Special Internet Connections: Last update 3/15/94

Compiled by: Scott Yanoff - yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

Note: For telnet, no login names or passwords are required unless stated otherwise. For FTP sites, login as anonymous; password is your email address.

Note: If your system is unable to resolve host names, you can instead use the corresponding IP addresses listed in most cases within square brackets []. If a port number is given with the host name, it applies also to the IP address.

Copyright 1994 Scott Yanoff. No changes are to be made to this document without the author's written consent. Reproduction/distribution without my permission is allowable so long as this document is left fully intact.

Agricultural Information, Family Issues, Food and Nutrition

Agricultural info (livestock reports, current market prices, etc.).

PENpages: telnet psupen.psu.edu [128.118.36.5] (Login: two-letter state abbreviation)
CSU Fresno ATI-NET: telnet caticsuf.csufresno.edu [129.8.100.15] (login: super)
CUFAN (Clemson University Forestry and Agriculture Network): telnet eureka.clemson.edu [130.127.8.3] (Login: PUBLIC)
CENET (Cornell Extension NETwork): telnet empire.cce.cornell.edu [132.236.89.2] (login: guest)
Gopher telnet idea.ag.uiuc.edu [128.174.123.126] (login: flood)
ftp ftp.sura.net: file pub/nic/agricultural.list contains agricultural email lists and services

Almanac mail servers

USDA market news, articles about use of computer in agricultural science, and Extension Computing Technology Newsletters. (Body: send guide or send catalog)

mail almanac@esusda.gov
mail almanac@ecn.purdue.edu
mail almanac@oes.orst.edu
mail almanac@ces.ncsu.edu
mail almanac@silo.ucdavis.edu
mail almanac@joe.uwex.edu
almanac@wisplan.uwex.edu

Almanac of Events

Daily list of events and birthdays in history, and sports schedules.

finger copi@oddjob.uchicago.edu

Am. Philos. Assoc.

BBS for philosophers.

gopher apa.oxy.edu

Amateur Radio

ftp ftp.std.com

Archeological Database

National Archeological Database information management system.

telnet cast.uark.edu [130.184.71.44] (login: nadb)

AVIATION_________________________________________________________

Aviation Gopher

Acts as a repository for things on rec.aviation (pics, stories...).

gopher av.eecs.nwu.edu
gopher gopher.unomaha.edu (Select UNO Student Organizations...)

DUATS

Aviation weather, flight planning. (login: last name)

For certified pilots: telnet duat.gtefsd.com [131.131.7.105]
For uncertified pilots: telnet duats.gtefsd.com [131.131.7.106]

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Career Center Online

Jobs database, resume listing service, search by location/keyword Also: mail occ-info@mail.msen.com

gopher gopher.msen.com
H.E.A.R.T. Career Center telnet career.com [157.151.1600.1]

CARL

Online database, book reviews, magazine fax delivery service.

telnet database.carl.org [192.54.81.128]

COMPUTERS________________________________________________________

Amiga User Area

Lots of useful information for Amiga owners.

telnet gopher.unomaha.edu

Macintosh UserGroup

Austrian Mac group. UserID/Password (hit return).

telnet amdalinz.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at [140.78.5.55]

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Consumer Access Services / On-Line Shopping

Search for/buy CDs, software, books, and video tapes online!

Infinity Link Corporation: telnet columbia.ilc.com [38.145.77.221] (Login: cas)
Compact Disc Connection: telnet holonet.net [157.151.0.1] (Login: cdc)
Book Stacks Unlimited, Inc.: The On-Line Bookstore: telnet books.com [192.148.240.9] (just press return)
Future Fantasy:
Netmark Shopper: telnet netmark.com [192.246.101.1]
Digital's Electronic Internet Connection: telnet orders.sales.digital.com [192.208.36.2]
Cisco: Customer Information Online Service (Login: cio): telnet cio.cisco.com [131.108.89.33]
United Techbook Company (Login/Password: utc): telnet utcbooks.com [128.138.213.22]
Grant's Florist and Greenhouse: gopher florist.com
O'Reilly & Associates: telnet gopher.ora.com [140.186.65.25]
Walnut Creek CDROM: finger info@cdrom.com
Shops of the World: gopher world.std.com
CD Publishing Corp: gopher gopher.cdpublishing.com
Document Center
Nine Lives Quality Consignment Clothing

Dartmouth Library

Divine Comedy and reviews (connect dante). To read/find passages in the King James Bible, select file bible; in Shakespeare's plays, select file s plays; in Shakespeare's sonnets, select file s sonnets.

telnet library.dartmouth.edu [129.170.16.11]

DataBase Via Finger

Query databases, find newsgroups, access archie, etc., via finger.

finger help@dir.su.oz.au

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS_______________________________________________

ECHO

European Commission Host Organization, free databases! (Login: echo)

telnet echo.lu [158.64.1.36]

Economics Gophers

Choose: Social Sciences Resources | Economics

Stock Market Report

Select n, MENU: Current Info, then Market Report. (login: guest)

telnet a2i.rahul.net [192.160.13.1]
telnet fiivs01.tu-graz.ac.at Vienna Stock Exchange (Login: BOERSE)

Stock Market Simulation

Gigabucks game. (Login: GAMES)

telnet castor.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de

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EDUCATION/TEACHING/LEARNING______________________________________

Distance Education Database at the UK Open University

While they are re-evaluating their subscription cost, the database is free.

telnet acsvax.open.ac.uk [137.108.48.24] (Username: ICDL Account code: USA Password: aaa)

Education Gophers

Provides K-12 resources, discussion groups, etc.

Canada's SchoolNet gopher ernest.ccs.carleton.ca 419
U.S. Dept. of Education gopher gopher.ed.gov
Merit Computer Network gopher chronicle.merit.gov
Florida Tech Edu. Gopher gopher gaia.sci-ed.fit.edu
Internet for Minn. Schools gopher informns.k12.mn.us
Empire Schoolhouse telnet nysernet.org [192.77.173.2] (Login: empire)
California Dept. of Education gopher goldmine.cde.ca.gov

FEDIX/MOLIS/HERO

Information on scholarships, minority assistance, etc.

telnet fedix.fie.com [192.111.228.33]

IKE

IBM Kiosk for Education (IKE) User Discussion Forums. (Login: register)

telnet isaac.engr.washington.edu [128.95.32.61]

International Education Bulletin Board

Offers program listings, resources, contact individuals and govermental information

telnet nis.calstate.edu [130.150.102.39]

KidLink Gopher

Telecomm. project aimed at 10-15 year olds. (Login: gohper)

telnet kids.ccit.duq..edu [165.190.8.35]

Learning Link

Electronic information and communication service. (Login/Password: newuser)

telnet sierra.fwl.edu [198.49.171.2]

MicroMUSE/MariMUSE

Educational Multi-User Simulated Environments.

telnet michael.ai.mit.edu [128.89.2.153] (login: guest)
telnet pc2.pc.maricopa.edu 4228 [140.198.16.12 4228] (login: guest)

Nanaimo SchoolsNET

An education-based BBS. (Login: GUEST)

telnet crc.sd68.nanaimo.bc.ca [134.87.120.1]

National Education BBS

A limited-access system for NESP educators. (login: new)

telnet nebbs.nersc.gov [128.55.128.90]

Newton

BBS for those teaching/studying science, CS, math. (login: cocotext)

telnet newton.dep.anl.gov [130.202.92.50]

QUERRI

Questions on University Extension. Regional Research Info (login: querri)

telnet exnet.iastate.edu [129.186.20.200]

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Environmental Gophers

Envirolink telnet envirolink.org [128.2.19.119]
Econet telnet gopher.econet.apc.org

Finger through Telnet

telnet site 79

site is the place you are fingering. Once connected, type the username. (example: telnet csd4.csd.uwm.edu 79)

FTP______________________________________________________________

Archie

Searches all ftp sites for any program you want. (login: archie)

Australia:telnet archie.au [139.130.4.6]
Austria: telnet archie.univie.ac.at [131.130.1.23]
Austria: telnet archie.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at [140.78.3.8]
Finland telnet archie.funet.fi [128.214.6.102]
Germany: telnet archie.th-darmstadt.de [130.54.20.1]
Japan: telnet archie.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp [130.54.20.1]
Korea: telnet archie.sogang.ac.kr [163.239.1.11]
New Zealand: telnet archie.nz [130.195.9.4]
Portugal: telnet archie.inesc.pt [146.193.0.153]
Sweden: telnet archie.luth.se [130.240.18.4]
Taiwan: telnet archie.ncu.edu.tw [140.115.19.24]
UK/Ireland: telnet archie.doc.ic.ac.uk [146.169.11.3]
UK/Ireland: telnet archie.hensa.ac.uk [129.12.21.25]
USA [MD]: telnet archie.sura.net [128.167.254.194]
USA [NE]: telnet archie.unl.edu [129.93.1.14]
USA [NY]: telnet archie.ans.net [147.225.1.10]
USA [NJ]: telnet archie.rutgers.edu [128.6.18.15]
AT&T: telnet ds.internic.net [198.49.45.10]

Archie Mail Servers

Alterative Archie access to those without ftp or telnet.

mail archie@<insert one of the above addresses here> (subject: help)

FTP via EMail

mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com with no subject line, and two-line body with line one help and line 2 quit
mail ftpmail@grasp.insa-lyon.fr (body: help) Please, European users only.
mail bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu (body: help or ftplist for a list of anonymous ftp sites)
mail BITFTP@DEARN or to BITFTP@vm.gmd.de (body: help or ftplist for a list of anonymous ftp sites) (Europe only)

FTP Sites/Archives

ftp ocf.berkeley.edu [128.32.184.254] offers docs, bible, lyrics, etc. in /pub/Library
ftp wuarchive.wustl.edu
ftp ftp.uu.net you name it, it's here!
ftp archive.umich.edu or ftp sumex-aim.stanford.edu for software for MS-Dos computers, Mac, Amiga, Apple2, Apollo...
ftp oak.oakland.edu is a huge software archive for PCs and UNIX
ftp ftp.sura.net has how-to's about internet (email, ftp, telnet, etc.) in /pub/nic
ftp quartz.rutgers.edu All the text/humor files you'd want (tv, sex..) in pub/humor