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From: ART100@psuvm.psu.edu (Andy Tefft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: UseNet/Internet/FTPing, etc. (was:Re: From a fairly new FTP user.
Message-ID: <90305.104955ART100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 1 Nov 90 15:49:55 GMT
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Usenet, internet, bitnet, ftp, etc. are all quite independent
and may or may not coexist. For example, this machine is on the
internet (psuvm.psu.edu) and bitnet (psuvm). I can ftp. I get usenet
news but I don't use rn to read it (rn is just a program). I can
read this group as a netnews group, or I could subscribe to the
bitnet listserv at ndsuvm1, or I could subscribe to it via
apple.com if I so desired. We have an smtp mailer.

The vax where I used to work was not directly on Internet (although
there was a gateway). It was on a local net with some other computers
in the plant, and one could ftp to these other computers. However,
again, ftp is just a program. In order to use anonymous ftp
to sites on the internet, one would have to have a site on the internet.

Anyway it is possible, although not as common, to have different
combinations of these services available. For example, a bitnet site could
be a unix site running urep, and also be on the internet, but still
contain no mechanism for reading news.