I uploaded a new version to the tmp directory. At 07:10 PM 1/7/97 +0500, Jim Eggert x6127 wrote:

Some more comments on biblio.html:

Appreciated.

Under Harvard Hollis, it says

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Once connected, hit the Enter key and then type in the word

hollis

You don't really have to hit the enter key before you type hollis, at least not in my telnet implementation.

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The Yale and Berkeley lists of OPACs are curiously placed under the Germany heading, even though they are not Germany-specific lists.

But they do have good listings for German-speaking countries...

The Verbundkatalog des DBI is listed as available via telnet, but when you do that you get an incomprehensible response from their server "CN01 PLEASE ENTER NET COMMAND" This is not useful, because the user will need a command, a username, and a password to get anywhere. Check the FAQ for what they should

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really do. Most of the list of telnet addresses is useless for the same reason.

It's been a while I guess since this page was first put together and I hadn't realized that some libraries had gone out of general circulation. I have pulled from the list those that require a password.

The following paragraph is problematic:

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Telnet can be used on Netscape and other browsers if it is established as a "supported application", the same for gopher, etc. On Netscape this means going to Options, then Preferences, then Applications and adding your Telnet address. This you get from your friendly local IP provider. If you are using AOL or another online service, they may (or may not) have a way to support telnet.

First, most people call the "IP provider" the ISP, Internet Service Provider. IP means Internet Protocol, which isn't quite what is meant here. Second, you don't add your "Telnet address" in the Netscape preferences dialog box, you configure the telnet application. A telnet address would be construed as an hostname or IP address plus the telnet port number, and that is something else altogether.

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