4.0158 Connections between Networks (3/90)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sat, 2 Jun 90 14:21:27 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0158. Saturday, 2 Jun 1990.
(1) Date: Thu, 31 May 90 18:55:39 EDT (17 lines)
From: John Unsworth <JMUEG@NCSUVM>
Subject: Re: 4.0151 [...] Net Access to Libraries
(2) Date: Fri, 01 Jun 90 19:04:32 EDT (17 lines)
From: John Unsworth <JMUEG@NCSUVM>
Subject: network interfaces
(3) Date: Sat, 2 Jun 90 13:16 AST (22 lines)
From: Ramon <J_IRIZARRY@UPR1.UPR.CUN.EDU>
Subject: Compuserve to Internet Access
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Date: Thu, 31 May 90 18:55:39 EDT
From: John Unsworth <JMUEG@NCSUVM>
Subject: Re: 4.0151 Qs: Siegen Projector; Net Access to Libraries (2/33)
In response to James O'Donnell's question about getting to Internet from
other networks, there are at least two commercial gateways. Compuserve
provides one (their node address is compuserve.com) and MCI mail
provides another (their node is mci.com, I think). I believe that
Fidonet also provides access to Internet, and Fidonet is not an
institutional network. Of course, in all of these cases, transactions
are limited to mail: I don't think you can run any- thing interactive
(like Telnet) from any of these nodes. By the way, I'd like to hear
more from anyone who has further information--this is a question of in-
terest to me as well.
John Unsworth
<jmueg@ncsuvm>
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Date: Fri, 01 Jun 90 19:04:32 EDT
From: John Unsworth <JMUEG@NCSUVM>
Subject: network interfaces
To follow up on my comments of yesterday about inter-connections between
the Internet and other networks, I received a newsletter called _The
Electronic Web_ which has information about electronic journals,
networks, and resources for network information. It is put out by
Robert Weber (weber@world.std.com) and it has a nice graphic
representation of the network connections. It also has information
about _The Matrix_, which is a book (Digital Press, $39.50:
1-800-343-8321) documenting the connections between various networks, and
providing information about computer conferencing.
John Unsworth
jmueg@ncsuvm (bitnet)
jmueg@ncsuvm.ncsu.edu (internet)
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Date: Sat, 2 Jun 90 13:16 AST
From: Ramon <J_IRIZARRY@UPR1.UPR.CUN.EDU>
Subject: Compuserve to Internet Access
Regarding the question of how to access public libraries through the
INTERNET if you do not have a connection in a university, I can offer the
following information : You can send messages from Compuserve to anyone
on the INTERNET, but it's not interactive so the person could not use it
to access the libraries by himself. But if he knows someone with an
account on interactive INTERNET he can pass along his request. There
are other consumer networks like TYMNET or TELENET, but I doubt that
interactive INTERNET access is provided ( maybe someone could check
that. ).
Some commercial or military installations also have access to the
INTERNET and could "give you a lift" if you know someone with an account
there. This is done regularly in the UNIX to UNIX networks so I don't
see anything wrong or dishonest in it.
Ramon Lopez
Dept. of Physical Sciences
Univ. of Puerto Rico