BIGSURF Netguide has now become a "virtual" web site available right from your own "home drive". It is presented in HTML format. Simply double click on the appropriate icon (depending on the type of web browser that you are using) and away you go. Netscape is the preferred web browser - but any web browser will do nicely.
If you are using a web browser that does not "match up" to the included "Start Here" files you can simply launch your particular web browser that you normally use and open any one of the "Start Here" documents from within your browser. (Go to the File Menu and choose Open or Open Document). BIGSURF Netguide will then be loaded into your web browser. You will then begin your BIGSURF Netguide journey and continue on to many surfing adventures... Enjoy!
For further information on how to begin your BIGSURF Netguide adventures - please read the document entitled "Read Me First"
We feel that by literally placing the BIGSURF web site right on your hard-drive that the speed and ease of use will delight you. You will immediately notice the quick response and speed gains by distributing BIGSURF in this format. We hope that this new way of distributing BIGSURF (in HTML) will be favorable to all.
A plain text version of the BIGSURF Netguide is also available to users preferring this format. It can be read using any text editor that can read large text files or can be opened and viewed using any word processor. This plain text version is made for those users which do not have access to a web browser or cannot access the World-Wide Web yet still want the wealth of information that is available in BIGSURF as it contains many FTP, Gopher and Telnet resources on the Internet. You can use your text-editor's or your word processor's built in "Find" function or menu command to enter in keywords and thus be able to "surf" the plain text guide using this "Find" command. Of course you can always scroll through the BIGSURF document and browse the plain text file in this way too.
Please see the final "Copyright and Closing Messages" section for more details concerning the author(s) and information on the publication and distribution of this BIGSURF digital document. This BIGSURF publication in any of its many formats should not be modified in any way unless permission is obtained by the author(s). I encourage people to share copies of BIGSURF with others but I must also ask that no modified or altered copies be distributed. Please - share BIGSURF with friends and family members to enjoy!
BIGSURF is "donation-ware". You may use this document and the information provided freely - but - I hope that many users will hear our plea for needed donations as this is a project that takes a lot of effort and time.
We are only asking a meager $10.00 donation.
To help continue the support for the BIGSURF publication effort that is a small sum but we truly would appreciate user donations.
Our deep felt appreciation and thanks go out to everyone that has supported BIGSURF and we hope you will become a member of our little family of contributing friends. Supporters can be placed on the BIGSURF mailing list (please give us your email address) and will be automatically sent new editions and updates of the BIGSURF Netguide as soon as they are completed. Of course your email address must be able to accept attached files coming in from the Internet to be able to take advantage of this mail list feature. (They are officially known as MIME attachments). If you are using Eudora or are using a Unix emailer such as Pine or Elm then you can most definitely be emailed attachments. If you are using a commercial service provider such as Compuserve, AOL, Prodigy or Delphi then please ask your provider whether incoming MIME attachments from the Internet are supported in their email functionality.
Please stop for a minute and read... You could easily pay a lot more for commercially published site lists and expensive magazines filled with intrusive advertising and get far less than what BIGSURF offers... think about it.
The specifics and particulars of the donation request and other pertinent info can be found (once again) in the "Copyright and Closing Messages" section of this document.
Please take the time to read the final Copyright and closing section as it contains important information concerning BIGSURF.
We owe thanks to you - the user - for your continued interest and support of the BIGSURF Netguide. Without your help and input this publication wouldn't be possible. Please feel free to write me!
Thank you for your support of independent developers and publishers!
Make BIGSURF Netguide donations payable to: S. DiRosa
The donation requested is: $10.00 (US)
Cash, personal check, certified check, US Postal Money Order, Regular Money Order and Traveler Cheque donations are accepted.
Please send donations to the following postal address (US)
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Email to: sjd@omni.voicenet.com (Pinochle)
Please remember to include your email address (optional) so that we may write back to. We enjoy receiving email responses, comments and suggestions.
We'd love to hear from you!
If you can "surf" your way through this list and not get lost then surfing the 'net will be a minor challenge. - Pinochle.
Each site has its own way of displaying BIGSURF yet the information provided within the different layouts remains the same.
Also found below is where to find BIGSURF for download via FTP sites where BIGSURF is archived. Use anon FTP to download and obtain all future versions of BIGSURF Netguide from these sites.
The Univ. of Texas at Arlington's Academic Computing Services has graciously given BIGSURF a gopher hole to call home! James Stewart of the ACS at UTA has informed me that he has the BIGSURF gopher site up and ready for use. This now allows users of platforms other than the Macintosh to read and utilize the BIGSURF Netguide containing all its info and site listings. Need I say more?
Point your gopher client to this URL and burrow on over. My personal thanks to Mr. Stewart and the Internet community for making BIGSURF a successful and informative resource for all Internet users.
NOTE: This site is under construction
Rowan Simms at Capability Management has been busy at work providing a fully linked version of BIGSURF to World Wide Web users. You will find this site well laid out and easy to use. My thanks to Rowan and to Capability Management for their efforts in putting BIGSURF on the web in fully site-linked format. Now *this* is surfing boys and girls! Please see the final "Copyright and closing" section of BIGSURF for further information on the services CAPABILITY MANAGEMENT offers and how to contact this forward-thinking and progressive company.
Josef Eschgfaeller in the Mathematics Dept. (Dipartimento Matematico) at the Universita' di Ferrara, Italy, has graciously put up BIGSURF on the WWW and has donated site space for BIGSURF updates. My personal and humble thanks to Josef for his interest, support, time and effort. This Web version of BIGSURF is not linked but presents an exact copy of BIGSURF in text format available to everyone on the web. This web server is now up and available 24 hours a day. BIGSURF night and day! Josef has also placed a helpful link here to the gopher site at UTA.
Since BIGSURF versions are continually being updated and re-numbered I suggest using the "dir" command once in the ***/info directory or if you are using a graphical ftp client (such as Fetch) looking in the /info dir for the recent BIGSURF upload.
Note: BIGSURF is available on the "home" sumex-aim/info-mac site at Stanford Univ and many info-mac mirrors. My thanks to all the folks involved with the info-mac archives and dedicated mirror sites. My special thanks to the folks at Hawaii who maintain the best (IMHO) info-mac mirror on the planet and who also have a great ftp site being offered to the public for anonymous ftp access. Aloha to all!
My thanks to the AMUG organization for their continued efforts in the support of the Macintosh community including the interest and support given to independent developers, authors and publishers.
Enter the keyword BIGSURF into the WAIS search database and you'll be presented with both file information and a linked download option. Please see the entire site description of HENSA/Micros in the "Mostly Mac related sites" section. This is a fantastically good site. Good show!
Please see the final section entitled "Copyright and Closing messages" for more information on BIGSURF distribution and where it's available.
BIGSURF is truly a "global document" and is available world-wide.
BIGSURF Netguide distribution is growing thanks to many dedicated individuals, educational interests and companies that are willing to share their talents and resources in providing and distributing BIGSURF to the public for mass consumption. Enjoy!
But remember - without *YOU* the reader and viewer - this publication would not be possible. BIGSURF is user supported so PLEASE - send in your donations - it is *highly* appreciated and needed for BIGSURF to continue giving you a unique and vital source of 'net information.