The World-Wide-Web

	The World-Wide-Web (WWW) is the much-touted hypertext
interface to a wide range of internet resources.  On the Exec-PC
Internet Gateway, we have the Lynx WWW browser.  Lynx is text-based,
which means you won't be able to view the imbedded images.  This is
not as much of a handicap as you might think; many areas of the Web
have been designed with both text and graphics users in mind.  In
Lynx, the arrow keys move between hypertext selections, and "h" brings
up comprehensive help.  The hypertext selections are boldfaced, but if
your terminal does not show boldfacing, then just press the arrow
keys, and you should be able to see individual selections.

	The joy of browsing the Web is just going from place to place,
following the links until you find something interesting, which is
bound to have links to somewhere else that is also interesting.  If
you find a page on the Web that you like, you can press "a" to add it
to your bookmark file.  Then later, perhaps another day, you can press
"v" to view all your bookmarks, and jump right to your favorite
places.

	Every page on the Web has a unique name, a URL.  A URL looks
like this: "http://info.cern.ch", which, in this case, is a page in
Switzerland.  If you read news, or perhaps talk to other people out
there in net-land, you might see URLs posted for things you want to
see.  To go to a specific URL in Lynx, just type "g", and then type in
the URL, and away you go!  

	If you have questions regarding the World Wide Web, or using
Lynx, don't hesitate to leave mail to help.  

	**Note** You MUST be using a VT100 terminal emulation to use
Lynx.  In fact, we recommend that you use a VT100 emulation whenever
you call this system.  If you find that the arrow keys on your
computer do not do what they should, there is a good chance that your
VT100 emulation does not handle the arrow keys correctly.  If this is
the case, feel free to send mail to help, and we will do what we can
to help you get things working properly

Tunneling through Gopherspace

	Gopher was the first popular Internet information browser.
When you select gopher, you're presented with a menu of options.  You
can choose an option via the arrow keys, or by just typing the number.
If an option ends in "/", it's another menu.  You can keep following
these menus, conceiveably forever, and just explore.  By moving from
menu to menu, you're often seamlessly moving from computer to compuer,
literally all over the world.  At any time, you can press the left
arrow to go back to wherever you came from.

	If you find a page in gopherspace you find particularly
intriguing, you can press "a", to add it to your bookmark file.  This
will be permanently saved, so that when you come back another day, you
can just press "v" to view bookmarks, and jump right to your favorite
spot.  

	One option you might run across frequently is "Veronica".
Veroinica is a search engine.  You tell veronica what you want to look
for, and she runs off and checks every cubbyhole in gopherspace, and
brings back a menu of places where you can find what you're looking
for.  Searches sometimes time out because too many people are using
the search engine, so please be paitent, or select a different
Veronica server.  

	If you like Gopher, you might also want to give the World Wide
Web (Lynx) a try.

	**Note** You MUST be using a VT100 terminal emulation to use
Gopher.  In fact, we recommend that you use a VT100 emulation whenever
you call this system.  If you find that the arrow keys on your
computer do not do what they should, there is a good chance that your
VT100 emulation does not handle the arrow keys correctly.  If this is
the case, feel free to send mail to help, and we will do what we can
to help you get things working properly

IRC - Internet Relay Chat

	IRC is a popular service for chatting with people from all
over the Internet, on a multitude of topics.  When you select this
option, the menu will launch you into a special program on this system
which will connect you up to an IRC "server".  This server manages the
connections between you and all the other people who are using IRC.
Once you get into IRC, you will receive some basic instructions,
including how to get into the online help system there.  We suggest
that, if you've never used IRC before, you browse the help system a
bit right off to get an idea of how it all works.  While IRC has been
known to be addictive, it can also be a good way to take a break and
have some fun chattting with others around the net.  Enjoy!
