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- Customer Services Application Note 265 Support Disc
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- This disc supports Acorn Customer Services Application Note 265, "Connecting
- Acorn Computers to the Internet," written by Dave Walker.
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- The text and HTML is supplied "as is" and Acorn expressly disclaims any
- warranty, express or implied, as to the merchantability of the text or it's
- fitness for any particular purpose.
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- In no circumstances will Acorn be liable for any direct, indirect,
- consequential or incidental damage (including loss of profits, business
- interruption and loss of data) arising out of the use or the inability to
- use the text or HTML.
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- The plaintext files in the Documents archive contain supporting
- information obtainable via the Internet and referenced in the Application
- Note. These files are therefore of particular relevance to readers who do
- not currently have Internet access. The files comprise:
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- AnetFAQ: The Frequently Asked Questions list, with answers, on the subject
- of the technical issues surrounding connecting Acorn machines to
- the Internet. Copyright 1994 Kevin Quinn, freely distributable.
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- Domains: List of most of the top-level (ie national and organisation-type)
- domain names.
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- Email: Details, for those of you who only have email gatewaying to the
- Internet, on how to use all of the Internet's resource tools by
- email. Copyright "Doctor Bob" Rankin, freely distributable.
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- InterNIC: The form required to register a domain with InterNIC, with
- completion instructions.
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- ProvList: The list of UK Internet Service Providers as of November 1995, and
- the services they offer to their customers. Copyright 1995 Paola
- Kathuria, freely distributable via Internet or email, reproduced
- here with permission.
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- rfc1359: The current ACM SIGUCCS Networking Taskforce document on
- Connecting to the Internet. This is designed with colleges /
- Universities in mind, but has some pertinent comment which would
- be useful for schools too. Freely distributable.
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- Tools: Plaintext copy of the EARN Association's "Guide to Network
- Resource Tools." A comprehensive manual on how to make use of
- everything from Archie to WWW, including worked examples.
- Copyright EARN Association, freely distributable.
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- If you wish to hardcopy these handouts, make sure that you have plenty of
- paper, and plenty of time. My own hardcopy works out at roughly .5 in
- thickness of paper printed double-sided!
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- The "StartHere" directory contains pages indexed by subject which should be
- individually loaded into a World Wide Web browser, and which point to useful
- WWW-based resources relating to those subjects. Thanks to Alan Wheatley
- (Dept of Information and Library Studies, University of Wales) and James
- Harris for permission to incorporate their data. Please read and understand
- the disclaimer.
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- Dave Walker
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- Technical Support Specialist
- Acorn Computers Ltd
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- email queries to customer.services@acorn.co.uk