SiriusNet Internet Access Kit - Windows Version Release Notes 07/95 --------------------------------------------- Welcome to the SiriusNet Internet Access Kit! Welcome to SiriusNet, your connection to the "Information Super Highway". This Internet Access Kit is designed to provide you with all of the software and service required to access the Internet. The software consists of the popular Mosaic World Wide Web browser, E-mail software, a Usenet news reader, FTP, Telnet, and all of the TCP/IP modem communication software necessary. In the single disk version, the EMail, Newsreader, FTP and Telnet are available via a simple download/installation procedure once connected to SiriusNet. The Concentric Network Service is a national network consisting of over 100 high speed, local access numbers - covering most major metropolitan areas. For those outside the local coverage area, for an additional charge, access to the network is provided via a 1+800 number. You may sign-up with SiriusNet electronically using your modem and a major credit card. Once you have obtained your new account, you have everything you need to begin your exploration of the Internet. In order to use the enclosed software, you must be connected to the Internet using the Concentric Network. To learn more about the Concentric Corporation service, double click on the Mosaic icon within the SiriusNet group to start the registration application. License --------------------------------------------- USE OF THE SOFTWARE CONTAINED IN THE SIRIUSNET INTERNET ACCESS KIT IS RESTRICTED TO USE WITH THE SIRIUSNET NETWORK ONLY. YOU MAY NOT USE ANY OF THE SIRIUSNET ACCESS KIT SOFTWARE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANY OTHER INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER. Once installed, the complete end user license agreement can be found by double clicking on the License icon in the SiriusNet group. All software and documentation produced and distributed within the Internet Access Kit are based upon the NetLink Internet Access Kit: (c) 1995 NetLink, Ltd. Austin, Texas In addition, NetLink has strategic alliances with the following companies whose software or services, in whole or in part, contribute to the NetLink Internet Access Kit: NCSA Mosaic was developed by the National Center for Supercomputer Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This version is being distributed under a licensing agreement with Spyglass, Inc. NCSA Mosaic, Mosaic, and the Spinning Globe progress indicator logo are trademarks of the University of Illinois. TCP communication/dialer software, FTP and Telnet applications are (c) Network Telesystems Santa Clara, California