[cisb102sp02] Re: Jeff Etue Lesson 4 Question 4
- From: Robert Gardner <gardne22@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cisb102sp02@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 22:05:34 -0400
I use Telnet a lot in the 1990's also but it still has uses in getting huge
databases off a specific computer. I use pilot.msu.edu to get addresses,
phone numbers and e-mnail from msu's database. It is easier to use then
trying to figure out the MSU web page.
Bob
At 12:32 AM 4/13/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Jeff Etue
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>CISB 102 Lesson 4 Question 4
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>Before the Web, there was Gopher.
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>Before Gopher there was Telnet.
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>There was also a hypertext directory of telnet sites - Hytelnet.
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>Hytelnet was a worldwide directory of telnet sites on the Internet
compiled in 1990 by Peter Scott.
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>This was used much as Yahoo! Is used today.
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>You can find information and the archived list here:
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>http://www.lights.com/hytelnet/
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>I didn't need to learn Telnet's uses - I used them on a daily basis from
1987 -1991!
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>I was shocked to learn that MSU still has remnants of their Merit IBM
Gateway active,
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>telnet://ibmgate.msu.edu
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>The Magic online library catalog is located:
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>telnet://magic.lib.msu.edu/
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>And I learned you can still connect with UofM library from Magic!
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>I also learned my wife's old msu e-mail account was active; I logged on
and changed her e-mail forwarding address because the address it was being
forwarded to was inactive - she changed jobs and forgot about the old address!
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Robert Gardner
"In a recent survey conducted by Business Weekly, 75% of employers admitted
to monitoring their employees e-mail and voice mail correspondence."
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