Talk: How to use FTP, Gopher, and the World Wide Web

   Somebody was asking about how to access an FTP site, so I thought 
since I've updated the little instruction post to include info on using 
the World Wide Web, I'd post it again.  If you know this stuff, press 'n'.


   If you have FTP at your site, and you want to FTP over to say, Chris King's
FTP site, on most Unix based sites, you would:

   o  Type "ftp ftp.ncsu.edu" at the prompt.  Notice that "ftp" was typed
      twice.  The first is the command, the second is a port of the address.
      If you're already at an ftp prompt, type "open ftp.ncsu.edu".

   o  When the connection opens, it'll ask for your name.  This is 'anonymous
      FTP' so type "anonymous".
                                      __________             ______________
   o  When it asks for a password,   |:""""""""|:           | ............ :
      type your email address.       |:        |:           | :          | :
      You should be logged in.       |: >boba  |:           | :          | :
                                     |:________|:           | :>@wwa.com | :
   o  To 'Change Directory' over     |   .....  :---_____---| :__________| :
      to Chris' ASCII folder, type   |  '-----" :           |..............:
      "cd pub/ncsu/chking/Archive".  | @        :"-__-_     |"""""""""""""":
                                     |..........:    _-"    |..............:
   o  Type "ls".  This will list     /.::::::::.\   /\      /.::::::::.:::.\
      the contents of the folder.   /____________\ (__)    /________________\

   o  Let's say you want a file called "Funnies", you would type "get
      Funnies".  The file will be transfered to the host you FTP'd from, in
      the folder you were in when you started that FTP session.

   o  When you're done, type "bye" and press the return.  It will say goodbye
      and quit.  If you just want to switch to another site, type "close".
      You will be at the ftp prompt, where you can type "open ftp.wwa.com" (or
      whatever site).


   You may have to decompress or uudecode the file first.  See Question 20 on
how to do that.  Now you can view or download the file.  For how to view
animations and color pics, see Question 21.

   Two helpful things.  Type "cd .." to go back out of a folder.  Type "pwd"
('Print Working Directory') to see where you are.

   Another thing to type is "mget" when you want several files.  Say you want
all the Scarecrow's 'Galleries'.  You would type "mget *Gallery*".  It will
get everything that has "Gallery" in it, which will be all the Scarecrow's
'Galleries', like the GIf Gallery, Sig Gallery, etc.  When it's ready to
transfer each file, it will ask you if you want it.  Press the 'y' key.


   Gopher is even easier.  Say you want to check out the Bazaar.  You:

   o  Type: gopher twinbrook.cis.uab.edu

   o  Use the up and down arrow keys or number keys to pick the menu item you
      want.

   o  Use the right arrow (or return key) to enter a selection, and the left
      arrow to back out.

   o  In this case we pick "The Continuum", which is #11, and press the right
      arrow or return.

   o  After we enter The Continuum, we see the ASCII Art Bazaar, so we pick it
      (it's #1) and press the right arrow or return.


   The Bazaar has over 12 megabytes of ASCII art pics (in categories),
newsgroup articles, collections, information, etc.  And you can view the
goodies without having to download anything just to see it.  You just use
menus to look at what you want, and it's displayed on screen.


   Using the World Wide Web is as easy as Gopher.  For example, let's say you
want to check out the Scarecrow's ASCII Art WWW Link, you would do the 
following on a Unix based system using lynx:

   o  Type: lynx http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba

   o  Use the up and down arrow keys to select what you want to see.

   o  Use the right arrow (or return key) to enter a selection, and the left
      arrow to back out.

   You can do as with Gopher, but you can also access links to other web
sites.  For example, there's a selection that will take you to Chris King's
web archive of ASCII art.  And one that will take you to the Figlet server.


   Hope this helps.


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