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"The Internet for Macs for Dummies Quick Reference", Charles Seiter, 1994, 1-
56884-967-2, U$9.99/C$12.99/UK#8.99
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%D   1994
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%S   ... for Dummies
%T   "The Internet for Macs for Dummies Quick Reference"
 
Yes, I suppose that this would be a quick reference to some things--but not
necessarily a frequent reference.  On the other hand, it would be a good "quick
start".
 
Seiter provides solid, basic introductory information for using the normal
Internet applications:  email, Usenet news, ftp and archie, Gopher and World
Wide Web.  There are some exceptions.  Usenet news is not normally accessible
via email (I think he confused news with mailing lists) and the value range for
an octet (byte) is zero to 255.  The material, however, contains a lot of
material on different interfaces for the various tools.  The standard UNIX
command-line examples are presented and then compared with different Mac client
software.  This would be quite helpful for those just getting online, but less
useful after even a few months of experience.  One chapter also reviews
Internet access via the major commercial online systems.  The appendices
contain listings of newsgroups, ftp archives and WWW sites that would make for
interesting browsing.
 
The organization of the content is not very helpful in terms of following or
finding a specific topic.  Two (almost identical) sections in chapter four
promise details on how to use ftp by email, but the specifics are buried in a
section on CompuServe in chapter seven.  (And then, the information given is
wrong.)
 
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