Special Internet Connections
Scott Yanoff yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

Last Update: 8/4/92

Agricultural Info
    Agricultural info (livestock reports, etc.) CSU FRESNO ATI-NET. PENpages. CUFAN. 
Am. Philos. Assoc.
    APA buletin board 
Archie
    Searches almost all anonymous ftp sites for any program you want by name. use direct WWW/WAIS Archie or chose a telnet site: Canada, Finland, Australia, UK, Israel, or in the United States: MD, NE, NY, NJ. 
CARL
    Online database, book reviews, magazine fax delivery service. 
CHAT
    Interactive AIDS document and simulated conversation (Login:chat) 
Chess Servers
    Play/watch real-time chess with human opponents. Type 'help' for help. Chess Server #1 or Chess Server #2 . 
Dante Project
    Divine Comedy and reviews. (At Login type: connect dante) 
Distance Educat
    (Hostname: uk.ac.open.acs.vax Username: icdl) 
DUATS
    Aviation weather, flight planning. (Login: last name) One service for certified pilots, one for uncertified. 
Earthquake Info
    Recent quake info (location, time, magnitude, etc.) (Finger server) 
E Math
    Am. Math. Society sponsored bbs with software and reviews. Password: e-math. 
FDA BBS
    FDA bbs w/ lots of info (News releases, Aids info, consumer info...) 
FEDIX
    Info. on scholarships, minority assistance, etc. (login: fedix) 
Freenet
    USA Today Headline News, Sports, etc... Also from Youngstown (Login: visitor). 
GenBank
    Gene sequence information. (Password: 4nigms) 
Geographic Server
    Info by city or area code (Population, Lat./Long., Elevation, etc). 
Georgetown Med. Lib.
    Medical Library(Login: medlib Password: dahlgren Last name: netguest) 
GO Servers
    Play others in a game of go. (Login/Password: go) GO Server #1, GO Server #2, or GO Server #3. 
Gopher Servers
    Access to other services, gophers, documents, campus wide info. systems. UMN Server, UIowa Server, Swedish Server, UNT Server, UIUC Server, UWP Server. 
Guitar TAB/Chords
    TAB/Chords for guitar in /pub/guitar. 
Ham Radio Callbook
    National ham radio call-sign callbook. 
Handicap/Medical Site
    offers anonymous FTP of software and medical info. 
HP Calculator BBS
    BBS for HP Calc. users, with chat mode. (Login: new) 
Hytelnet Server
    Access to many other services. Prefers vt100 emul. (Login: hytelnet) 
INFO - Rutgers CWIS
    Dictionary, thesaurus, CIA world fact book, quotations database. 
Info/Software Server
    Journals, unix stuff, etc. 
Internet Resource Guide
    compressed/tar'd list of net resources. 
IRC Servers
    Internet Relay Chat access, like a CB on the computer. Select IRC Telnet Client #1, #2, or #3. 
ISAAC
    Info. System for Advanced Academic Computing, for IBM users. 
Law Library
    Law libraries and legal research. Also archive offering copies of laws for each state, and more! 
Library of Congress
    COPY of Library of Congress (Assumes terminal is emulating a vt100). 
List of Lists
    List of interest groups/email lists in . (or mail mlol-request@wariat.org for musical list of lists.) 
Lunar/Planet
    Resources on Geology, Geophys, Astron., Astrophys. 
Lyric Server
    Lyrics as text files. 
Mac Software Archive
    Ftp'able software for the Macintosh computers. 
Melvyl
    access to various libraries. Type 'other' at prompt to see others. 
MOLIS
    Minority Online Information Service. 
National Bureau of Time Standards
    National Bureau of Time Standards, gives you the exact time. 
NASA Headline News
    Daily press releases from NASA. (Finger server) 
NASA SpaceLink
    Latest NASA news, including shuttle launches and satellite updates. 
National Education BBS
    Education BBS. (Login: guest) 
NED
    NASA Extragalactic Database. (Login: ned) 
Netfind
    Given a name and org./school, finds a user for you (login: netfind) 
NICOL
    Access to internet resources, Electronic. Publishing Service (Login: nicol) 
NICOLAS
    Network Info. Center On-Line Aid System (Login: dftnic) 
NNDC
    National Nuclear Data Center 
NODIS
    Menu-driven access to Nat'l Space Science Data Center (Login: nodis) nssdc or nssdca. 
Oceanic Info. Center
    (Login: info) 
NNTP News Servers
    Telnetable access to post to the Usenet news Select NNTP Server #1, NNTP Server #2, or NNTP Server #3, or or NNTP Server #4. 
Public-Access Unix
    Free account, with access to various UNIX features. Available from: DU (login:new), Merit (login:newsuser), Ann Arbour (Which host: um-m-net Enter 'g' for guest. login: newuser). 
Readers Guide
    Readers Guide to periodical literature. 
Recipe Archives
    MANY food recipes. >From DEC or from Miami 
SDDAS
    SW Research Data Display & Analysis Center. 
SERVICES
    Access to nearly every listed service! (Login: services) 
Software Server (ASK)
    Offers software search. (Login/Password: ask) 
Spacemet
    Science/space bbs. 
SPAN
    Space Physics Analysis Network (Login: SPAN_NIC) 
STIS
    Science & Technology Information System. (Login: public) 
Supernet
    Excellent menu-driven information searches (of what?). (Login: supernet) 
Supreme Court Rulings
    Archive of ASCII files of Supreme Court rulings 
UMD Info Database
    Info. docs on many subjects, including Supreme Court Decisions (Login: info) 
UNC BBS
    Access to Library of Congress and nationwide libraries (Login: bbs) 
WAIStations
    Wide Area Info. Service. (Login: wais). Select WAIStation #1, WAIStation #2, or WAIStation #3. See archive for more info on WAIS. 
Weather Service
    City/State forecasts, ski conditions, earthquake reports, etc. 
Webster
    Dictionary/Spelling service. Type "HELP" for info. (ALL CAPS!) 
World Wide Webs
    A login access point to the entire web of WWW, WAIS, Gopher, Archie and FTP data. (Login: WWW) Select World-Wide Web in Switzerland, USA (New Jersey), Israel, or and Finland. 
ZIB Electronic Library
    Library of software, links to other libraries. (Login: elib). 

NOTE: NO LOGIN NAMES OR PASSWORDS ARE REQUIRED UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE. If it prompts you for a login name, you did something wrong, or are not running on a machine that the system you telnetted to supports.
Mail servers

C64 Archive Server
    mail twtick@corral.uwyo.edu Subject: Mail-Archive-Request Body-of-letter: help (hit return) end 
Archie Mail Servers
    mail archie@ Subject: help Offers: alterative Archie access to those w/o ftp or telnet. 
FTP Mail
    mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com Subject:(hit return) Body-of-letter: help (return) quit Offers:ftp via email 
FTP Mail
    mail bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu Body-of-letter: help or ftplist for a list of anon. ftp sites 
Genetics Bank
    mail gene-server@bchs.uh.edu Subject: help Offers: genetic database accessable via email. 
IP Address Resolver
    mail resolve@cs.widener.edu usage: in body-of-letter: site
    Mails you IP address of site. 
Mail Srver/Usr Lookup
    mail mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu in body of mail message: send usenet-addresses/[name searching for(1 word)] 
Music Newsletter
    mail listserv@vm.marist.edu (internet) or mail listserv@marist (bitnet). Body-of-letter: SUBSCRIBE UPNEWS Offers: Reviews, intviews. 
NetLib
    mail netlib@ornl.gov or mail netlib@uunet.uu.net Subject:(hit return) Body-of-letter: send index Offers: Software thru email 
News Mail Server
    mail [newsgroup]@cs.utexas.edu Offers: Post to Usenet News via email. (eg. [newsgroup] = alt-bbs) 
Oracle
    mail oracle@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu The "Usenet Oracle" Mail with subject as "help" for more info. 
OSS-IS
    Archive. Also mail info@soaf1.ssa.gov with "send index" as your msg. Many FAQ's, ftp lists, library and service lists, gov't documents. 
Sid's Music Server
    mail mwilkenf@silver.ucs.indiana.edu Subject: BOOTHELP Offers: Lists of rare live recordings, cd's for sale. 
StatLib Server
    mail statlib@lib.stat.cmu.edu Mail with line: send index. Offers: Prgms, Datasets, etc. for statisticians. 

FTP Sites/Archives

ocf.berkeley.edu
    Docs, 5 puritytests, the Bible, Dec. of Ind, lyrics.. 
wuarchive.wustl.edu
    Gifs archive, software for pc's, etc. 
ftp.uu.net
    You name it, it's here! 
archive.umich.edu
    Software for MS-Dos computers, Mac, Amiga, Apple2, Apollo... 
oak.oakland.edu
    A huge software archive for PCs and UNIX. 
ftp.sura.net
    How-to's about internet (how to email, ftp, telnet, etc.) in /pub/nic 

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