
Arthur Geoffrion
The documents appearing here are from the early-1996 offering
of a class for IT-oriented MBAs and Ph.D.'s titled "Electronic Networking
for Professional Advantage." Many people have asked me for copies
of the materials, either for use in planning similar classes or for reference
and self-instruction. What appears here is fairly complete except
for overhead slides, detailed session transcripts of each access mechanism
in action, materials written by others, and numerous files placed in the
directory class/ag/ on AGSM's HP 9000. However, with the advent of
the Web, the rapid pace of software development, and the ubiquity of graphic
user interfaces nowadays, most of these documents are now obsolete or of
interest only to people who work in a Unix environment.
These documents are in the form of (PCL) print files
(.prt) that work with HP LaserJet (series 3 and higher) and compatible
printers. Reason: The masters are in Framework IV format, and do
not convert easily to the popular formats or HTML. You must download
the .prt files (ASCII mode is fine), and then send them to your compatible
printer via the operating system without passing them through any other
program or filter. In DOS, the command
type filename.prt > prn
will work, where filename.prt is one of these print
files. You cannot view print files with a Web browser, and I know
of no useful way to import them into any word processor. If you need
a particular document in plain ASCII or in .FW4 format, ask me and I may
oblige. All are one or two pages unless otherwise noted.
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announce.prt
Course Announcement for Mgt. 298D: "Electronic Networking for Professional
Advantage," Winter Quarter, 1995-96.
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syllabus.prt
Course Syllabus for Mgt. 298D: "Electronic Networking for Professional
Advantage," Winter Quarter, 1995-96. 8 pages.
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potadvan.prt
"Potential Advantages of the Net" (a checklist of 16 ways the Net can be
useful to professionals)
Some Basics
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macskill.prt
"Basic Computer Skills for Networkers," 6 pages (Mac version). 11 essential
computer skills needed by anyone who accesses the Internet via a Unix shell
account, such as an account on AGSM's HP9000.
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pcskills.prt
"Basic Computer Skills for Networkers," 6 pages (PC version). 11 essential
computer skills needed by anyone who accesses the Internet via a Unix shell
account, such as an account on AGSM's HP9000.
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learnunx.prt
"You Need to Learn Some Unix" (reasons why it's not enough to know only
GUI Internet clients)
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crosswal.prt
"Crosswalk Between Unix, DOS, and Mac Commands" (covers about 50 commands,
to facilitate migration from any one of these operating systems to the
others)
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unix.prt
"Unix Commands for Networkers," 11 pages. Brief description of the roughly
40 Unix commands that are most important for shell account users.
Quick Reference Sheets for Software
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address.prt
"Finding Addresses and Other Information (emphasis on finger, whois, gopher,
netfind, and the USENET address server)
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archie.prt
"Archie By Telnet" (a tool for finding anonymous FTP files)
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bbs.prt
"Bulletin Board Systems"
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commands.prt
"Unix Commands For Networkers" (1 line per command)
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compress.prt
"Uncompressing/Decoding/Unpacking Archives"
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dowjones.prt
"Dow Jones News/Retrieval" (a commercial on-line information service available
at AGSM and many other schools)
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fetch.prt
"Fetch 2.1.2 for FTP" (Mac)
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internew.prt
"Migrating from nn to InterNews 1.0.5" (Mac)
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lynx.prt
"Lynx for WWW" (Unix, text only)
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maillist.prt
"E-Mail Lists" (emphasis on how to use BITNET Revised LISTSERV Lists and
Internet "-request" Lists)
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ncsateln.prt
"NCSA Telnet 2.7b4" (Mac)
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netscape.prt
"Netscape 1.1N" (Mac)
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nexis.prt
"Nexis" (a commercial on-line information service available at AGSM and
many other schools)
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nn.prt
"NN USENET Newsreader" (Unix)
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turbogop.prt
"TurboGopher 2" (Mac)
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unix_ftp.prt
"Unix FTP"
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unixgoph.prt
"Unix Gopher"
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unixteln.prt
"Unix Telnet"
Exercises
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ex0.prt
"Exercise 0 on Basic Skills and Unix"
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ex1.prt
"Exercise 1 on Mailing Lists"
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ex2.prt
"Exercise 2 on USENET, FAQs and RFCs"
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ex3.prt
"Exercise 3 on Gopher and Veronica"
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ex4.prt
"Exercise 4 on Finding Addresses"
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ex5.prt
"Exercise 5 on World Wide Web"
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ex6.prt
"Exercise 6 on Telnet"
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ex7.prt
"Exercise 7 on FTP and Archie"
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ex8.prt
"Exercise 8 on Dow Jones News/Retrieval, Nexis, and ABI/Inform"
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ex9.prt
"Exercise 9 on BBS and On-Line Services"