Help Outline

Last Updated 7/10/97

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CRISNY Help Outline

Abbreviated History of the Internet
- History/Background and evolution of the Internet
Internet Tools and what they are used for
- E-mail
- Telnet
- FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
- USENET
- Mailing Lists
- Gopher
- WAIS
- IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
- Cuseeme
- MUDs
- World Wide Web (WWW)
- Search Tools
How Can I Use the Internet From Home?
- Why you need a PPP/SLIP Connection to use the Full graphical capability of the WWW
- The Subscriber Needs on their end:
  - Winsock
    - Winsock for Windows users (What does a Winsock Do?)
  - Web Browser
- Where Do I get these Tools?
  - Commercial Solution
    - Commercial Internet Tool-kit Developers On the Web
      - CompuServe Seattle (Internet In A Box)
      - Core Systems (Internet-Connect tm)
      - Frontier Technologies Corporation (Superhighway Access)
      - FTP Software (Explore)
      - IBM (IBM Internet Connection)
      - MKS Mortice Kern Systems (Internet Anywhere)
      - Netmanage (Chameleon)
      - Netscape Communications Corp. (Netscape Navigator)
      - Quarterdeck (Quarterdeck Internet Suite)
      - PSI Performance Systems International (InterRamp)
      - Wollongong (Emissary)
  - Shareware/Freeware solution
    - Shareware/Freeware Tools for Specific Operating Systems
      - Macintosh
      - MS Windows
      - OS/2
      - Unix
- What do I need to know to set-up/configure the Internet Toolkit?
  - CRISNY Configuration Information
  - Set up a login script
How Do I Set up my own Homepage on the Web?
- Creating Your Web Page in HTML
  - Internet HTML Guides and Tutorials (Yahoo Search Result)
  - Internet Web Authoring Tools (Yahoo Search Result)
  - Microsoft Word<>HTML Conversion Add-On for Microsoft Word for Windows Users
- Your Web Page on CRISNY
  - Uploading the information to your CRISNY account
  - Maintaining/Changing your CRISNY Web pages

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