Appendix A, Internet Resources For Unix

Anonymous FTP sites

• The Oregon State University Biological Consortium's FTP Area has a collection of documents for new and occasional users of Unix
• The FTP server at Arizona State University has a collection of information and tips on using Unix .
• There are several files and directories dealing with Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Unix. They can be found at
  • ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.answers/unix-faq
  • Look in the directory faq for the extensive Frequently Asked Questions about Unix .
  • The file intro has important information about working with the newsgroup comp.unix.questions .
  • The FTP server at Mary Washington College has a collection of short documents about Unix, vi, emacs, and pico.

Gopher Sites

• The Gopher Server at the Oregon State University Biological Consortium also has documents for new and occasional users of Unix
• The Gopher Server for the College of Natural Resources at the University of Minnesota has a collection of documents that help you use Unix .
• The Gopher Server at Rice University has a good section on Computer Information that contains a section Unix Information .

WWW Documents

• Unix Help For Users, by John Smith of The University of Edinburgh, UK. A hypertext help facility for beginning and novice Unix system users. Its available at several sites, in addition to being available through the WWW Server at the University of Edinburgh . Here are two.
  • World Wide Web Server for Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
  • World Wide Web Server at the College of Computer Science at Northeastern University
• Unix Tutorial, by Scott Miller , written for the students and faculty at the University of Florida Department of Electrical Engineering. An interactive Unix tutorial in hypertext form.

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