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Special Internet Connections: A Resources Catalogue Maintained on the Internet

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Compiled by Scott Yanoff (yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu)

(c) 1992. No changes are to be made to this document without the author's written consent. Reproduction/distribution without my permission IS allowable so long as this document is left fully intact.

Finger yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu to find ways to receive this list!

(For those interested, there is a new book out called The Whole Internet by Ed Krol. As far as I know, this is the first book to make a reference to this list, which by the way celebrates its one year anniversay this month!) Anyway, I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about the Internet, and be sure to look for me on page 325!!)

NOTE: NO LOGIN NAMES OR PASSWORDS ARE REQUIRED UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE.

NOTE: FOR FTP SITES, LOGIN AS ANONYMOUS, PASSWORD IS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.

PLEASE email me if you have any additional info/corrections/comments

Agricultural Info.

telnet psupen.psu.edu or telnet 128.118.36.5
PENpages
(Login: PNOTPA)

telnet caticsuf.csufresno.edu or telnet 129.8.100.15
CSU Freso ATI-NET
(Login: super)

telnet eureka.clemson.edu or telnet 130.127.8.3
CUFAN (Clemson U Forestry & Ag. Net.)
(Login: PUBLIC)

ftp ftp.sura.net (get file pub/nic/agricultural.list; it contains agricultural email lists & services.)
mail almanac@oes.orst.edu
body-of-message: send guide also: send mail-catalog

Offers: Agricultural info (livestock reports, current market prices, etc.)

Am. Philos. Assoc.
telnet atl.calstate.edu or telnet 130.150.102.33

Offers: BBS for APA.
(Login: apa)

Amateur Radio
mail info@arrl.org

Offers: Ascii files about Amateur Radio and electronics.
Body of letter: help, info, send or quit (ie send prospect)

Archie

telnet archie.mcgill.ca or 132.206.2.3 (Canada)
telnet archie.funet.fi or 128.214.6.100 (Finland/Eur.)
telnet archie.au or 139.130.4.6 (Aussie/NZ)
telnet archie.cs.huji.ac.il or 132.65.6.5 (Israel)
telnet archie.doc.ic.ac.uk or 146.169.11.3 (UK/Ireland)
telnet archie.sura.net or 128.167.254.179 (USA [MD])
telnet archie.unl.edu or 129.93.1.14 (USA [NE])
telnet archie.ans.net or 147.225.1.2 (USA [NY])
telnet archie.rutgers.edu or 128.6.18.15 (USA [NJ])
telnet archie.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp or 130.54.20.1 (JAPAN)
telnet archie.nz or 130.195.9.4 (New Zealand)

Offers: Searches all ftp sites for any program you want. (Login: archie)

Archie Mail Servers
mail archie@
Subject: help

Offers: alterative Archie access to those w/o ftp or telnet.

Auroral Activity
Finger aurora@xi.uleth.ca or finger aurora@142.66.3.29

Offers: Auroral activity warnings/watches/sightings, updated hourly.

Baseball Scores
finger jtchern@ocf.berkeley.edu for scores/standings OR
mail jtchern@ocf.berkeley.edu w/Subject: MLB

Offers: The latter will subscribe you to receive Major League scores daily!

Backgammon Servers
telnet 134.130.130.46 4321
telnet solana.mps.ohio-state.edu 3200 or 128.146.37.78

Offers: Play Backgammon! (Login: guest)

Billboard Charts
finger buckmr@aix.rpi.edu

Offers: U.S. Top Pop singles for the week.

CARL
telnet pac.carl.org or 192.54.81.128

Offers: Online database, book reviews, magazine fax delivery service.

CHAT
telnet debra.dgbt.doc.ca or telnet 142.92.36.15

Offers: Interactive AIDS document and simulated conversation (Login: chat)

Chess Server
telnet valkyries.andrew.cmu.edu 5000 or 128.2.232.4 5000

Offers: Play/watch real-time chess with human opponents. Type 'help' for help

C64 Archive Server
mail twtick@corral.uwyo.edu
Subject: Mail-Archive-Request Body-of-letter: help (hit return) end

Dante Project
telnet library.dartmouth.edu or 129.170.16.11

Offers: Divine Comedy and reviews.
(Login: connect dante)

Diplomacy
mail judge@milton.u.washington.edu

Offers: Play the SSI game Diplomacy via email.
Body-of-letter: help

DUATS
telnet duat.gtefsd.com or telnet 131.131.7.105
telnet duats.gtefsd.com or telnet 131.131.7.106

Offers: Aviation weather, flight planning.
(Login: )
The first address is for certified pilots, the second for uncertified.

Earthquake Info.
finger quake@geophys.washington.edu or 128.95.16.50

Offers: Recent quake info (location, time, magnitude, etc.)

E-Math
telnet e-math.ams.org or 130.44.1.100

Offers: Am. Math. Soc. bbs w/ software and reviews.
(Login/Password: e-math)

FaxGate
mail FaxGate@elvis.sovusa.com

Offers: Send a Fax via computer.
In body-of-message: help

FDA BBS
telnet fdabbs.fda.gov or telnet 150.148.8.48

Offers: FDA bbs (News releases, Aids info, consumer info...)
(Login: bbs)

FEDIX
telnet fedix.fie.com or telnet 192.111.228.33

Offers: info. on scholarships, minority assistance, etc.
(login: fedix)

Freenet
telnet freenet-in-[a,b,c].cwru.edu or 129.22.8.47
telnet yfn.ysu.edu or 192.55.234.27 (Login: visitor)

Offers: USA Today Headline News, Sports, etc...

Fileserver via Email
mail smiley@uiuc.edu
In body-of-message: Filesend: help
and on a separate line: Filesend: list

FTP Mail
mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
Subject:(hit return) Body-of-letter: help (return) quit

Offers: ftp via email

FTP Mail
mail bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu
Body-of-letter: help or ftplist for a list of anon. ftp sites.

FTP Sites/Archives
ftp ocf.berkeley.edu or ftp 128.32.184.254

Offers: Docs, 5 puritytests, the Bible, Dec. of Ind, lyrics..cd /pub/Library
ftp wuarchive.wustl.edu or rainbow.cse.nau.edu or

Offers: Gif archive, pc software. plaza.aarnet.edu.au or erratic.bradley.edu
ftp ftp.uu.net

Offers: You name it, it's here!
ftp archive.umich.edu

Offers: Software for MS-Dos computers, Mac, Amiga, Apple2, Apollo...
ftp oak.oakland.edu

Offers: A huge software archive for PCs and UNIX.
ftp ftp.sura.net

Offers: How-to's about internet (how to email, ftp, telnet, etc.) in /pub/nic

Genetics Bank
mail gene-server@bchs.uh.edu
mail retrieve@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
mail blast@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Subject: help

Offers: genetic database/nucleic acid/protein sequence.

Geographic Server
telnet martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000 or 141.212.99.9 3000

Offers: Info by city or area code (Population, Lat./Long., Elevation, etc).

Georgetown Med. Lib.
telnet mars.georgetown.edu or telnet 141.161.40.4
(Login: medlib Password: dahlgren Last name: netguest)

Global Land Info Sys.
telnet glis.cr.usgs.gov or telnet 152.61.192.54

Offers: Land use maps of U.S., graphs/data of geological info.
(Login: guest)

GO Server
icsib18.icsi.Berkeley.EDU 6969 or 128.32.201.46 6969telnet cnam.cnam.fr 6969 or telnet 192.33.159.6 6969

Offers: Join others and play a game of GO.
(Login/Password: choose your own)

Gopher
telnet consultant.micro.umn.edu or telnet 134.84.132.4
telnet panda.uiowa.edu or telnet 128.255.63.234
telnet gdunix.gd.chalmers.se or 129.16.221.40 (SWEDISH)
telnet gopher.uiuc.edu or telnet 128.174.33.160
telnet gopher.unt.edu or telnet 129.120.1.42
telnet tolten.puc.cl or telnet 146.155.1.16 (CHILE)
telnet wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (Login: wsuinfo)
telnet una.hh.lib.umich.edu or 141.211.190.102
telnet gopher.ora.com or telnet 140.186.65.25

Offers: access to other services, gophers, documents, etc.
(Login: gopher)

Guitar Chords/TAB
ftp ftp.nevada.edu or ftp 131.216.1.11

Offers: Tablature/Chords for guitar in /pub/guitar.

Ham Radio Callbooks
telnet callsign.cs.buffalo.edu 2000 or 128.205.32.2 2000
telnet ham.njit.edu 2000 or telnet 128.235.1.10 2000

Offers: National ham radio call-sign callbook.

Handicap/Medical Site
ftp handicap.shel.isc-br.com or ftp 129.189.4.184

Offers: anonymous ftp of software and medical info.

HP Calculator BBS
telnet hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com or telnet 15.255.72.16

Offers: BBS for HP Calc. users, with chat mode.
(Login: new)

Hpcwire
telnet hpcwire.ans.net or telnet 147.225.1.51

Offers: Excellent menu-driven information searches.
(Login: hpcwire)

Hytelnet Server
telnet access.usask.ca or telnet 128.233.3.1

Offers: univ. & library catalogues around the world.
(Login: hytelnet)

Info/Software Server
telnet rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de or 129.69.1.12

Offers: journals, unix stuff, etc. login: infoserv or softserv

Inter-Ntwk Mail Guide
telnet 192.134.69.8 1643

Offers: List known networks and connections to/from them, help emailing.

Internet Resrce Guide
ftp nnsc.nsf.net

Offers: compressed/tar'd list of net resources in /resource-guide.txt.tar.Z

Iowa Politcl. Stk Mkt
telnet ipsm.biz.uiowa.edu or 128.255.44.2

Offers: Buy & sell shares in political candidates. (Non profit research proj.)

IP Address Resolver
mail resolve@cs.widener.edu
mail dns@grasp.insa-lyon.fr (body of letter: help)

IRC Telnet Client
telnet bradenville.andrew.cmu.edu or telnet 128.2.54.2
telnet ircserver.itc.univie.ac.at 6668

Offers: Internet Relay Chat access, like a CB on the computer.

ISAAC
telnet isaac.engr.washington.edu or 128.95.32.61

Offers: Info. System for Advanced Academic Computing, for IBM users.

Law Library
telnet liberty.uc.wlu.edu or telnet 137.113.10.35
ftp sulaw.law.su.oz.au (cd /pub/law)

Offers: Law libraries and legal research. (Login: lawlib)
Offers: Copies of laws for each state, computer laws, and more!

Library Catalogs
ftp dla.ucop.edu (pub/internet/libcat-guide)

Offers: "Library Catalogs on the Internet: Strategies for Selection and Use" document (how, but not where; also get one of the following).

ftp ftp.unt.edu (library/libraries.txt)

Offers: "Accessing Bibliographic Databases" document.

ftp ariel.unm.edu (library/internet.library)

Offers: "Internet-Accessible Catalogs and Databases" document.

Library of Congress
telnet dra.com or 192.65.218.43

Offers: COPY of Library of Congress
(Assumes terminal is emulating a vt100).

List of Lists
ftp ftp.nisc.sri.com or ftp 192.33.33.22
mail mlol-request@wariat.org (music list of lists)

Offers: List of interest groups/email lists in /netinfo/interest-groups.

Lunar/Planet. Instit.
telnet lpi.jsc.nasa.gov or telnet 192.101.147.11

Offers: Resources on Geology, Geophys, Astron., Astrophys.
(Login: lpi)

Lyric/Music Server
ftp ftp.uwp.edu
ftp ftp.iastate.edu (/pub/lyrics)

Offers: Lyrics, chords/tablature, and music pictures.
(/pub/music/...)

Mac Software Archive
ftp sumex-aim.stanford.edu

Offers: Ftp'able software for the Macintosh computers.
(cd to /info-mac)

Mail Srver/Usr Lookup
mail mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu
in body of mail message: send usenet-addresses/[name searching for]

MicroMUSE
telnet michael.ai.mit.edu or telnet 18.43.0.177

Offers: Educational Multi-User Simulated Environment.
(Login: guest).

MOLIS
telnet fedix.fie.com or telnet 192.111.228.33

Offers: Minority Online Information Service.
(Login: molis)

Music Newsletter
mail listserv@vm.marist.edu (internet) or
mail (bitnet)
Body-of-letter: SUBSCRIBE UPNEWS

Offers: Reviews, intviews.

NASA Headline News
finger nasanews@space.mit.edu

Offers: Daily press releases from NASA.

NASA SpaceLink
telnet spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov or 192.149.89.61

Offers: Latest NASA news, including shuttle launches and satellite updates.

Nat'l Education BBS
telnet nebbs.nersc.gov or telnet 128.55.160.162

Offers: Education BBS (Login: guest)

NED
telnet ned.ipac.caltech.edu or telnet 134.4.10.118

Offers: NASA Extragalactic Database. (Login: ned)

Netfind User Lookup
rlogin/telnet bruno.cs.colorado.edu or 128.138.243.151

Offers: Given a name and org./school, finds a user for you (login: netfind)

NetLib
mail netlib@ornl.gov
mail netlib@uunet.uu.net
Subject:(hit return) Body-of-letter: send index

Offers: Software thru email

News Mail Servers
mail [newsgroup]@cs.utexas.edu

Offers: Post to Usenet news via email. (eg. [newsgroup] = alt-bbs)

NICOL
telnet nisc.jvnc.net or telnet 128.121.50.7

Offers: Access to internet resources, Elec. Publishing Service
(Login: nicol)

NICOLAS
telnet dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov or telnet 128.183.10.3

Offers: Network Info. Center On-Line Aid System
(Login: dftnic)

NNTP News Servers
telnet sol.ctr.columbia.edu 119 or 128.59.64.40 119
telnet rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de 119 or 129.69.1.12
telnet news.fu-berlin.de 119 or 130.133.4.250 119

Offers: Telnetable access to post to the Usenet news.

NOAA
telnet nodc.nodc.noaa.gov or telnet 140.90.235.10

Offers: Nat'l Oceanic and Atmos. Admin. Lots of data!
(Login: NOAADIR)

NODIS
telnet nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov or telnet 128.183.36.25
telnet nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov or telnet 128.183.36.23

Offers: Menu-driven access to Nat'l Space Science Data Center
(Login: nodis)

Nuclear Data Center
telnet bnlnd2.dne.bnl.gov or telnet 130.199.112.132

Offers: National nuclear data. (Login: nndc)

Oceanic Info. Center
telnet delocn.udel.edu or telnet 128.175.24.1
(Login: info)

Oracle
mail oracle@cs.indiana.edu w/ subject: help

Offers: The Usenet Oracle answers all your questions!

OSS-IS
ftp soaf1.ssa.gov
mail info@soaf1.ssa.gov with "send index" as your msg.

Offers: Many FAQ's, ftp lists, library and service lists, gov't documents.

PaperGate
mail PaperGate@elvis.sovusa.com

Offers: Send a letter via computer.
In body-of-message: help

Public-Access Unix
telnet nyx.cs.du.edu or 130.253.192.68

Offers: Free account, with access to various UNIX features.
(login: new)

Public-Access Unix
telnet hermes.merit.edu or telnet 35.1.48.150
telnet m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us or telnet 35.208.17.4
(Which host: um-m-net Enter 'g' for guest. login: newuser)

Readers Guide
telnet lib.uwstout.edu or telnet 144.13.12.1

Offers: Readers Guide to periodical literature, online.

Recipe Archives
ftp gatekeeper.dec.com (cd pub/recipes)
ftp mthvax.cs.miami.edu (cd /recipes)

Offers: Anonymous ftp site for MANY food recipes.

SDDAS
telnet espsun.space.swri.edu 540 or 129.162.150.99 540

Offers: SW Research Data Display & Analysis Center.

SERVICES
telnet wugate.wustl.edu or 128.252.120.1

Offers: Access to nearly every listed service!
(Login: services)

Sid's Music Server
mail mwilkenf@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
Subject: BOOTHELP

Offers: Lists of rare live recordings, cd's for sale.

Software Server (ASK)
telnet askhp.ask.uni-karlsruhe.de or 192.67.194.33

Offers: On-line software search. (Login/password: ask)

Spacemet
telnet spacemet.phast.umass.edu or 128.119.50.48

Offers: Science/space bbs.

SPAN
telnet nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov or telnet 128.183.36.23

Offers: Space Physics Analysis Network (Login: SPAN_NIC)

StatLib Server
mail statlib@lib.stat.cmu.edu
Mail with line: send index.

Offers: Prgms, Datasets, etc. for statisticians.

STIS
telnet stis.nsf.gov or 128.150.195.40

Offers: Science & Technology Information System.
(Login: public)

Stock Market Report
telnet a2i.rahul.net or telnet 192.160.13.1

Offers: Public access unix for a fee, market report is free!

(Login: guest)

Supreme Court Rulings
ftp ftp.cwru.edu
Offers: ASCII files of Supreme Court rulings in directory /hermes

Tropicl Strm Forecast
finger forecast@typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu

Offers: Seasonal forecast for Atl. Ocn.
Also: finger forecast@129.82.107.24

UMD Info Database
telnet info.umd.edu or telnet 128.8.10.29

Offers: Info. docs on many subjects, incl. Supr. Crt Decisions (Login: info)

Used Music Server
mail Used-Music-Server@cs.ucsb.edu w/ subject: help

Offers: Users can buy/sell/trade CDs/LPs/Tapes or subscribe to the list.

UNC BBS
telnet launchpad.unc.edu or telnet 152.2.22.80
Offers: Access to Library of Congress & nationwide libs
(Login: launchpad)

WAIStation
telnet quake.think.com or telnet 192.31.181.1
telnet nnsc.nsf.net or telnet 128.89.1.178
telnet wais.funet.fi or telnet 128.214.6.100
telnet sunsite.unc.edu or telnet 152.2.22.81

Offers: Wide Area Info. Service. (Login: wais or swais)

Weather Service
telnet downwind.sprl.umich.edu 3000 or 141.212.196.177

Offers: City/State forecasts, ski conditions, earthquake reports, etc.

Weather Maps
ftp vmd.cso.uiuc.edu

Offers: Surface analysis & current infrared weather maps GIFs. (cd wx)

Webster
telnet cs.indiana.edu 2627 or 129.79.254.191 2627

Offers: Dictionary/Spelling service.
Type "HELP" for info. (ALL CAPS!)

Whois Service List
ftp sipb.mit.edu (pub/whois/whois-servers.list)

Offers: List of "whois" servers.

Whois Service
telnet nic.ddn.mil or telnet 192.112.36.5

Offers: Way to find internet address given a keyword.
To access type: whois

World-Wide Web
telnet info.cern.ch or telnet 128.141.201.74 (SWISS)
telnet eies2.njit.edu or telnet 128.235.1.43 (USA [NJ])
telnet vms.huji.ac.il or telnet 128.139.4.3 (ISRAEL)
telnet info.funet.fi or telnet 128.214.6.100 (FINLAND)

Offers: Access to various documents, lists, and services.
(Login: www)

ZIB Electronic Libr.
telnet elib.zib-berlin.de or telnet 130.73.108.11

Offers: Library of software, links to other libraries
(Login: elib)

Gleason Sackman, Coordinator
Box 5164
NDSU Computer Center
Fargo, ND 58105
Voice: (701)237-8109
Fax: (701) 237-8541

BBS: sackman@sendit.nodak.edu
Internet: sackman@plains.nodak.edu
Bitnet: sackman@plains.bitnet