the URL as one unbroken line without spaces or carriage returns.

The best way to get general information on the Web without a browser is to telnet info.cern.ch or gopher info.cern.ch. Information on how to obtain software can also be found there.

If you don't know how to use FTP, Gopher, or telnet, there are dozens of good books available on how to get on and use the Internet. Although there are too many introductory books to list, here are a few mentioned by the Unofficial Internet Book List (to receive the list, send email to savetz@rahul.net).

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Browsers Accessible by telnet

This list is from the comprehensive list of telnet-accessible clients at
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/FAQ/Bootstrap.html:

telnet info.cern.ch (or telnet 128.141.201.74)
This is CERN's text-only Web browser. The site is in Geneva, Switzerland.

telnet ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu
This University of Kansas site uses the text-only Lynx browser, which works best on terminals with vt100 emulation. Log in as www.

telnet www.njit.edu
Log in as www. This is the New Jersey Institute of Technology's text-only browser.

telnet vms.huji.ac.il (or telnet 128.139.4.3)
This text-only browser at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel works off a dual-language Hebrew/English database.

telnet sun.uakom.cs
This site in Slovakia has a slow connection and should be used locally only.

telnet fserv.kfki.hu
This site in Hungary has a slow connection and should be used locally only. Log in as www.

telnet info.funet.fi (or telnet 128.214.6.100)
This site is in Finland.

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General Web Information

Main CERN World-Wide Web page
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html

Main NCSA Mosaic page
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/
mosaic-docs.html

Information on WWW
http://www.bsdi.com/server/doc/web-info.html

A list of World-Wide Web clients at CERN
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Clients.html

The "official" list of World-Wide Web servers at CERN
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/DataSources/
WWW/Servers.html

The comp.infosystems.www FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) file
http://siva.cshl.org/~boutell/www_faq.html

Usenet Newsgroups

For general discussion:
comp.infosystems.announce

Other Web-related newsgroups:
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Newsgroups.html

Mailing Lists

For general discussion and announcements:
send email to listserv@info.cern.ch, with subscribe www-announce your name as the body.

For developers and technical discussion:
send email to listserv@info.cern.ch, with subscribe www-talk your name as the body.
Hypertext archives are available at http://gummo.stanford.edu/html/hypermail/
archives.html.

For HTML-related discussion:
send email to listserv@info.cern.ch, with subscribe www-html your name as the body.

Other lists at CERN:
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Administration/
Mailing/Overview.html

World-Wide Web courseware:
send email to www-courseware-request@eit.com, with subscribe as the body.
Hypertext archives are available at http://www.eit.com/mailinglists/www-courseware/
www-courseware.index.html.

World-Wide Web literature:
send email to www-literature-request@eit.com, with subscribe as the body.
Hypertext archives are available at http://www.eit.com/mailinglists/www-literature/
www-literature.index.html.

World-Wide Web library resource management:
send email to listserv@library.berkeley.edu, with SUB Web4Lib your name as the body.

Local groups

The Austin, Texas World-Wide Web Users' Group (AWWWUG) - send email to combs.quadralay.com for information.

The World-Wide Web Special Interest Group (SIGWEB), located in California. Email mcrae@ora.com for information.

Lists of tools and convertors

http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Tools/
Overview.html

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/
faq-software.html

How to write Web gateways and servers

http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Daemon/
Overview.html

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Information on HTML and HTTP

How to write HTML
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/
HTMLPrimer.html

HTML Tutorials
http://curia.ucc.ie/info/net/htmldoc.html

http://fire.clarkson.edu/doc/html/htut.html

HTML Style Guides
http://www.willamette.edu/html-composition/
strict-html.html

http://bookweb.cwis.uci.edu:8042/Staff/
StyleGuide.html

http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Provider/Style/
Overview.html

HTML FAQ
http://www.umcc.umich.edu/~ec/www/html_faq.html

HTML Quick Reference
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/
HTMLQuickRef.html

HTML official specifications
http://info.cern.ch/pub/www/doc/html-spec.multi

The Annotated HTML DTD (Document Type Definition)
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/MarkUp/
HTML.dtd.html

HTML+ DTD
ftp://15.254.100.100/pub/htmlplus.dtd.txt

The Latest HTML+ Draft
ftp://ds.internic.net/internet-drafts/
draft-raggett-www-html-00.*

HTTP Specifications
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Protocols/
HTTP/HTTP2.html

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Information and Reports on Multimedia and Hypermedia

Index to multimedia resources
http://cui_www.unige.ch/Chloe/MultimediaInfo/
index.html

SIGLINK Newsletter
http://www.cs.bgsu.edu/SIGLINK/HomePage.html

"State of the Art Review on Hypermedia Issues And Applications", March 1994
http://www.csi.uottowa.ca/~dduchier/misc/
hypertext_review/

"Computer Supported Cooperative Work Report", July 1993
ftp gorgon.tft.tele.no, in directory /pub/groupware

This is a comprehensive list of all known collaborative software packages and projects currently in use or under development.

"Network Access to Multimedia Information", June 1993
ftp ftp.ed.ac.uk, in directory /pub/mmaccess

This report summarizes the requirements of academic and research users for network access to multimedia information.

"Hypermedia and Higher Education", April 1993
gopher lewsun.idlw.ucl.ac.be, the /digests/IPCT menu.

IPCT, Interpersonal Computing and Technology, is an excellent journal exploring the boundaries of education and high technology.

alt.hypertext Frequently Asked Questions list
This list contains dozens of pointers to mailing lists, people, Internet sites, groups, books, periodicals, bibliographies, and software related to hypertext.

The new FAQ is still under construction. For more details, email dhirmes@hamp.hampshire.edu.

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Obtaining Web Browsers and Servers

ftp info.cern.ch, in directory /pub/www
CERN's simple text-only browser, as well as the CERN HTTP server.

ftp ftp2.cc.ukans.edu, in directory /pub/WWW/lynx
Distribution for Lynx, a text-only browser.

ftp ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu, in directory /Mosaic
Mosaic distribution, as well as the NCSA HTTPD server. This site contains the Mosaic browser for Macintosh, Windows, and X.

ftp ftp.law.cornell.edu, in /pub/LII/Cello/
Distribution for Cello, a Windows browser.

ftp max.physics.sunysb.edu, in /pub/amosaic
Distribution for Amiga Mosaic browser.

ftp ftp.omnigroup.com, in /pub/software/
Distribution for OmniWeb, a NeXTStep browser that does not require X Windows.

ftp ftp.cs.unlv.edu, in /pub/chimera
Distribution for Chimera, a simple browser for X Windows.

ftp oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu, in /public/mac/MacHTTP
Distribution for MacHTTP, a Macintosh WWW server.

gopher hopf.math.nwu.edu
Distribution for GN, an HTTP server that acts as a Gopher server and a World-Wide Web server simultaneously.

ftp austin.bsdi.com, in /plexus
Distribution for Plexus, a perl-based WWW server.

ftp emwac.ed.ac.uk, in /pub/https
Distribution for HTTPS, a Windows NT server.

A more extensive list of browsers can be found at http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Clients.html, and a list of servers can be found at http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Daemon/Overview.html.

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