Re: UNIX newbie question

[stuckey@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Anthony J. Stuckey)]

joko@crl.com (Joe Kohn) writes:
>Until I posted a message a month or two back about www and lynx, I had
>never heard anyone on c.s.a2 mention the web or web browsers. Why? It's
>certainly the greatest and most wonderful thing I've ever used my modem
>for. But, I got flamed for mentioning the SL-9 home page here on c.s.a2.

	Simple.  There are very few WWW tools for the Apple II.
	If any Apple II vendors want to have a WWW prescence, then they can
certainly bring those discussions into c.s.a2, but otherwise, you should
look at comp.infosystems.www.misc or some other group.  Basically, it's
off-charter, and therefore just not kosher.
	Now if the Ethernet board ever came out, or strong support for SLIP
connections, or ... Then there would be reason to talk about
Internet-related items here.  Or maybe it should be in the .comm newsgroup.
Specificity is a good thing.

>Rhetorical question...don't send e-mail to answer...but, how many people
>are still using ftp when they should be using ncftp instead? I do not think
>that the term ncftp has _ever_ once come up in c.s.a2. Is it in the FAQ? 
>No. So, lots of Apple II folks are still struggling with ftp.

	So?
	Lots of people are still using the CSH as well.  TCSH is much cooler,
and provides nicer system-wide abilities.
	Lots of people are still using lots of old tools that just aren't as
nifty as the new ones.  Welcome to the real world.  Uhh.  Hmm.  Maybe I
shouldn't say that here.  Then again, I'm only now, in mid-1994, looking to
replace my own Apple II.  With something that offers, in part, exactly the
cooler, closer to the Internet, capabilities that you wish for.  I will
miss it.

>I guess my point is that just as I am clueless about compiling unix source,
>I'm sure there are many Apple II people reading c.s.a2 who are clueless to
>other aspects of the net. I'm not trying to be the netiquette police, but I
>sure wish we could learn more (and teach more) about the net from c.s.a2.

	comp.sys.apple2.comm is the most on-topic.
	I have no problem with having to read a diverse set of newsgroups for
my information fix, Joe.

>To me, it's almost sad that there are folks with a full net connection,
>reading this, who have never heard of, or used, Mosaic or Lynx. I
>know...after I posted about www, I got emails asking me what those things
>are.

	Finding the proper information channels shouldn't be a hard process.
Shouldn't be.
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