123 Related FAQs
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This article is from the Amiga Networking FAQ, by Richard Norman with numerous contributions by others.
123 Related FAQs
RELATED INFORMATION (FAQ's, web pages, etc.)
Other FAQ's:
FTP FAQ
FAQ archive
BDG to Internet
Amiga CD32 FAQ
AmigaNOS-FAQ
AmiTCP FAQ
Amosaic-FAQ
RFC
NEWS FAQ
UUCP FAQ
Wiedmann's Amiga FAQ
X11 FAQ
ZEN
DAK's Amiga FAQ
misc
Amiga specific books:
Connect your Amiga
Other important sources of information:
Aminet
Fred Fish
c.s.a.announce
AmigaZone
Web pages:
A good how to hook an Amiga500 to the internet: http://www.ms.mff.cuni.cz/acad/webik/~pmit2218/amiga/
A good list of networking software and how to install it: http://www.cris.com/~Kainaw/tcp/
Page of links to the Aminet sites: http://www.cucug.org/amifiles.html
Amiga to WinNT networking http://www.mt-inc.com/faq.htm
Tom Hood's page: http://www.ainet.com/eye/welcome.html
Links to text versions of Amiga FAQ's: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/amiga/top.html
FTP FAQ ---------------------
All about FTP is a FAQ on the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) application for the TCP-IP protocol. The FAQ is posted to comp.sys.amiga.misc, comp.sys.amiga.introduction, and the comp.sys.amiga.datacomm news groups. Thus it should be available on the FAQ archive site.
It should be read by anyone wishing to download files from Aminet or anyone wishing to know more about FTP.
It is posted by umueller@wuarchive.wustl.edu
FAQ archive -----------
You can find numerous FAQ's posted to the news.answers news group. They are also cross posted to *.answers for the specific news group to which the FAQ is related. For example this FAQ is cross posted to the comp.answers news group. This makes it easier to find related FAQ's.
There are several FAQ's slanted towards new users, so instead of flaming someone try sending them the appropriate FAQ.
The FAQ's are updated periodically, and the older versions are archived at several sites. Both the current and the archived FAQ's are also available via Mosaic, and anonymous FTP in addition to being available through the news.
RTFM.MIT.EDU [18.20.0.224] is one of the primary archive sites for news.answers FAQ's and it supports anonymous FTP and email. To use email send a message with "send usenet/news.answers/pdial" as the message to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu. For more information send "help" as the message.
If the RTFM is too busy, you can try archie or veronica to search for other ftp or gopher sites which have the FAQ files.
More and more FAQ's are also available as web pages, so you might also try a web search engine such as www.yahoo.com.
BDG to Internet ----------------------------
Big Dummies' Guide (DBG) to Internet is available in Amiga Guide format on Aminet . It explains more about the history of the Internet, and some of the same topics covered in this FAQ.
AmigaNOS-FAQ -----------------------------
AmigaNOS is a serial port only version of TCP/IP. The AmigaNOS FAQ is posted to comp.sys.amiga.datacomm news.answers and comp.answers news groups.
and should be on the FAQ archive as...
/pub/usenet/news.answers/amiga/AmigaNOS-faq
AmiTCP FAQ -------------------------
The AmiTCP FAQ is now maintained by Mike Meyer and is available in html format so you can access it with Amosaic at
http://www.phone.net/ATCPFAQ/amitcp.html
Note: case matters.
AmiTCP FAQ has been released by Neil McRae. Look in the comp.sys.amiga.datacom news group for biweekly updates. It is also an officially accepted FAQ by the news.answers moderators. Therefore it can be found in news.answers, comp.answers, and in the FAQ archive
Amosaic-FAQ --------------------------
Clive Thomas has an Amosaic FAQ available from:
ftp.demon.co.uk pub/amiga/info/Amosaic.FAQ.lha
Mike Meyer also has an Amosaic FAQ available from:
http://www.phone.net/ATCPFAQ/amosaic.html
cd31-faq ----------
Amiga CD32 FAQ has a ton of information including networking options for the CD32 and CDTV.
It is available:
mail -- server@rtfm.mit.edu send usenet/news.answers/amiga/CD32-FAQ/part1 ftp -- rtfm.mit.edu -- /pub/usenet/news.answers/amiga/CD32-FAQ/part1
RFC --------------
RFC Request For Comment
These are good documents if someone wants to understand the technical side of the protocol. They can be found online at a number of sites by archie, but they are officially available from just a few.
RFCs can be obtained via FTP from
NIS.NSF.NET, NISC.JVNC.NET, VENERA.ISI.EDU, WUARCHIVE.WUSTL.EDU, SRC.DOC.IC.AC.UK, FTP.CONCERT.NET, DS.INTERNIC.NET, NIC.DDN.MIL.
Details on obtaining RFCs via FTP or EMAIL may be obtained by sending an EMAIL message to "rfc-info@ISI.EDU" with the message body "help: ways_to_get_rfcs". For example:
To: rfc-info@ISI.EDU Subject: getting rfcs help: ways_to_get_rfcs
Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to NIC@NIC.DDN.MIL. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution.
NEWS FAQ -------------------------
The NEWS FAQ can be found at the FAQ archive or on the news.answers or comp.answers news group. It explains some of the history and different incarnations of news servers and readers.
There are also specific FAQs for the INN news server and others.
Also there are specific news groups for those who wish to be administrators of a news server.
UUCP FAQ ------------------------
The UUCP FAQ is posted to the comp.sys.amiga,uucp, and alt.sys.amiga.uucp news group.
It is available at the FAQ archive site.
X11 FAQ --------------------
X windows is such a big topic there is a FAQ dedicated to it regardless of vendor. It is posted in multiple parts in comp.windows.x and news.answers news groups which means it is available from FAQ archive
You can send submissions to faq%craft@uunet.uu.net
BTW, uunet.uu.net is one of those cross over points between the USENET and the Internet.
Wiedmann's Amiga FAQ ---------------------------------------
Jochen Wiedmann's Amiga FAQ
Can be found at Aminet sites in the
/pub/aminet/tex/docs directory
with the file name AmigaFAQxxxxxx.lha where xxxxxx is the date.
send submissions to
wiedmann@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de or Am Eisteich 9 72555 Metzingen (Germany) Tel. 07123 / 14881
Mr. Wiedmann's FAQ can now be found on line using Mosaic. It is now part of Mr. Witbrock's Amiga Home Page. It was converted to HTML from Amiga Guide by Mr. Witbrock's AG2HTML.PL perl script. The script is on line also.
ZEN -------------
Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide
A booklet explaining the basic concepts of ideas behind using the Internet. It explicitly avoids machine or OS specific commands or bias.
The booklet is widely available, probably even from your service provider. It is also available via FTP from ftp.uu.net [137.39.1.9] in the pub/zen directory or you can use Archie or Veronica to locate a copy.
DAK's Amiga FAQ --------------------------------
This document is a summary of information about Science/School/UNIX software for the Amiga.
Originally compiled-by: rfarmer@nyx.cs.du.edu (Richard Akerman) Now maintained-by: dak@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Donald A Kassebaum)
This FAQ is cross-posted around the middle of each month to comp.sys.amiga.applications, comp.unix.amiga, comp.answers and news.answers
also available on AmiNet sites:
/pub/aminet/text/doc/AmigaSciSchUnix.lha
The news.answers automatic archiving software will store a copy of this posting, available by anonymous FTP on
rtfm.mit.edu [18.20.0.224] /pub/usenet/news.answers/amiga/science-faq
Connect your Amiga -----------------------------------
"Connect your Amiga!"
Second printing is now available!
A book by Dale Larson of IAM
ISBN 1-885876-02-5
Deals with Amiga networking issues in much greater detail than is possible in this FAQ. It explains how to use the software and hardware to connect to the internet, LAN's, BBS's, and commercial services.
Aminet -------------------
Aminet is another archive site with many mirror sites. In addition to FAQ's you can find all kinds of Amiga programs and files at an Aminet site. They usually have a directory called /pub/aminet.
See the "All about FTP" FTP FAQ for details on using anonymous FTP to access the archive.
Here is a list of Aminet sites as of December, 1996.
Location Name IP Address Path Files
USA (MO) ftp.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 pub/aminet/ ALL USA (AZ) ftp.ninemoons.com 165.247.33.6 pub/aminet/ ALL USA (WI) ftp.netnet.net 198.70.64.3 pub/aminet/ 25000 Australia ftp.livewire.com.au 203.16.26.3 pub/aminet/ ALL Switzerland ftp.eunet.ch 146.228.10.11 pub/aminet/ 20000 Scandinavia ftp.luth.se 130.240.16.39 pub/aminet/ 25000 Germany ftp.germany.aminet.org 131.234.22.30 pub/aminet/ ALL Germany ftp.uni-erlangen.de 131.188.3.2 pub/aminet/ 20000 Germany ftp.uni-stuttgart.de 129.69.18.15 cd aminet 4000 Germany ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de 130.149.17.12 pub/aminet/ 16000 Germany ftp.tu-chemnitz.de 134.109.132.28 pub/aminet/ 12000 Germany ftp.uni-siegen.de 141.99.164.1 pub/aminet/ 9000 Germany ftp.uni-trier.de 136.199.8.81 pub/aminet/ 5000 Germany ftp.fh-augsburg.de 141.82.16.242 pub/aminet/ 5000 Germany ftp.uni-bremen.de 134.102.228.2 pub/aminet/ 3000 Germany ftp.uni-kl.de 131.246.94.94 pub/aminet/ 2000 Germany ftp.uni-regensburg.de 132.199.1.203 pub/aminet/ 3000 Germany ftp.tu-clausthal.de 139.174.253.13 pub/aminet/ 1000 Germany ftp.aachen.aminet.org 137.226.225.3 pub/aminet/ 2300 Germany ftp.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de 132.187.1.2 pub/amiga/aminet/ 4000 Italy ftp.italy.aminet.org 192.132.34.17 pub/aminet/ ALL Austria vienna.aminet.or.at 193.171.54.210 pub/aminet ALL France aminet.grolier.fr 194.158.97.86 pub/aminet/ ALL France sunsite.cnam.fr 163.173.129.5 pub/aminet/ 6000 Denmark sunsite.auc.dk 130.225.51.30 pub/aminet/ 2000 UK ftp.uk.aminet.org 155.198.1.40 pub/aminet/ ALL UK micros.hensa.ac.uk 194.80.32.51 pub/aminet/ 8500 Ireland atlantis.ucc.ie 143.239.1.200 pub/aminet/ 2000 Greece ftp.acropolis.gr 193.92.228.7 pub/aminet 20000 Portugal ftp.portugal.aminet.org 193.136.173.10 pub/aminet/ 15000 Spain ftp.gui.uva.es 157.88.36.190 pub/aminet/ 1500 Hungary ftp.iit.uni-miskolc.hu 193.6.4.31 pub/aminet/ 3000 Czech Rep amiga.chemi.muni.cz 147.251.84.2 pub/aminet/ 2000 Poland ftp.man.szczecin.pl 194.92.39.69 pub/aminet/ 2000 Croatia thphys.irb.hr 161.53.129.16 pub/aminet/ 500
Please use a mirror site close to you!
A current list of mirror sites can be obtained from the Aminet readme file. The readme file also provides a lot of other very useful information, and is well worth reading. It is located in the top level of any Aminet site.
In addition to Aminet there are other amiga related FTP sites. You can use Archie or Veronica to locate sites that have a specific file you are looking for and perhaps avoid overcrowding the mirror sites.
The Aminet Archive now has a Mosaic home page where the most recent uploads can by found and retrieved. You can access it directly or from the Amiga Web Directory by CUCUG at http://www.cucug.org/amifiles.html
If you don't have internet access, you can still get the Aminet collection on CD Rom. They are available mail order and from Cronus
Fred Fish ------------------
Fred Fish, Cronus, and Amiga Library Services.
First there was Fred Fish and his floppy based archive of public domain and shareware software for the Amiga.
Fred then began to make the archive available on CD Rom as well and started a company called Amiga Library Services which has since changed names to Cronus. I think this collection goes up to Fresh Fish vol 10 and Gold Fish vol 3.
The Fred Fish collection has been and is a valuable asset to the Amiga community. Mucho Thanks to Fred and all the contributors.
With the advent of the internet and world wide web, Aminet has taken over the role of "library" for public domain and shareware software. Cronus distributes the Aminet CD collection.
Fred is heavily involved in a new venture which in my opinion is long overdue. As evidenced by the size of Aminet, the Amiga community is very active in writing their own programs and utils. Cronus is now offering a new CD subscrition called GEEK GADGETS which is a ready to run collection of Amiga programming tools.
The Fred Fish, Aminet, Geek Gadgets, and other CD Roms are available from
Note the New Name and Address
Cronus 1840 East Warner Road #105-265 Tempe, AZ 85284 U.S.A. Phone: (602)491-0442 or (800) 804-0833 FAX: (602) 491-0048
Email: orders@ninemoons.com or info@amigalib.com
announce --------
comp.sys.amiga.announce --- c.s.a.announce
is a moderated news group for announcing new or updated Amiga products.
There is now a web page for the group thanks to the moderator Dan Zerkle. Check out:
http://selab.cs.ucdavis.edu/~zerkle/announce
amigazone -----------
AmigaZone survived the shutdown of Portal, and is now available on Calweb. Harv Laser is still the Sysop.
Although this is a fee based service, I think it is worth mentioning since it is Amiga specific. Also they are offering a two week free trial. To learn more about Amigazone and the free trial visit the web page at: http://www.amigazone.com
misc -------------
miscellaneous stuff:
A domain name and host name can be had for free. Send email to info@rs.internic.net
No longer Free. Domain names are like vanity plates now. You gotta pay a yearly fee at least if you want a .com domain.
Feedback -------------------
HELP!
As you probably noticed the FAQ is rather thin in spots. This is usually due to one of two things: my ignorance because I can't use all the products, or because I haven't had time to write or keep up. In either case I would greatly appreaciate some help.
Send corrections, updates and suggestions to:
norman@afas.msfc.nasa.gov
Richard Norman ED36 MSFC, AL 35812 USA
All submissions will be considered altruistic donations to the network community's pool of public knowledge.
Send flames to yourself for not getting off your behind and writing a better FAQ yourself. Besides I'm still learning too! ;-)
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