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On Tue, 7 Dec 1993 STGG8004%IRUCCVAX.BITNET@SEARN.SUNET.SE wrote:

> One of the best that we have is a tool called "HYTELNET". Our version
> is supplied on the central VAX mainframe, but versions are available for
> Unix and DOS machines according to the login blurb.
>
> It is basically a hierarchical menu system which guides the user down through
> various options relating to Internet use ... e.g. accessing remote sites;
> searching remote library catalogues, finding out the site names or even
> (I think...I have not used this one) the user-ids of individual users at
> a given site, and also ftp, gopher, WAIS (Wide Area Information Searching)
> adnd WWW (World Wide Web) which provide their own search-and-retrieve
> facilities to take (some of) the pain out of anonymous ftp. Within Telnet
> we can call up a list of all ftp sites in a database (and it seems pretty
> extensive, with literally hundreds of sites) which you can scroll up and
> down thorugh until you find the site you want. Then you just hit ENTER and
> it makes the connection for you....
>
> I will dig out more information about HYTELNET tomorrow if you want.
>
> I am sure that there are all sorts of tools and user-friendly front-ends
> and menu systems and so on out there. Perhaps others could share their
> own favourites with us and we can build up a pool of knowledge?
>
> Cheers,
> Darius
>
>
A pool of resourses for geographers would be great. Significant sites and
document or database locations would also be something I'd like.  The
time to search through individual sites, download interesting looking
stuff, and returning to search is very time consuming.  It would be of
great help to narrow the locations and the searches by having prior
knowledge of what is available.

> (PS... I am white-ish and male. Does this matter? :-)
If you have a perminant position,  guess not.  We're having an open forum
tomorrow at CSUC to discuss the laying off of some faculity in order to
hire 'underrepresented' groups.  I have just about given up hopes of
finding a fulltime teaching p[osition at a college or university. The
discussion on this list last month added to that hopelessness.  So has
all of the letters of rejection.  All of these great evaluations but no
place to call my own.  Uhoh.. I'm beginning to whining again!

Thanks for the internet info.
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