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%% Lynx and the WWW by Robert Niles %%
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For those of you who do not have access to Mosaic, but still
would like a nice interface to the World Wide Web (WWW) and
all that it entails, should consider a program found on many
UNIX sites called LYNX.
Lynx is a user-friendly hypertext interface on UNIX and VMS
platforms (just type 'lynx' at the shell prompt). There's
nothing that compares to the ability to run Mosaic, but Lynx
comes close. It lets you use the cursor keys to browse around
the WWW, you don't get the pictures and such, but you do get
the information. Lynx was written by Lou Montulli, Michael
Globe and Charles Rezac.
Why use Lynx to access the WWW? Because for you, the Amiga
User, there's quite a bit of information available to you that
you might not be able to find elsewhere ...and of course
there's plenty of information that you WOULD find elsewhere,
but the WWW makes getting that information easy.
There are quite a few places for information but most can be
accessed through the "Commodore Amiga Information Resource"
interface (for lack of a better word).
The Commodore Amiga Information Resource is a collection
items interesting to the Amiga community. Tell Lynx or Mosaic to open
the following URL:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/Web/People/mjw/Computer/Amiga/AR/MainPage.html
It is maintained by Michael Witbrock (witbrock@cmu.edu). There he has
information about the Amiga, and links to other places that support the
Amiga in one way or the other. Like:
- Amiga Report
- GEnie's 5 minute news, and Viewport
- Access to Public Domain software and the Aminet
- The World-Wide Amiga BBS List
- Information on User Groups
- The Amiga FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
- David Tiberio's "Famous Amiga Uses"
- And more!
Now there is much more out there...but I'll leave you to find it
...and I know that there's nothing like using Mosaic, but Lynx will
get you "there"!
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