The Desktop Internet Reference was my first piece of Internet "software." Before the World-Wide-Web was around, there were only telnet and ftp sites, and it was really hard to find anything. So, I collected all the documents I could find that indexed the contents of the Internet, edited and hypertext-linked them into a 1600 page windows help file that somehow fit on a single floppy. It was great back then, but things like Yahoo and Lycos have made that sort of thing obsolete. Now that the Web has become the focus of the Internet, much of what is documented in it is "passé" (i.e. ftp and telnet sites) but still very useful. This review of the Desktop Internet Reference appears on several web sites (I'm not sure who originally wrote it) : = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = What is The Desktop Internet Reference? This giant helpfile is an excellent way to learn about the Internet. This reference, compiled by John Buckman, is based on Peter Scott's Hytelnet, an excellent DOS and UNIX reference to the Internet. Other documents included are: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet NSF's Internet Resource Guide, Zen and the Art of the Internet, Introduction to the Internet: A Reading List, Putting your home PC on the Internet, the Public Dialup Internet Access List, The Totally Unofficial List of Internet Muds, High Weirdness on the Internet, ARCHIE user commands, Individual access to the Internet and a List of all known anonymous FTP sites. Each of these documents is included here in its entirety, with all original copyrights retained. Topics covered in this 18,000+ page resource include: What is the Internet? How does it work? How can I get connected to the Internet? What resources are available? How can I find things? How do I use these resources? Where can I find more about these topics? = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =