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- MaasInfo.Files = annotated directory of MaasInfo.* files, version of
- 1992.Feb.27 -- Note that most of these files are published as "trivial
- shareware". If they are worth more than a dollar to you, please do some
- nice favor of comparable value in return, such as supplying answers to
- SQWAs (see below). See MaasInfo.TopIndex for details of "trivial
- shareware" policy.
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- %% Files directly relating to InterNet and the connected networks
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- MaasInfo.TopIndex is the "Index of Indexes", an InterNet-online file
- pointing at all the major indexes that are posted on InterNet or BitNet.
- These indexes then point at all the known interest groups, archive sites,
- special services such as library catalogs file-finding and FTP-via-email,
- and some major tutorial documentation that are located on InterNet BitNet
- or UseNet. MaasInfo.TopIndex also points at the other attempts at
- meta-indexes, namely the InterNet Resource Guide, the "Catalog of
- Catalogs" (TopNode), and the AARNET Resource guilde. MaasInfo.TopIndex
- does NOT point directly at any hardcopy-only documents such as published
- books, even of those books are in fact indexes, but it points to some
- online bibliographies that in turn point to such hardcopy-only documents.
- (The current version is 0.17, dated 1992.Feb.27)
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- MaasInfo.DocIndex is one of those indexes. It points at various important
- documents and tutorials that are helpful when trying to use the InterNet
- (including BitNet and UseNet). (The current version is dated 1992.Feb.27)
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- MaasInfo.HowNet one of those documents, consisting of brief tutorials on
- using various network services that don't seem to be documented anywhere
- else readily accessible or don't warrant more than a paragraph each for
- just getting started. (The current version is dated 1992.Feb.27)
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- MaasInfo.NNTP tells how to Telnet to NNTP servers and issue commands
- manually if you don't have regular UseNet newsgroup service and can't
- install it on your host. (The current version is dated 1992.Feb.22)
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- MaasInfo.Archie tells how to get started using Archie to find files if
- you know their names and suspect they are available somewhere on the
- InterNet. There are several other Archie documents but this one may be
- best for just quickly getting started efficiently. (The current version
- is dated 1991.Dec.17) See MaasInfo.DocIndex for pointers to other
- tutorials and documents about how to use Archie.
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- %% Special file, information I seek in return for my indexes etc.
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- MaasInfo.SQWA (Specific Questions Waiting for Answers) is a list of
- questions to which Robert Maas has been wanting answers for nearly 20
- years. (The current version is dated 1991.Oct.18)
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- %% Other files I'm posting which aren't directly related to the networks
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- MaasInfo.MacTexEd is a report on various ASCII-text editors that are
- available for the Macintosh, mostly freeware and shareware, evaluating
- them and comparing their features.
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