Recently the mass media has discovered the Internet. News reports about the Internet, both broadcast and print, are becoming more popular. More and more books are being written about exploring the Internet. Your local library should have at least a few.
Since my introduction to the Internet some 5 years ago, I’ve kept on eye out for Sinclair persons and resources on the Internet. Now seems the time to put them down and distribute them.
If you are not familiar with any of the terms below, instead of my trying to explain them, I suggest you find a good book on the Internet at your local library and look up the terms in it. The explanations in those books are far better than mine.
EZINE
An ezine in an electronic magazine or newsletter.
QL Hacker's Journal This ezine is put out in both electronic copy and in hard copy. The QHJ focuses on QL programming and comes out about 4 to 6 times a year. See below for archive sites.
MAILING LISTS
Spectrum & T/S 2068 Mailing List Mauricio Tavares ([e-mail address omitted]) This mailing lists focuses primarily on the Spectrum and it's emulators. Other Sinclair computers may be dicussed. QL Mailing List Guiseppe Zanetti ([e-mail address omitted]) This mailing list is for QLer's only. QL Hacker's Journal Mailing List Tim Swenson ([e-mail address omitted]) This mailing list is for readers of the QHJ. It is similar to the QL mailing list. Z88 Mailing List Tim Swenson ([e-mail address omitted]) This mailing list is in the process of being created. Tim is now just collecting addresses of Z88 users on the Internet.
NEWSGROUPS
On USENET, there is one primary newsgroup for all Sinclair computers. It is comp.sys.sinclair. This group has only just recently been created. Before that other newsgroups where used. The most commonly used groups were: comp.sys.misc, comp.sys.68k, comp.sys.68k.pc.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)
A FAQ is created to help newcommers to a particluar newsgroup or area. It is a collection of basic questions that most new users ask.
Spectrum ftp.nvg.unit.no:/pub/sinclair/docs/specfaq QL maya.dei.unipd.it:/pub/sinclair_QL/faq
FTP SITES
These archive sites are constantly changing. If you’ve looked on them and found nothing of interest, try again in a few months, more interesting stuff have be uploaded. (FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and allows transfering of files)
General Sinclair files
wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4)
/systems/sinclair
Has files for Spectrum, QL, and Z88.
/pub/msdos/emulators
ZX81, TS1000, and Spectrum Emulators.
Spectrum Files
ftp.nvg.unit.no (129.241.163.231)
/pub/spectrum
/pub/sam-coupe
ftp.sun.ac.za (146.232.213.2)
pub/msdos/zx
Spectrum Emulators
irz.inf.tu-dresden.de (141.76.1.11)
/pub/zxspectrum
ftp.dcc.uchile.cl (146.83.4.40)
/pub/Sinclair
ftp.ijs.si (193.2.4.252)
/pub/zx
QL Files
garbo.uwasa.fi (128.214.87.1)
/pub/QL
This site only allows ASCII files, no executables.
Main Archive site the for QL Hacker's Journal.
maya.dei.unipd.it
/pub/pub/sinclair_QL
This sites allows binary's. Most are compressed with zoo.
Also carries the QL Hacker's Journal.
ftp.nvg.unit.no (129.241.163.231)
/pub/Sinclair/QL
Z88 Files
sun.soe.clarkson.edu (128.183.12.3)
/pub/z88
The most common Z88 PD stuff is here.
csd4.csd.uwm.edu (129.89.7.4)
/pub/Portables
ftp.nvg.unit.no (129.241.163.231)
/pub/Sinclair/Z88
GOPHER SITES
Gopher is a BBS like interface, but it links more that one site. A menu item on a menu may take you to another host on the net. Gopher is comprised of two parts, a server and a client. You use a gopher client to link to a gopher server.
gopher.nvg.unit.no (129.241.163.231) QL Hacker's Journal Spectrum Frequently-Asked-Questions (FAQ)
WORLD-WIDE WEB SERVERS
World-Wide Web is like gopher in how it feels, but WWW can handle more than text and uses a hypertext interface. Hypertext means that instead of using a menu system, words in the text are like menu items and may be clicked on with a mouse to get to other areas. The most popular WWW viewer is called MOSAIC.
Spectrum http://www.nvg.unit.no/Sinclair/Spectrum http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/fms/comp http://sable.ox.ac.uk/~tr95006/sinclair.html http://http2.brunel.ac.uk:8080/~hcsrsml/comps.html ZX81 http://www.maths.nott.ac.uk/personal/cpg/zx81
Yes, a World-Wide Web home page for the ZX81. It has pointers to a number of ZX81 emulators.
MAIL TO COMMERCIAL PROVIDERS
CompuServe
To CompuServe: user = 7777,777
7777.777@compuserve.com
To Internet: user@host.org.domain
>internet: user@host.org.domain
GEnie
To GEnie: user = j.public10
j.public10@genie.geis.com
More and more commecial service providers are creating gateways to the Internet. One commercial provider, Delphi is specifically an Internet service provider. It is bound to be one of the biggest commercial providers that focuses on the Internet. To know if your commercial provider has an Internet gateway, just ask them.