I am paddy. I perticularly interested in internet. These days I am engaged in browsing through the internet. In one of the sessions I came across spring and this conference. I find this really fascinating and I truely look towards it positively to get closer to the rest of the world.

Glad you came by. What kinds of topics interest you?

Interested in server solutions for setting up an isp. What do people think is the best Operating System and Server Software? What do people think of Windows NT and Windows IIS? That is my primary interest.

Interested in server solutions for setting up an isp. What do people think is the best Operating System and Server Software? What do people think of Windows NT and Windows IIS? That is my primary interest.

Interested in server solutions for setting up an isp. What do people think is the best Operating System and Server Software? What do people think of Windows NT and Windows IIS? That is my primary interest.

I'd say it's a toss up between Website and IIS. But I'm only going to post it once. Microsoft also has a server built into FrontPage. Check out the FrontPage topic in the Apps conference. For industrial strength, Apache running under BSDI is the way to fly. That's our horse for this site. Can you tell us some more specifics about your requirements and what types of websites you're putting up? Is it a single site or multiple sites running under one server.

Hello. My name is doug and I am having trouble getting pegasus mail to work. It does not give me the option of network configuration and check host for new mail, even though my ppp connnection is fine (since I can use telnet and netscape). I have reinstalled it and still don't get the pop3 and network option in the setup. Can anyone help or has anyone experienced this problem. Thanks

Have you posted this in the Pegasus Mail topic?

excuse me....i'm a NEW USER...CAN SOMEBODY explain to me...... please help....

Sure, what's your email address. We'll throw you a lifesaver.

Hello. My name is Mandy. I am a novice internet user. I am trying to set up Telnet so that I can access and search university library databases. I am running Win95 which has a telnet app. I am not sure how to get it to work -- saw your page while searching around for FAQ's. This is probably not the appropriate place to ask questions of this nature, so thanks.

I'd recommend you get a copy of crt from Forrest's site or from the topic on crt here. This is a far better telnet program than the one that you get with Windows. And welcome aboard the Spring!

I am new to the internet also. I am lost in all the mumbo-jumbo. I would like to get in on the chat lines, but am not sure how to go about it. I found thhis one by accident. Now I am even more confused. Do I need some more software or just a better understanding of how to operate? If anybody can help, or tell me in plain English how to go about getting into the chat lines and what I need. Thanks.

You've got what you need. But we're not a "real time" chatline unless you would call this slow motion chat. We do "conferencing" which means you drop a comment and come back in a day or two to check responses.

Hi Paul, I have already given U my introduction in WEB topic.Well here again I will give U my intro.I am Archana Sharma from INDIA.I am Computer engg and CNE(novell engg;).I am interested in Networking and finally I have gone into it.For this reason I am working on internet and still wants to learn more and more.I want to learn all about it.I am also going for microsoft certified engineer in Feb. Hope our spring conference will grow grow and grow so that all of us will learn much more things. See U soon.. ...Archana

I hope that as well!

hello there

I am very interested to learn. Just one year ago, I had no concepts of what a computer is, and now I can surf the web. I have read lots of books, and merely by doing things I have learnt. I would like to learn more. I do this mostly for fun and enjoy. I accidently learnt of Spring, and this is my first exposure and I already like what I see. I have choosen two hot topics, and will post more message and exchange views and ides. Thanks for the oppurtunity. Gopal. guttocut@sgi.net

We're glad you're joining up Gopal, tell us more about yourself and where you're from, if you don't mind.

I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I am a physician, and I like to play with computers, so that my children do not intimidate me, and have come a long way from knowing nothing just a year ago and to be able to access. I wonder if you could help me. I have Internet Explorer and Netscape browser on my disc. I use only the netscape browser, which has been the default browser. However whenever I download something from netscape into my harddisk, the downloaded file attaches itself with microsoft explorer logo, and at times, when I open it the internet explorer launches. What can I do to stop this. Thank you for your help .

Hi Paul Thank's for your email. I work in MIS department of PT.Timah one of the big Tin Company in Bangka Island, Indonesia. Currently we have 8 Novell File Servers and already connected to the Internet via ISP (Least Line). We are using Cisco router to connect from Bangka Island to Jakarta Office. We have an HP9000 E-25 for gateway. Could you give me some information about "Fire Wall", can we use PC base for that ? Thank's

Like many, I too am a bit lost at the moment. I started out trying to find out if a program like trumpet existed for Win 95. I have recently upgraded from Win 3.1 top Win 95, and am not able run the dial up manager to access my service provider, ( actually its worse than the , the modem never even goes off hook, i.e. no dial tone, do dial). I finally found that if I enabled the "record a log file" option in 'System Properties. Modem.connection.advanced' (short hand), I was then able to get my modem to dial and get on the Net . Thoughts?

Trumpet Winsock is available for Windows 95. Another program you may want to look at is RAS+95. Take a look at the critical winsock section of Forrest's site at http://www.stroud.com and the reviews here in the apps conference of these programs. You've come to the right place!

Hi gang, I am new to computers and the Internet and am having a ball (but not much sleep) since I got it. I found a program called ICQ at www.mirabilis.com that has let me chat and conference people all over the world. I came accross Spring by accident and look forward to many interesting conversations and exchanges of ideas and information, and also to making new friends. I work as a supervisor in the plastic extrusion industry, play banjo in a Dixie/New Orleans Jazz Band, hack my way around golf courses, uphold Masonic and Elk principles and hate to miss out on good times and fun (Hope I passed the Audition :] )

You passed with flying colors. Hope you join us in our topics on golf and music. I use ICQ to keep in touch with my work associates here at the Spring and my sister. It's very useful! The only drawback is that it's dependent on their server, but they seem to keep their server up pretty reliably.

Hello.I am new to the internet and also trying to hook up to my university computers. I had been told by a fellow student to try connecting using a telnet file however it caused a fault with my service provider. I am running netscape with a shiva dialler.Is there a problem with my software not being compatable with telnet and winsock application? I got onto this chatline because the provider listed you when I was looking up their information on telnet. Thanks for your help.

Try another telnet application is the one you're using doesn't work. Download one of the telnet apps on Forrest's site: http://www.stroud.com or in our own apps conference.

I'm a counselor and Internet trainer in New England, and would qualify as a Netaholic given all the time I spend online. Forums and mailing lists particularly occupy my attention, as does designing my site, which is a resource site for Windows 95 and the Internet, focusing on the top searching resources - Windweaver http://www.windweaver.com Recently, I've discovered that much of what I search for is not on the Web at all, but in databases or ftp sites not indexed by search engines, so I'm turning my attention to the old Internet. Recently, I wrote an in-depth step-by-step tip on how to Telnet and on Telnet resources online. See my Windows 95 tips of the Week at http://www.windweaver.com/w95tips.htm

Which other forums do you frequent?

I believe I havent really introce myself, sort like jumping the gun... my name is Azman ,just call me Man age 31, male, working as an assistant engineer to Independant Power Producer in Malaysia... Studied in U.K. marine engineering..... Still new to this internet and computer stuffs. Cheerio

Welcome!

Hello, my name is Asif and I surf the net for varied reasons (none being non-family ;-) ). I was just looking for information on inet phones and found this site while in Forrest's website. I just read the eval. on net2phone and was surprised to find the calling rate by min. to U.K., which is .18c per min. I am paying .12c per min. via my long distance carrier. Anyone has any ideas a cheaper (read: almost free) calling overseas via inet? Tnx, Asif

Use NetMeeting. As far as phone to net, I'm researching this topic now. No answers yet though.

Hi, I'm new here, and a bit lost. I'm trying to figure out how the software works here on the Spring, and it's not going so well. I'm used to the WELL, which seems to have a much more intuitive default setup. How do I get the screen to stop scrolling after 24 lines? How can setup PICO as my default editor? Paul invited me onto the Spring to participate in the discussions, but I can't do that until I figure out how this system works. Art

hi art, welcome to the spring! i had all of the same questions you did as well as i am also a telnet user, and the setup here seems to be, well, not working too well. you need to have a file in your home directory called .cfrc, as well as some entries in your .profile file. if you like i can email you my files so you can see what goes into them, otherwise hopefully someone More Knowledgeable will be along. for whatever strange reason, the menus on the telnet interface do not work. i will enter a choice, say "66", and the menu will just come back the same, or i will go to some other menu i did not ask for.

One way to do the scrolling bit is to do read | more at the prompt. This will cause it to pause at every screen. You're right those menus are "under construction" and they have a ways to go. Since we're a volunteer organization, and underfunded, they'll get done when someone with UNIX and scripting knowledge with one more vital asset called *time* can fix them. But in the meantime, I am *very* glad you're joining us Art and I think you find bountiful help from the folks here who have already jumped through those hoops. And the first sign on is always the most daunting because there is so much to catch up on. The r | more command is calling "piping" and it's a standard UNIX thing. The vertical bar is called a pipe. I hope this helps and more help is available.

terry, i did not know you needed someone to work on the menus. i'd love to do that!

Yeah, thanks. I understand UNIX just fine, I just wasn't aware of how my shell needed to be setup for the conferencing software to work. On most systems, the conferencing software has it's own independent settings. Thanks again.

Thanks Art, it's an issue that our conferening software should address. But our web population is much, much bigger than our telnet group, so naturally, the web is where most of our development has been.

I would like to invite all visitors of this conference to the International Conflicts conference here on the Spring: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/browse/InternationalConflicts/all This new conference is dedicated to the disputes between groups all over the world, be that social, cultural, political or ethnical differences.

Hi I'm Maggie. I came here via the phinished conference which moved ina short while ago, and I'm getting to know various conferences. I'm an avid surfer, well as much as the telephone charging system in the UK will allow me to (we pay per second!). I usually surf for academic material and keep trying various surf engines to see which I find most productive. Nice to meet you all.

Nice to meet you! Which are your favorite surf engines?

I use dogpile.com a lot. It's a multiengine one and usually turns up some good stuff for my research.

I've heard good stuff about it, remind me about your research, or elaborate on it, please?

I'm looking at the use of local languages (as opposed to immersing the kids straight away in French or English) in the school system in sub-Saharan Africa ( for a PhD in education). At the moment I'm writing the thesis chapters on multilingualism in the world, and linguistic diversity in Africa. By surfing I've even been able to download government language policy documents - materials I could not have started to try and get the long way round.

How do you feel about the policies you've downloaded, so far?

Hmh, I heard that children raised multilingually do not rank as high in IQ tests as monolingual kids. While that also says a lot about IQ tests... perhaps it makes sense to teach certain basics in motherlanguage first. E.g. in Southern Tyrolia after WWI, when it was taken over by Italy, German was banned in school. This resulted in a whole generation being less prficient in basic maths, reading and writing. Most were illiterates. There was an underground-school movement, and the teachers that got caught - young men and women, and many priests - were banished from their homes to South Italy.

1. policies i've downloaded. this is official govt material I would have had gteat difficulty finding through other channels. I didn't know South Africa, for example, had an offical language policy. Now I have the policy document. At the moment I'm just documenting these, not critiquing, that will come later. 2. Interesting points Alexander, especially the post WW1 bit. I think the tests you mention have mainly been in the States, and are used at the moment to substantiate the shift away from providing mother tongue education for hispanic students. (i.e. make them monolingual by disallowing the mother tongue). I may be wrong on that as I'm seeing it from this side of the pond! it has been said that some developmental skills take longer in bilingual children, but they seem to catch up pretty quickly. However, what I've observed so far in the classes I'm following is that the kids in the mother tongue classes are shooting ahead of the the children in the French only classes. By year three the difference is remarkable. The kids will move into the regular French system at year 7. I find the internet a valuable resource form finding material. Most of the sites I'm using are well-attested and the material is sound. Dredging by surfing provides other links, but they have then to be judged carefully as to where the material is coming from, the ethos, political bias etc. Phone charges are really inhibiting here. I have a free ISP which does OK, but at times I'm not using the net as much as I could because of the ���s.

On the underground schools in S�dtirol something must be available; I read a book on that (in German) in the mid-80ies, the publisher could have been in Bozen or Meran.

That's in Italy, of course, and the book was brand new then.

Haven't looked in here for a while. Terry .. couldn't find 'browsers' here (apart from IE)...I'm amazed I thought my ISP was playing up and awful slow ... but I recently downloaded the new 'free' version of Opera (5.1) with java ...and it fair whizzes along... and uses multiple windows. I am really impressed. Doesn't seem to crash so often either and uses up a lot less memory (whichis as well on this old machine). Hotmail doesn't like it ...well, microsoft really, cos hotmail works fine .. just that they keep sending a message saying it wont work. Some sites don't like it either ...had trouble with the travelodge site which uses frames and says my browser doesn't support it .. its the only one I've really had probs with ...Didn't like the email that came with it. Oh yes, and my yahoo companion bar doesn't work with it either. It doesn't have a 'links' feature, but I found that by making a most used folder and keeping that open in the 'hotlist' box that works almost as well. the contacts feature is a bit limited in comparison with Yahoos addr ss list but bearable. In all a big improvement ... the speed makes up for a lot and the multiple windows are great.

Helo,I don't know what i'm doing now. However i love internet

What do you like about the net, Jeff?

Jeff, you have come to the right place. This site has interests for just about everyone. Aloha!

Indeed.