InfoMagic Internet Tools 1995 April/Internet Tools.iso/dos_win/winsock/maillist/94-02.Z/94-02/text0068.txt

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Hello.

    I have some problems using QVTnet as a NNTP server. First of all,
    my configuration: PC 386 with windows 3.1 running winsock with
    the internal SLIP driver using a 2400 bps modem. Connected to a
    router.

    I'm using all of the capabilities of QVTnet OK, except for the NNTP
    stuff.

    I start connecting to news.uu.net. The connection takes place OK.
    I receive the message "Connected to news.uu.net. Posting allowed".
    I use the Subscribe Groups selection. After a 10 minutes wait y get
    the newsgroup list from news.uu.net. I select the newsgroups I'd like
    to subscribe to, press OK and wait.

    Then, I receive all the newsgroups I selected with no articles unread.
    (They should have all the articles unread, no?). After that, when I
    start QVT again in a news session, I receive the message "Unable to
    initialize group xxxxxx" for each group in the list.

    I also want to know how does QVT manage the news.rc files. This way,
    I would be able to subscribe the groups "by hand", and fix this file
    if it is the problem.

                Thanks in advance for you replies,
                Erich Reimberg N.
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Subject: Re: FTP Server Software wanted

In article <2iva6j$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ryan Hamilton) writes:
>Hello.
>
>I have been running slip over winsock for about 6months now, and would
>like to expand the services that my machine provides.  One of the services
>I wish to provide is an FTP server.
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions.  (other than QVTNET)

Many thanks for the cue, Ryan :-)

Yes - I have an ftp server for windows that runs on top of winsock.
Its current version is 1.8b (the 'b' signifies that it fixed a 'b'ug
in version 1.8).

The good things about it:

o I wrote it because I was annoyed at the various problems with QVT/Net

o I use it on my own machine, so it's obviously proved useful to me

o Several people seem to be interested in getting a look under the
hood, to see how it was written - does this imply that it works
reasonably well?

o I have been approached by various companies wanting to re-sell the
program packaged with support, etc, and by some universities looking
for site licences

o There's a new version coming out in the next week or two (if my
fiancee will let me spend some time with the computer)

o It only costs $15 to register, and that includes free upgrades if
you have an internet e-mail address.

Bad things about it:

o It won't have help until the next version

o It doesn't do on-screen logging until the next version

o It doesn't allow you to screen incoming connections based on their
originating host address until the next version

o It doesn't differentiate between different users' rights in the same
directory until the next version

o It has a few problems coping with FTP's PC/TCP and Sunsoft's PC-NFS
until the next but one version (I've got to leave something for
later!)

o You had to read two or three screenfuls to find out that it's
available from the following sites:


oak.oakland.edu (and Simtel mirrors) /pub/msdos/windows3/wftpd1_8b.zip
ftp.cica.indiana.edu (and mirrors) /pub/pc/win3/winsock/wftpd1_8b.zip
ftp.wst.com /pub/winsock/wftpd/wftpd1_8b.zip
sunsite.unc.edu /pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock/apps/wftpd1_8b.zip
demon.co.uk (I forget which directory)


Thanks for caring,

Alun.
~~~~
--
The above is a personal opinion, and may not necessarily represent the
opinions of Welcom Software Technology, its management, its staff, or
its Margarita machine.
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Subject: need FTP site for WINTALK



Hello All,

    Recently some folks have asked where they could get WinTalk.  Several
responders replied that WinTalk is available via anonymouns FTP at
elm.com.   I've just tried to FTP there and can get no connection.  Normally, when
QVT/Net tells me no connection is available, that means I do not have a
specific enough address ( ie:  pigseye.mmm.com is okay, but mmm.com is
insufficient ).  Is there possibly a more complete address for the Elm
ftp site?

    Thanks for your help!
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Subject: Network Backup

I'm trying to back up some drives from local computers (I'm in charge of
a bunch) and would like to be able to do it over the network that is already
set up so that I don't have to buy multiple tape drives.  Is there any
software out that will allow me to backup one drive to another machine
through the internet connection?

Any suggestions would be greatly appriciated.


--
Chris Meadows            Internet:  [e-mail]
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        "I drank what?!?!?!?"    Socrates
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Hi, I am getting the following errors when I try to use Weudora 1.4 and winsock
on a novell network using odi drivers:

when I tell eudora to send a message, it comes back with:

error getting network address for "east.delfin.com"
cause: non-authoritative host not found or failed (11002)

then, it gives me the following error message:
error writing to network
cause: socket operation on non-socket (10038)

error sending command to smtp server

if you have seen these error messages before, pls email me the solution you
arrived at or at least tell me what I am doing wrong...thanks!

dom chang
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Subject: Announcing v1.1 of the Internet AutoInstaller (long)

This package was previously released to the Internet community as banins10.zip.
The significant changes since then:

    1) Renamed to inetai, the Internet AutoInstaller.

    2) Will obtain defaults from previous runs, enabling end-users to
       re-install the whole collection without needing to memorize their
       TCP/IP address.

    3) Many new and updated winsock clients.

See the full text of the README file below for details.

THE CCCD INTERNET AUTOINSTALLER PACKAGE (v1.1 February 7, 1994)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Welcome.  This package will install (in just 5 minutes per end-user PC)
FTP Software's PC/TCP TCP/IP stack and a complete suite of winsock-compliant
applications on a PC that is already running Banyan VINES.  You will be
prompted by the autoconfigure script to enter a variety of configuration
values, but if you've taken the time to customize the scripts to your site's
environment, the only value you'll have to manually type is the numeric
TCP/IP address.  The rest is simply a matter of pressing ENTER to accept the
derived defaults.

In order to make this package very smart about guessing defaults, many
CCCD-specific assumptions have been hard-coded.  I ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE
THAT NON-CCCD USERS WILL HAVE TO CAREFULLY PERUSE & EDIT AUTOCONF.SH AND
PCTCP.BAT AND POSSIBLY OTHERS.  DO NOT BLINDLY RUN THIS WITHOUT MODIFICATION.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

The environment here is DOS 5.0, Windows 3.1, Banyan 4.10(1) thru 5.52(5),
PC/TCP 2.1 and 2.2.  I make no promises for anything else, but welcome
suggestions that promote version independence.  It should be easily hackable
to support different TCP/IP stacks or network systems.  If you undertake
such a hack, let me know so I can integrate the changes back into my
original version.

All commercial Internet clients have been omitted in the external
distribution of this package.  Everything remaining is freeware.  Feel
free to let this stuff go forth and propagate as long as you include this
original README.TXT file.

You can reach the author for praise or condemnation or suggestions at:

        Coast Community College District
        District Information Services
        ATTN: Mark Bixby
        1370 Adams Avenue
        Costa Mesa, CA  92626
        [phone] voice
        [e-mail]

CHANGE HISTORY
--------------

1.1     February 7, 1994

        - Package renamed from baninsxx.zip to inetaixx.zip.  Niftier name.
          Not tied to Banyan.  Could easily evolve to handle Novell, etc.

        - AUTOCONF.SH now offers to obtain configuration defaults from a
          previously saved C:\AUTOCONF.SED.  End-users should now be able
          to re-install the entire package to obtain the latest & greatest
          set of clients.

        - Commented out the "swap" statement at the top of AUTOCONF.SH.

        - PCTCP.BAT now suggests setting the TZ variable in AUTOEXEC.BAT.

        - Support added for WRQ's Reflection for Windows.

        - Support added for Eudora.

        - Support added for the Hamburg Gopher Server (go4ham).

        - Support removed for WsFinger.  Who needs two finger clients anyway?

        - Support added for WinTalk.

        - Various updated clients in the clients.zip package.

1.0     January 10, 1994        Initial release outside of CCCD.

WHERE TO OBTAIN AND HOW TO INSTALL
----------------------------------

You may obtain the autoinstaller portion of the package from:

        ftp://ftp.cccd.edu/pub/banyan/inetai11.zip

You may obtain the winsock clients (all readily found elsewhere, I might
add) portion of the package from:

        ftp://ftp.cccd.edu/pub/winsock/clients.zip

This package assumes that you will be unzipping its top-most directory
at P:\internet.  You can install it elsewhere, but you would have a heck of
alot of path editing to do in myriad configuration files.  Yuck.

To install on a user's PC, first have the user login under Banyan, and then
run the following batch files in order:

        P:\internet\install\autoconf.bat
        P:\internet\install\pctcp.bat
        P:\internet\install\internet.bat

FILES IN P:\INTERNET\INSTALL
----------------------------

autoconf.bat    Basically a stub that calls autoconf.sh.
autoconf.sh     Determine config defaults & prompt the user for changes.
bcgopher.ini    Config template for BCGOPHER.
cello.ini       Config template for CELLO.
cello.sty       Config template for CELLO.
eudora.ini      Config template for EUDORA.
gsview.ini      Config template for GHOSTSCRIPT.
hgopher.ini     Config template for HGOPHER.
internet.bat    Installs the Internet clients.
internet.grp    "Internet Networking" Windows program group.
interutl.grp    "Internet Misc Utilities" Windows program group.
mkclient.bat    PKZIP the winsock clients portion.
mkinetai.bat    PKZIP the autoinstaller portion.
mosaic.ini      Config template for MOSAIC.
newsrc          Config template for WINVN.
pctcp.211       Suggested config template for PC/TCP v2.11.
pctcp.22        Suggested config template for PC/TCP v2.2.
pctcp.awk       Used by pctcp.bat to perform surgery on Windows system.ini.
pctcp.bat       Installs PC/TCP.
qws3270.ini     Config template for QWS3270.
readme.txt      The file you are reading now.
services        A Unix services file; required only by the finger clients?
wais.src        Config template for WINWAIS.
winirc.ini      Config template for WINIRC.
winsock.dll     PC/TCP's winsock.dll, v1.12, February 2, 1994
winvn.ini       Config template for WINVN.

P:\INTERNET\INSTALL\AUTOCONF.BAT
--------------------------------

Control passes to a rather hairy Unix shell script, autoconf.sh, that
automagically determines configuration defaults and prompts you for any
changes.  Autoconf.sh attempts to be smart based on your Banyan login
user, but may not be infallible, so think before accepting default values.

The trickiest prompt is when you are asked to enter the PC's numeric TCP/IP
address.  If you are intimately familiar with the LAN wiring at your site
and know FOR SURE which Banyan fileserver or router this PC is supposed to
talk to, simply enter the proper subnet and host.  In the event that you
aren't sure, autoconf attempts to make a default guess as explained in gory
detail below.

When a Banyan PC logs on to the network, a broadcast is sent over the local
LAN segment to find a Banyan routing server.  The first server to respond
will be chosen.  Among other things, the routing server provides the PC with
connectivity information describing the world beyond the local LAN segment.

The Banyan PC then does another local broadcast to find a Z: drive of the
proper software revision.  If no server responds, the broadcast is reissued,
this time for one hop further, i.e. beyond the confines of the local LAN
segment.  The first server to respond will be chosen, just like with the
routing server.

After establishing a valid user and password, possibly multiple profiles
are executed that configure the environment and assign various resources
such as the Y: shared programs drive and the E: shared files drive.

The routing server, the Z: drive server, and the Y: drive server are all
programmatically determinable by autoconf, and could be used as a clue to
guess at which Banyan fileserver is topologically closest and thus which
TCP/IP subnet to use (the closest one, dummy!).  But it's not that simple,
because many seemingly independent LAN segments have been cross-connected
into larger LAN segments at all 3 campuses.  So topologically we wind up
with with _multiple_ servers and _multiple_ groups of PCs all sharing the
same local, electrical, physical LAN segment.

So what?  Is this good?  Is this bad?  It is good for a purely Banyan
network, because multiple routing paths are available thru multiple
servers, thus increasing reliability and redundancy.  It also saved
money at certain locations where distance was a limiting factor and it
was just easier to "daisy-chain" the single physical LAN to extend
connectivity rather than buying additional hardware boxes to isolate two
separate LANs.

It is also bad for a purely Banyan network due to the broadcast / first
response handshaking done at network logon time.  For the routing server
and Z: drive server, the first server to respond is chosen.  For multiple
servers on a single LAN segment, this will almost ALWAYS be the server
with the fastest clock speed.  So all PCs on a LAN segment wind up with
the same routing and Z: drive servers.  Routing is low overhead with no
disk I/O, so routing server contention isn't worrisome.  But the Z: drive
involves disk I/O, so with all PCs sharing a single Z: drive you may be
experiencing a disk I/O bottleneck.

What about the Y: drive?  Well, I've discovered the Y: drive does not
always live on the closest server to the PC.  It may be one hop away on
a different LAN segment, so all I/O packets to Y: need to travel thru
TWO servers instead of one.  This situation seems to have happened when
people have moved between buildings, and their network connection was
punched down to the new server but the Y: drive was left on the old
server.

So what does all this mean for TCP/IP & Internet?  A PC must send its TCP/IP
packets to one and only one server gateway to the outside world.  So if PCs
in departments A, B, and C are configured to send their TCP/IP packets to
server 1, and PCs in departments D, E, and F are configured to send their
TCP/IP packets to server 2, but A,B,C,D,E,F,1,2 are all cross-connected,
then packets being sent by ABC to 1 are visible to DEF2, and vice versa.
The LAN is being bogged down by inappropriate traffic.  The cross-connect
should be broken, and the LANs split to segregate the TCP/IP traffic.  As
StarLAN gets converted to Ethernet, this kind of LAN cleanup should be
strongly considered.

[Wake up!  We're almost done! ;-)]

Now that you understand the LAN weirdness around here, you'll see why
autoconf can't infallibly guess at the proper TCP/IP address.  All the routing
and Z: drive servers are good for (by themselves) is an indication of clock
speed.  The Y: drive server is a pretty good guess at which server a PC is
closest to; you probably have Y: on the local LAN segment, but not always
due to the moving problem mentioned previously.  So here is what autoconf
does: the Y: drive server will determine the default TCP/IP subnet, but if
the Y: drive server is different from the routing server, autoconf suspects
that the cross-connection or moving scenario may be present.  In this case
the human responding to the prompt should think twice before accepting the
default.

The end result of autoconf.sh is the creation of C:\autoconf.env which
is used to pass DOS environment variables to the pctcp.bat and internet.bat
scripts, and C:\autoconf.sed which is a SED (String EDitor) script that
changes symbolic parameter variables into their corresponding constant values
as listed below:

Variable        Value
----------      --------------------------------------------------------------
##FULLNAME##    Firstname Lastname of the user
##INSDRIVE##    DRIVE: identifier of target installation disk
##MAILADDR##    SMTP e-mail address for the outside world to reach the user
##NNTPHOST##    News server Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
##PCCONN##      Maximum number of concurrent TCP connections for PC/TCP
##PCDOMAIN##    Domain name of the PC
##PCHOST##      Host name of the PC (##PCHOST##.##PCDOMAIN## = FQDN)
##PCIPADDR##    Numeric IP address of the PC
##PCIPGATE##    Numeric IP address of the external gateway for this PC
##PCKERNEL##    Hexadecimal interrupt number of the PC/TCP kernel
##PCLARGE##     Number of large packet buffers for PC/TCP
##PCROUTE##     Banyan routing server for the PC
##SMTPHOST##    SMTP server FQDN
##WINPATH##     Path string for C:\WINDOWS location

P:\INTERNET\INSTALL\PCTCP.BAT
-----------------------------

This batch file installs the PC/TCP TCP/IP software.  It first looks for the
Y:\ftp directory and the pctcp.ini template file.  It then checks for the
optional WRQ products required to run the telnet version of Reflection.

A C:\etc directory will be created, and a file called services will be copied
there.

The Y:\ftp\pctcp.ini template will be copied to C:\pctcp.ini after variable
substitution by autoconf.sed.

Modifications will be made to C:\windows\system.ini after saving a backup
copy to C:\temp\system.old.

A list of manual steps required to complete the installation process will
be displayed on the screen.

P:\INTERNET\INSTALL\INTERNET.BAT
--------------------------------

This batch file installs the Internet networking clients and miscellaneous
utilities.  It first checks for previous files & directories that would be
overwritten, and gives you a chance to CTRL-C to abort.  For each application,
directories are created and configuration files copied & customized.  See
below for details.  Manual instructions are then displayed to the screen
describing how to install the Windows program groups.

NETWORKING CLIENTS
------------------

These are the networking clients, found in the "Internet Networking" program
group.  Copy P:\internet\install\internet.grp to C:\windows, then use progman
to File, New, Program Group.  Additional client software may exist under
P:\internet but not appear in the program groups because it isn't robust
enough for wide distribution.

ARCHIE

A PC/TCP-specific DOS program that searches a database of the contents of
hundreds of anonymous ftp sites.  Use archie if you don't know where to find
a file on the Internet.  Note that this client does NOT appear in the Windows
program groups because it is a DOS, non-winsock program.  I expect that
somebody will write a freeware winsock archie for Windows someday, and _this_
archie will be added to the program groups at that time.

BCGOPHER

Boston College Gopher, a menu-driven Internet browsing tool.

Distribution URL:       ftp://bcinfo.bc.edu/pub/bcgopher/bcg06bc.exe
Description:            BCGopher
Command Line:           P:\internet\bcgopher\bcgopher.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          Copy P:\internet\install\bcgopher.ini to C:\windows.

CELLO

A World Wide Web (WWW) hypermedia Internet browsing tool.  Not quite as cool
as Mosaic, but a little faster.

Distribution URL:       ftp://ftp.law.cornell.edu/pub/LII/Cello/cello.zip
Description:            Cello
Command Line:           P:\internet\cello\cello.exe
Working Directory:      C:\cello
Configuration:          Copy P:\internet\install\cello.sty to C:\cello.  Copy
                        P:\internet\install\cello.ini to C:\cello and perform
                        user-specific autoconf.sed customizations.

EUDORA

A POP3/SMTP client that uses POP3 to read an e-mailbox and SMTP for new
outgoing e-mail.

Distribution URL:       ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/pceudora/windows/eudora14.exe
Description:            Eudora
Command Line:           P:\internet\eudora\weudora.exe C:\eudora
Working Directory:      C:\eudora
Configuration:          Copy P:\internet\install\eudora.ini to C:\windows and
                        perform user- and PC-specific autoconf.sed
                        customizations.

FINGER

Performs Internet finger protocol queries.  Used to see who's logged on to
specific hosts, to find out user information, or as a general information
retrieval tool.

Distribution URL:       ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/
                        winsock/apps/finger31.zip
Description:            Finger
Command Line:           P:\internet\finger\finger.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          none

HAMBURG GOPHER SERVER

A gopher _server_ for Windows.  Kinda ugly, poorly documented, but hey, it
mostly works and is free.

Distribution URL:       ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/pub/net/gopher/
                        pc/go4ham
Description:            Hamburg Gopher Server
Command Line:           P:\internet\go4ham\server.exe
Working Directory:      the root directory of your gopher files
Configuration:          See documentation in P:\internet\go4ham.

HGOPHER

Hampson's Gopher, a menu-driven Internet browsing tool.  Better than
BCGopher.

Distribution URL:       ftp://lister.cc.ic.ac.uk/pub/wingopher/hgopher2.4.zip
Description:            HGopher
Command Line:           P:\internet\hgopher\hgopher.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          Copy P:\internet\install\hgopher.ini to C:\windows.

INFOPOP

Not technically a networking client, but rather a Windows Help tutorial on
the Internet.

Distribution URL:       ftp://ftp.gmu.edu/library/ipwin112.exe
Description:            Tutorial
Command Line:           winhelp P:\internet\infopop\ipwin.hlp
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          none

MOSAIC

A WWW Internet browsing tool, and clearly a killer application!

Distribution URL:       ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/PC/Mosaic/wmos1_0.zip
Description:            Mosaic
Command Line:           P:\internet\mosaic\mosaic.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          Copy P:\internet\install\mosaic.ini to C:\windows and
                        perform user- and PC-specific autoconf.sed
                        customizations.

PC/TCP FILE TRANSFER

FTP Software's ftp protocol Windows client.  Basic, simple to use, but
doesn't display such useful information as file size & date in directory
listings.  Use Reflection or the Y:\ftp\ftp.exe DOS program if you want
full-featured ftp.

Description:            PC/TCP File Transfer
Command Line:           Y:\ftp\wftp.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          none

PC/TCP PING

FTP Software's Windows ping client.  Used to determine if a remote computer
is alive and what the response time might be.  Note that the DOS version
Y:\ftp\ping.exe contains additional functionality, i.e. Y:\ftp\ping.exe -q
hostname shows all intervening nodes between you and the remote hostname.

Description:            Ping
Command Line:           Y:\ftp\wping.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          none

PC/TCP STATISTICS

FTP Software's Windows client that displays internal configuration &
statistics info that only a Technical Support person could love.

Description:            PC/TCP Statistics
Command Line:           Y:\ftp\winet.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          none

PC/TCP WIN TELNET

FTP Software's DEC vt100 Windows terminal emulator.

Description:            PC/TCP Win Telnet
Command Line:           Y:\ftp\wtnvt.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          none

QWS3270

A telnet 3270 client.  It emulates a 3270 terminal.  Probably mostly used
with library catalog systems such as MELVYL and the Library of Congress.
Note that it ONLY emulates a 3270, and cannot be used for "vanilla" telnet
purposes.

Distribution URL:       ftp://ftp.ccs.queensu.ca/pub/msdos/tcpip/qws3270.zip
Description:            3270 Telnet
Command Line:           P:\internet\qws3270\qws3270.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          Copy P:\internet\install\qws3270.ini to C:\windows.

REFLECTION DOS TELNET

Everybody's favorite HP terminal emulator combined with an optional, extra cost
per user PC add-on that allows telnet terminal and ftp file transfer sessions.
Note that this is a DOS application.  If you don't have this extra software,
you can run Y:\ftp\tn.exe as a DOS vtxxx terminal emulator instead.

Description:            Reflection Telnet
Command Line:           P:\internet\bat\telnet.bat   (for ebanyan kernel)
                      P:\internet\bat\telneti.bat  (for ibanyan kernel)
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          none

REFLECTION FILE TRANSFER

WRQ's way cool drag & drop ftp client add-on to Reflection for Windows.
If you don't have this extra software, you can run the PC/TCP ftp client
instead.

Description:            Reflection File Transfer
Command Line:           Y:\rwin\rftp.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          none

REFLECTION WIN TELNET

Everybody's favorite HP terminal emulator as a true winsock application.
If you don't have this extra software, you can run the PC/TCP Win Telnet
instead to emulate a VT terminal.

Description:            Reflection Win Telnet
Command Line:           Y:\rwin\r1win.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          none

WINIRC

An Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.  As far as I can tell, IRC has no work
specific value -- it's strictly a recreational time waster.  Allows you to
communicate interactively, real-time, with other IRCers across the Internet.

Distribution URL:       ftp://cs.bu.edu/irc/clients/msdos/winirc.exe
Description:            Internet Relay Chat
Command Line:           P:\internet\winirc\winirc.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          Copy P:\internet\install\winirc.ini to C:\windows and
                        perform user-specific autoconf.sed customizations.

WINTALK

Speaks the Unix talk/ntalk protocols.  Conduct a two-way one-on-one
conversation with somebody logged in to another talk/ntalk-compliant host.

Distribution URL:       ftp://elf.com/pub/wintalk/wintalk.zip
Description:            WinTalk
Command Line:           P:\internet\wintalk\wintalk.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          none

WINVN

A Usenet News reader that lets you participate in thousands of BBS-like
discussion topics.  Create new public articles, reply to existing articles
with a public followup or by private e-mail.  Initially configured with
useful, informative newsgroups relevant to the CCCD environment.

Distribution URL:       ftp://titan.ksc.nasa.gov/pub/win3/winvn/
                 winvnstd90_2.zip
Description:            WinVN
Command Line:           P:\internet\winvn\winvn.exe
Working Directory:      C:\winvn
Configuration:          Copy P:\internet\install\winvn.ini to C:\winvn and
                        perform user-specific autoconf.sed customizations.
                        Copy P:\internet\install\newsrc to C:\winvn.

WINWAIS

Keyword searching of remote Wide Area Information Server (WAIS) databases.

Distribution URL:       ftp://ridgisd.er.usgs.gov/software/wais/wwais23.zip
Description:            WinWAIS
Command Line:           P:\internet\winwais\wais.exe
Working Directory:      C:\winwais
Configuration:          Copy P:\internet\install\wais.src to C:\winwais.
                        Copy P:\internet\winwais\allsrc.src to C:\winwais.

MISCELLANEOUS UTILITIES
-----------------------

These are the miscellaneous utilities, found in the "Internet Misc Utilities"
program group.  Copy P:\internet\install\interutl.grp to C:\windows, then use
progman to File, New, Program Group.  These utilities are typically called
by the networking clients, but they may also be useful in a standalone mode.

GHOSTSCRIPT

It's not Postscript, but an incredible simulation!  Format those nasty .ps
documents when you don't have the real thing in a LaserJet cartridge.

Distribution URL:       ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/util/
                        gs260fnt.zip, gs261exe.zip, gsview10.zip
Description:            Ghostscript
Command Line:           P:\internet\gs\gsview.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          Copy P:\internet\install\gsview.ini to C:\windows.

LVIEW

A really cool BMP,GIF,JPG,TGA image viewer.  Works better if you're using
a 256-color or better video driver.  See ODDS & ENDS below.

Distribution URL:       Use archie to search for lview31.zip.  I cannot
                        locate the author's distribution site anymore at
                        ftp://world.std.com/pub/mmedia/lview31.zip.
Description:            LView
Command Line:           P:\internet\lview\lview.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          none

PFE

Programmer's File Editor.  A powerful editor without the filesize limitations
of notepad.exe.

Distribution URL:       ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/programr/
                        pfe00409.zip
Description:            PFE
Command Line:           P:\internet\pfe\pfe.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          none

WAVPLAY

Plays .wav sound files IF you've configured Windows for audio.

Distribution URL:       ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/sounds/
                        wavply11.zip
Description:            WavPlay
Command Line:           P:\internet\wavplay\wavplay.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          none

WHAM

Plays many, many different types of sound files IF you've configured
Windows for audio.

Distribution URL:       ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/sounds/
                        wham131.zip
Description:            Wham
Command Line:           P:\internet\wham\wham.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          none

WINCODE

Used to uuencode or uudecode files.  Uuencode takes an 8-bit binary file, and
maps it into a 7-bit ASCII format reversable by uudecode.  Typically used for
uudecoding uuencoded binary Usenet News articles.

Distribution URL:       ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/util/
                        wincode.zip
Description:            WinCode
Command Line:           P:\internet\wincode\wincode.exe
Working Directory:      C:\temp
Configuration:          none

ODDS & ENDS
-----------

Bits & pieces not covered elsewhere.

WESTERN DIGITAL 256-COLOR VIDEO DRIVER

Run P:\internet\drivers\videowd\wdsetup.exe to install a 256-color video
driver for your Western Digital / Paradise video card.  Not recommended for
386 systems.  Will FOR SURE conflict with ReachOut and PCAnywhere type
programs.  Needless to say, don't try installing these drivers unless you're
darn sure you have a Western Digital video card!

DOS SUCKS, LONG LIVE UNIX!

The automagic Internet installation process was not possible with DOS tools,
so I turned to the following DOS ports of Unix tools:

        P:\internet\bin\sh.exe          Korn shell
        P:\internet\bin\mawk.exe        the AWK programming interpreter
        P:\internet\bin\sed.exe         String EDitor

ANNOY YOUR NEIGHBORS WITH THE PC SPEAKER DRIVER

You want audio, but don't have a soundcard?  Then install the PC speaker
driver by going to Control Panel, Drivers, Add, Updated & Uninstalled,
P:\internet\drivers\speaker.  Note that this driver only supports 8-bit
sounds; therefore, any 16-bit sounds will first have to be reduced to
8-bit format before they can be played.



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I ([e-mail]) wrote:
: I've got Mosaic for Windows running, and I can get
: every home screen I try, but when I start to open a URL
: that starts with "file:" the first 768 bytes or so go
: fine, then I get a HTAccess: Error accessing
: "file:whatever": Error Num -2

: Mosaic could be really cool if I could make it work...

Could someone send or point me to a list
of ini file settings?

I think the problem is caused by Mosaic timing out
during an FTP because the first few bytes are ok.

I am using a 14.4Kbaud modem and SLIP with NetManage's WinSock,
if that helps.

chris
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Subject: Winsock trouble on ThinkPad


I've got an IBM ThinkPad 750Cs with 12 MB of memory, 170 MB disk,
running DOS 6.20 and Windows 3.1.  It has a Xircom PCMCIA Ethernet
adapter connected to our network by thinwire (coax).  I want to run
Mosaic, so I installed the 4 drivers IBM gave me for the PCMCIA, the
latest Xircom packet drivers, winpkt, and then started Windows.  If I
try to run Mosaic (or WinQVT, for that matter) the little green
network activity light on the Ethernet adapter blinks 3 times and I
get 3 ARP TIMED OUT messages in the Trumpet Winsock window.  Can
anybody point me in the proper direction in order to fix this problem?
There are so many programs and drivers involved, I don't know where to
start.  Is it likely to be a bad connection outside the laptop, or is
it IRQ or DMA problems, or something else.

I'd appreciate any info you can give me.

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