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Re: sum 4 of 4 pubs & cost
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joan Eslinger)
Tue Jun 23 09:54:48 1992
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1992 08:48:56 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
From: "Joan Eslinger <wombat%kilimanjaro.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>" <wombat%kilimanjaro.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri,
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Someone was asking about interesting things to show staff librarians to
get them interested in the Internet. Here is a partial list of site
references and some of their interesting directories I've collected over
the last few months:
# nasa images - text information and the latest pictures
# The SOFTWARE directory has programs to display various kinds of images
# on IBM PC's or Macintoshes.
host ames.arc.nasa.gov
directory /pub/SPACE
directory /pub/SPACE/CDROM
directory /pub/SPACE/CDROM2
directory /pub/SPACE/SOFTWARE
# rec.video - a collection of information for video/satellite hobbyists
host bobcat.bbn.com
# Kahaner reports - Dr. Kahaner is a computer scientist from the US
# Office of Naval Research. He's been in Japan for a year or so now and
# often files reports on scientific conferences or research labs or ... he
# or his contacts have visited. Mostly computer research, but other
# sciences are reported on as well.
host cs.arizona.edu
# lyric sheets - someone else mentioned this one
host cs.uwp.edu
directory /pub/music/lyrics/files
# court decisions - someone else mentioned this one, too
host ftp.cwru.edu
directory /hermes
# EFF - the Electronic Frontier Foundation, dedicated to making new laws
# and regulations network-friendly, to free speech in this new medium, etc.
host ftp.eff.org
directory /pub/academic/civics
# virus info - information on known viruses and some protection software
host ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de
directory /pub/virus/texts/catalog
directory /pub/virus/texts/hackers
# ftp.uu.net is a major Usenet archive site - all kinds of software,
# pictures, sounds, etc. Often the first place to look for free Unix
# software.
host ftp.uu.net
# genetic codes - technical stuff for researchers
host genbank.bio.net
# Project Gutenberg - dedicated to putting non-copyrighted literature on-line
host mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu
directory /pub/etext
# Geography & spatial decision support - this place looked pretty neat
# for city planner-type stuff
host ncgia.ncgia.ucsb.edu
directory /pub
directory /pub/Initiatives
directory /pub/dems
directory /pub/tech-reports
# anon ftp lists - this site has files that tell you how to reach other
# anonymous ftp sites and what's interesting about them
host pit-manager.mit.edu
directory /pub/usenet/comp.misc
# nanotechnology archives
host planchet.rutgers.edu
# USGS DEM (digital elevation model) data files
host spectrum.xerox.com
directory /pub/maps/dem
