Internet documentation
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This directory contains various documents retrieved from the POSC anonymous 
FTP server on 1 July 94 (copied to here from ftp.xopen.co.uk -AJ).

These are :

361840   Jul  1 10:58 bigdummy.txt
61740    Jul  1 10:58 hitch.guide
1354164  Jul  1 10:58 nusirg.ps
1452465  Jul  1 10:59 nusirg2.ps (as above, 2 pages/printed A4 page)
492528   Jul  1 10:59 zen-1.0.PS
528387   Jul  1 10:59 zen2.ps (as above, 2 pages/printed A4 page)

They are, respectively, 

The Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet (113 pages, ascii)
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" The genesis of the Big Dummy's Guide was a few informal conversations,
which included Mitch Kapor of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and
Steve Cisler of Apple Computer, Inc. in June of 1991.  With the support of
Apple Computer, EFF hired a writer (Adam Gaffin) and actually took on the
project in September of 1991.
 
The idea was to write a guide to the Internet for folks who had little or
no experience with network communications."

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet (24 pages, ascii)
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"This RFC is being distributed to members of the Internet community in
order to make available some "hints" which will allow new network
participants to understand how the direction of the Internet is set,
how to acquire online information and how to be a good Internet
neighbor."

NorthWestNet User Services Internet Resource Guide (NUSIRG) 
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This is a comprehensive (270+ pages !! PostScript) guide to the Internet, 
FTP, mail, TELNET, Archie, USENET, LISTSERV, WAIS etc, etc, etc.

Zen and the Art of the Internet (96 pages, PostScript)
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This much simpler introduction covers network basics, email, mailing lists, 
FTP, archie, Usenet.