Internet starter kit for Macintosh disk.

739 Pages·1995·152.439 MB·English

by  Engst, Adam C.

QuickSt art!
Figure out how to
~Chapterll
choose an Internet
access provider.
Pick an Internet
access provider.
Appendix A
Install and configure
the software using
the !SKM disk.
Chapter 16
Follow step-by-step
instructions to connect,
send email, browse the
Chapter 29
Web, and more!
If you're the sort who absolutely hates reading instructions on how to do
anything and would prefer to experiment on your own, this QuickStart is for
you. You'll be better off following the book as it is organized, but I recognize that
some of you are impatient. After you've played on the net and you want to
figure out what you are really doing, come back and read the rest of the book.
Just a warning though: If you rely only on this QuickStnrt, you may have more
trouble in the long (and short) run, so don't say [didn't warn you!
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for
Macintosh
3rd Edition
I n t e r n e t
S t a r t e r
Kit for
M a c i n t o s h
3rd Edition
Adam C. Engst
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Hayden
Books
Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh, 3rd Edition
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To Our Readers
Dear Friend,
Thank you on behalf of everyone at Hayden Books for choosing Internet Starter
Kit for Mncintos/1 to enable you to explore the Internet. The Internet is the fastest
growing, and most exciting, aspect of our modern society. Without the right
guide, participating on the Internet can be difficult. We have carefully crafted
this book and disk to enable you to both learn about the Internet and actually
get on it. We wish you the best in your explorations and hopefully, we'll meet
you there soon!
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- /?_:.!
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Dedication
To my lovely and talented wife, Tanya, without whose patience and writing
skills I would certainly have gone stark raving mad long ago.
About the Author
Adam C. Engst
Adam C. Engst is the editor and publisher of TidBITS, a free electronic newslet
ter distributed weekly on the worldwide computer networks to over 150,000
readers. After graduating from Cornell University with a double-major in
Hypertextual Fiction and Classics, he worked as an independent consultant in
Ithaca, New York, where he started TidBITS in April of 1990. He now lives in
Western Washington with his wife, Tanya, and cats, Tasha and Cubbins, but
seems to spend most of his time corresponding via electronic mail with friends
and associates around the globe.
After writing the first edition of Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh (released in
September of 1993), he was somehow rooked into coauthoring Internet Explorer
Kit for Macintosh with Bill Dickson, and the first edition of Internet Starter Kit for
Windows with Cory Low and Mike Simon. These titles were published in April
of 1994, and the second edition of Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh came out in
August of 1994. In March of 1995, the second edition of Internet Starter Kit for
Windows was published, again in collaboration with Cory and Mike.
Like anyone who attempts to condense the immensity of the Internet into a
single book, he is certifiably crazy. His favorite quote (which reportedly comes
from Alan Kay, an Apple Fellow and Xerox P ARC alumnus) is: "The best way to
predict the future is to invent it."
Acknowledgments
Thanks
Many people have helped me throughout the writing of this edition, and with
previous editions of the book. I especially want to thank my wife Tanya, who
not only helped out but put up with me during the final few weeks of each
edition, which is not a task for the faint of heart. I must also thank my editor,
Brad Miser of Hayden Books, who went out of his way to help make the book a
success.
Thanks as well to my mother, who now runs her own Web server on a Power
Mac 8100/80, and my father, who has become quite the late night Internet
denizen. I'd also like to thank all the readers of TidBITS because they have kept
me going these last five years. Finally, thanks to the many readers and support
ers of the previous editions of Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh. Word of mouth
goes a long way, and the book wouldn't have lasted nearly this long without
such support from ~o many individuals in the Internet community.
If I've forgotten anyone, my sincere apologies. Please accept my absent-minded
thanks.
Surrogate Editors
Thanks are due to the many people who helped edit portions of this and previ
ous editions of the book and those who either provided me with information or
helped test the ISKM Installer. I wish only that I had room to give everyone the
full credit they deserve.
Alan Oppenheimer, Alwin Li, Amanda Walker, Amir Rosenblatt, Andrew
Green, Barbara Maxwell, Bill Cockayne, Bill Dickson, Bill Gram-Reefer, Bill Lipa,
Brian Hall, Brian Lichorowic, Cary Lu, Chad Magendanz, Chuck Shotton, Chuq
Von Rospach, Cory Low, Dave Winer, David Thompson, Draper Kauffman,
Drummond Reed, Erik Speckman, Franklin Davis, Geoff Duncan, Glenn
Fleishman, Gordon Watts, Guy Kawasaki, Guy Stevens, Harry Morris, Herb
Effron, Ian Brown, Igor Livshits, James Skee, Jeff Needleman, Jeff Steele, Jim
Matthews, Jim O'Dell, John Baxter, John Hardin, John Mah, John Norstad, John
Werner, Jonathan Lundell, Jud Spencer, Katie Hudson, Kee Nethery, Ken
Landau, Ken Stuart, Larry Blunk, Laurent Humbert, Len MacDonell, Leonard
Rosenthal, Mark H. Anbinder, Mark McCahill and the Gopher Team, Mark