Speaking of hypertext documents for the Traveller referee,
please give this a try, and let me know what you think!
Because of several people asking for easy access to the GDW-Beta (and
also the TNE-Pocket) information, John Lewis and I used the current
GDW-Beta archives as a "test project" for placing this information
on the World-Wide-Web. For the test, we used the GDW-Beta archives,
since they were only around 2.5 meg.
For those of you familiar with the World Wide Web, the URL is:
http://muon.qrc.com/gdw_beta/beta.html
The IP address is 198.178.200.101, if it's not in your nameserver.
BTW: "muon.qrc.com" is the MacII that lives on John's desk, so it may be
unavailble (there is an 8-user limit) or slow from time to time during
the day. Don't panic, just try again in a few minutes. If there are any
real problems, contact John ([email removed]) or myself
([email removed]) by e-mail. If you can't get through by e-mail,
then we've got bigger problems to worry about than a Traveller server.
If you're not familiar with WWW, there are several routes you can use to
access this information. First of all, there are several WWW browsers
that are freely available for most major platforms; running a WWW browser on
your own machine is definitely the preferred way to go.
Failing that, there are a number of browsers accessable by Telnet. I am
aware of the following (in general, telnet to the address given, and follow
any special instructions for that site):
info.cern.ch
No password required. Located in Switzerland; probably a good
choice for European users, but not for North Americans.
ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu
Log on as "www". Uses the Lynx full-screen browser, which
requires a vt-100 terminal (or emulation).
www.njit.edu (128.235.163.2)
Log on as "www". Full-screen browser.
vms.huji.ac.il (128.139.4.3)
Log on as "www". Line-mode browser with "extra features".
Located a Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Accesses a
dual language Hebrew/English database, with links outside.
sun.uakom.cs
Located in Solvakia. Uses a slow link, use only if nearby.
info.funet.fi (128.214.6.102)
Log on as "info". May not be working.
fserv.kfki.hu
Log on as "www". Located in Hungary. Uses a slow link, use
only if nearby.
As I said before, the absolute best way to access this information is to use
a browser program that's local to your machine (and preferably uses all of
the bells and whistles at it's disposal). Failing that, use one of the
telnettable browsers.
IMHO, the "best" one (at least for North American users) is at
ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu (the one at www.njit.edu is slow). From either one
(these are the only two I've used), select the "GO" command to enter a
URL, and type the GDW-Beta URL:
http://muon.qrc.com/gdw_beta/beta.html
This will get you to the main page for GDW-Beta (where the charter, disclaimers,
and other legalistic garbage is, along with the good stuff: links to the
documents). From the ukans browser, tab over to the link that you want to
follow, and hit enter to call up the next document. Use the left arrow to
back out. The njit one is a little more klunky - each link has a number,
and you have to Query that number to call up the next document.
They all have help information, so take your time and read the documentation,
and you shouldn't have too many problems.
[email removed]
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