[cisb102sp02] Re: Lesson 4, question 4
- From: "Jeff Etue" <jm_etue@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <cisb102sp02@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 00:45:36 -0400
Your quote:
"A long time ago
in order for more than one person to use the computer,
'terminals' were connected to the computer"
makes me feel very old! "Terminals" I used were TRS-80's, IBM PC AT, and
Zenith PC's, and of course your computer acted as a terminal whenever you
use telnet.
Jeff Etue
> I decided to learn about telnet from searching for
> "telnet tutorials" on http://www.yahoo.com. From
> there I clicked on a link from the search that was:
> http://oregonstate.edu/aw/tutorials/telnet/. This site
> helped me understand the history of telnet and what
> can be done on telnet. Telnet allows you to remotely
> access a computer over the Internet. You can tell a
> computer to create, edit, execute and delete files as
> if you were sitting at that computer. A long time ago
> in order for more than one person to use the computer,
> "terminals" were connected to the computer. The
> computers were called teletypes which meant fancy
> typewriters. Many universities use telnet for email
> for students. I got to use telnet three years ago
> when I attended Grand Valley State University. I
> liked the system and it was easy to use. I practiced
> using telnet using telnet://134.4.10.106 in my web
> browser. The telnet box popped up and I typed in ned
> for my login name. Then it told me things about my
> Internet connection and that I sould go to the WWW
> site for NED and I clicked on that. Then it took me
> to the NASA/ IPAC ExtraGalatic Database. There it
> gave me a table of information I can click on to find
> information about NED. Literature, data, objects,
> tools, and info. I learned that NED was built around
> a master list of extragalactic objects for which
> cross-identifications of names have been established,
> accurate positions and redshifts entered to the extent
> possible, and some basic data collected.
>
> Kristen Adorjan
> grenbean89@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
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