The Online World by Odd De Presno

9962. In North America: InfoPro Technologies. Tel.: +1-703-442-0900.

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Telnet: brs.com (US$6/hr). Canada Remote Systems --------------------- is North America's largest bulletin board system (1992). It has a software library of more than 500,000 programs and files, and over 3,500 public forums and discussion areas. Canada Remote provides several news and information services, including the United Press International and Reuters news wires, North American stock exchange results, the twice-weekly edition of Newsbytes, and other publications. Tel.: +1-416-629-7000 (in the U.S.) and +1-313-963-1905 (Canada). Canada Remote Systems, 1331 Crestlawn Drive, Unit D, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4W 2P9. CGNET ----- is a network interconnecting a group of international research organizations. Besides email, CGNET provides news clipping services, airline reservation information, and database search. (See Dialcom) Contact: CGNET Services International, 1024 Hamilton Court, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. Telephone: +1-415-325-3061. Fax: 1-415-325-2313 Telex: 4900005788 (CGN UI) . CIX (England) ------------- British online-service available by telnet, through PDN services and by direct dial. Telnet cix.compulink.co.uk. Compulink Information eXchange Ltd. claims to be Europe's largest conferencing system. Sign-up fee (1993): GBP 25.00. Monthly minimum: GBP 6.25. Off-peak connect rate GBP 2.40. Peak rate is 3.60 per hour. The service has full Internet access, and email exchange with CompuServe and Dialcom. CIX has many conferences, ISDN access, Usenet News, telnet and ftp. Contact: The Compulink Information Exchange Ltd., The Sanctuary Oakhill Grove, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 6DU, England. Tel.: +44-81-390-

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1. Chapter 1 2. 1992. 220 pages. Phone: +47 22 63 61 62. Fax: +47 22 63 60 09. 3. 1. Going online will make me rich, right? 4. 2. The online world 5. 3. How to use online services 6. 4. Hobbies, games, and fun 7. 5. Home, education, and work 8. 6. Your personal healthnet 9. 7. Electronic mail, telex, and fax 10. 8. Free expert assistance 11. 9. Your electronic daily news 12. 10. Looking for a needle in a bottle of hay 13. 11. Getting an edge over your competitor 14. 12. Practical tips 15. 13. Cheaper and better communications 16. 14. Keep what you find. 17. 15. You pay little for a lot! 18. 16. Automatic communication 19. 17. Gazing into the future. 20. 2. How to get started 21. 3. Your first online trip 22. 8. How to register 23. Chapter 1: Going online will make me rich, right? 24. Chapter 2: The online world 25. 1. Database producers and information providers. 26. 2. Online services 27. 3. Gateways and networks 28. 4. The services 29. 1. Menus for novices. The user can select (navigate) by 30. 2. Short menus or lists of commands for the intermediate user. 31. 3. A short prompt (often just a character, like a "!"), which 32. 4. Some services offer automatic access without any menus or 33. 1. Noise on the line, which may result in unreadable text or 34. 2. Expensive long distance calls 35. Chapter 13.) 36. Chapter 3: How to use the online services 37. 15. Federation II, the adult space fantasy........................FED 38. Chapter 4: Hobby, games and fun 39. 2. Mix onions, green peppers, mushrooms, green CHILIES, taco 40. 5. In crock pot or dish, layer meat mixture, cheese, and 41. Chapter 5: Home, education and work 42. 4. What can I do Now to make this come true? 43. Chapter 6: Your personal HealthNet 44. Chapter 7: Electronic mail, telex, and fax 45. 1990. Mail through the Internet and grassroots services on free 46. 105. This node has an automatic gateway to the Internet. 47. 2. The address to his system is: 2:480/10. His user name is Jan 48. Chapter 8: Free expert assistance 49. 1. Learning curve like Mt. Everest. Give me intuitive or give me 50. 4. It may be unsuited for what I wanted (outlining a book). Since 51. Chapter 9: Your electronic daily news 52. Chapter 13). The total cost for seven minutes was US$6.00, which 53. Chapter 10: Looking for a needle in a bottle of hay 54. Chapter 7. If your name is Jens Jensen, and you want to subscribe 55. Chapter 11: Getting an edge over your competitor 56. Chapter 11 Update (FI82) 57. Chapter 12: Practical tips 58. chapter 16 for more about this. 59. 1. Transferring files from a remote data center to your local 60. 2. Transfer from your local mailbox host to your personal 61. 1. Logon to your local email host and enter 'FTP remote- 62. 2. When connected to the remote center, you can request transfer 63. 3. The file will be transferred to your local mailbox computer 64. Chapter 13: Cheaper and better communication 65. Chapter 14: Keep what you find 66. Chapter 15: You pay little for a lot! 67. Chapter 16: Automatic communication 68. Chapter 17: Gazing into the future 69. 9962. In North America: InfoPro Technologies. Tel.: +1-703-442-0900. 70. 8446. Fax: +44-81-390-6561. NUA: 2342 1330 0310. Data: +44-81-390- 71. Chapter 9 for more information. Single-user (individual) prices 72. 7543. In Europe, contact British Telecom. 73. Chapter 4 for more about how to get these files.) 74. 9315. 1200 bps, 8,N,1. Your communications system must be able to 75. 2400. This tells that a connection has been set up at 2400 bps. 76. chapter 16, this chapter may not be that important. Your program 77. 1. Disconnect the phone cable from the telephone. Insert the 78. 2. You may be able to connect the phone to the modem using the 79. 1. Ask the bulletin board to send text only (select U for 80. 2. Set your computer for colors and graphics. This feature is 81. 1. Navigate to the file area. Tell SHS what you want by using 82. 2. Press PgUp, select XMODEM, enter a file name (TEST.TXT), and 83. 3. When the transfer is completed, my board will ask for a 84. 1991. US$24.95. Paperback, 520 pages.

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