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    * HELP: CONNECTING TO SAILOR
    
     * Dial-up connection to the Sailor Network
     * Direct connection from a TCP/IP network
       
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  DIAL-UP CONNECTION TO THE SAILOR NETWORK
  
          
          Users of a Sailor dial up connection can access Internet-based
          services starting from the Sailor home page using the guest
          account on the Sailor server. From the user perspective there
          are four steps to making a connection to the Sailor Web site.
          
          Equipment requirements:
          
          + Computer
          + Modem
          + Telephone line
          + Communications software
          + Sailor Network Dial Access Numbers
            
    DIALING IN TO SAILOR
    
    1. DIAL IN: The first step in connecting to the Internet via Sailor
       Dial Up is to establish a telephone link between your modem and a
       Sailor modem. For this to work correctly, you need to set your
       communications software to the correct settings and a Sailor
       Network Dial Access Number. When such a connection is established,
       your personal computer takes on the characteristics of a vt100
       terminal. This means the commands sent by pressing keys on your
       keyboard will be understood by the Sailor Web server and computers
       on the Internet, and the screens of information transmitted from
       the Internet to your personal computer will be displayed correctly
       on your monitor.
    2. MENU SELECTION: When your vt100 dial up connection is established
       a menu of choices will be displayed on your monitor screen. Sailor
       will be one of those choices on that menu. Where available, the
       online Public Access Catalog for the local Public Library will be
       another choice. Just type the number of your selection and press
       your "Enter" key.

        ***Sailor (R): Maryland's Online Public Information Network ***

                      1. Sailor - Login:guest
                      2. Local library online catalog
                      3. Other online resource

                         Enter Selection (1-3,q)
    3. LOGIN: When you choose Sailor from the menu, a telnet connection
       to the Sailor Web Site (sailor.lib.md.us) is established for you
       and a prompt to login as guest is displayed. The word guest must
       be entered as lower case letters.
        UNIX(r) System V Release 4.0 (sailor)

        Login as "guest"
        login:
   After you login as guest press your "Enter" key. Next, you will be
       prompted to confirm your terminal emulation as vt100. Press
       "Enter" again. At this point one or more brief messages may be
       displayed, followed by a prompt to 'Hit Enter to continue.'
    4. LYNX: Pressing "Enter" at the 'Hit Enter to continue.' prompt is
       the last step in opening a telnet session to the Sailor computer
       using the guest account. At this point the system automatically
       starts a program called Lynx for you. Lynx is the text-based World
       Wide Web browser developed at the University of Kansas. Sailor is
       the default home page.
       As a guest user on sailor.lib.md.us, the only software application
       available to you is Lynx. Therefore you will not ever see a
       command line prompt when you login, and when you quit Lynx, your
       guest login telnet to sailor.lib.md.us will be disconnected.
       
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  DIRECT CONNECTION
  
   
   By direct connection to resources on the Sailor Network and the
   Internet, we mean a TCP/IP connection from the enduser's computer. The
   most common ways to establish a TCP/IP connection between a personal
   computer and the Internet are:
     * LAN connection from your library, school, college or office
     * PPP connection via an Internet Service Provider
     * Residential ISDN connection via an Internet Service Provider
       
   There are two modes of access to the Sailor Web site and the Internet
   from a direct TCP/IP network connection.
     * Character-based interface mode using a local Telnet application or
       using a local Lynx browser
     * Graphical User Interface mode using a graphic web browser such as
       Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.
       
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