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- ONet (Ontario Network)/Internet Instruction
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- TELNET KIRK.NORTHERNC.ON.CA or 192.197.64.1
- Username: VIANEN
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- ONet/Internet Instruction - Doug van Vianen
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- The following is a CIT (Computer Interactive Text) describing the
- Internet, and introducing the user to the facilities provided and the
- techniques to use.
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- It is currently under construction, but please try it anyway. Any ideas
- and suggestions are welcome and should be sent to
- vianendh@kirk.northernc.on.ca
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- ONET/INTERNET MANUAL
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- This manual contains information about the use of ONet/Internet for VAX
- users at the College. The following topics are included:
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- 1. (A) General description of ONet/Internet
- 2. (B) Some useful ONet/Internet accesses
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- ONet (Ontario Network) is one of 10 (A) regional networks across Canada.
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- In each of these networks, the computing systems at educational
- institutions, government departments, hospitals, commercial enterprises
- and others are interconnected using a commom communications protocol
- called (B) TCP/IP. The computing systems may be large mainframe
- computers, someone's personal computer or any make, model or size in
- between.
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- Within such a network, (C) users at terminals connected to the computing
- systems can (D) apporopriately communicate with each other and use each
- other's computing facilities. The three basic functions provided on the
- network are
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- (E) EMAIL (F) TELNET (G) FTP
- electronic mail teleprocessing network file transfer protocol
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- From these are provided more (H) specialized services.
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- (I) CA*net (Canada Network) connects the 10 regional networks. (J) The
- Internet connects CA*net to other networks in the world.
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