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Computing Toolbox
A weekly column dedicated to computing at Texas A&M
In early 1992, a new creature
began burrowing its way
around Texas A&M. This
friendly critter, called Gopher,
helps you browse many of the
resources on the local campus
network or on the worldwide
Internet. Texas A&M’s
Gopher provides easy access
to endless amounts of
information. You can use
Gopher to do such things as:
• Find out what University events are happening on any
given day.
• Look up faculty, student or staff phone numbers,
electronic mail addresses and office locations.
• View current and archived issues of campus newsletters
such as the Fortnightly, System News, Computing News.
• Access NOTIS, FirstSearch, TEXSearch and the Evans
Library Archives.
• Check out current campus employment opportunities and
job descriptions.
• Read up on computer resource information.
• See what the local and national weather forecasts and
current conditions are.
Because Gopher is a tool used on the Internet at thousands
of other locations, the amount of information available is
unbelievable. Besides information pertaining to a particular
geographical area, Gopher servers also specialize in medi
cine, science, commerce, government, entertainment and
other special interests. Gopher servers deliver text, index
searches, still images, audio, public domain software all
over the world.
With Gopher, you can:
• Learn what earthquakes took place yesterday.
• Read today’s student newspaper from a school 2,000 miles
away.
• Pick up a quote from Paradise Lost for a term paper.
• Read city council meeting minutes from Wellington, New
Zealand.
• Listen to the final U.S. Presidential Debate of 1992.
• Read about the Human Genome Project.
• Learn about federal grants.
• Download public domain software.
These examples are a tiny sampling of the information
Gopher can deliver. The fantastic thing about Gopher is that
you don’t need to be a computer geek to use it. Gopher is easy
to access and easy to use. Ifyou have a VM, Open VMS/VAX
or UNIX account, after logging on type Gopher to access
Gopher’s main menu. If you're a student, and you don’t have
an account, use ACCESS to create one. (Call 845-4217 for
information.)
If you don't have an account, you can access Gopher from
the computers in most of the microcomputer labs on campus.
If you have a computer that is connected to the campus
network via Ethernet, you can install the Gopher software on
your machine.
Once you've accessed Gopher, a list of menu options ap
pears. You can choose menu items until you come across the
appropriate information, or you can use VERONICA (the
Gopher search engine) to do a local or world wide search for
any word or combination of words.
If you have questions about using Gopher, or if you, your
department, or your organization would like to make informa
tion available on Gopher, send e- mail to gopher@tamu.edu
or call Sam Fleitman at 845-6903 or Dawn Lee at 847-9368.
Ask the ComDutinq Wizard
How do I move around in
Gopherspace?
A) Each client
is a little differ
ent, but gener
ally, the arrow
keys and re
turn key will
allow you to
choose various
menu items.
Q) What can I do if I stumble across a document that I
want to read later?
A) You can either save the document to your hard drive
or your account and then print the document if you would
like. Or, select a bookmark at that location in Gopherspace.
Then, whenever you would 1 iks to go back to that document,
you can choose that item from your bookmark list and go
directly to that menu item. For more information on
bookmarks, choose ‘About Gopher’ from the root Gopher
Q) Is there a list of what information if available through
Gopher?
A) No! The amount of information is virtually endless.
New documents, images, etc., are made available on a daily
basis. Trying to compile such a list would be like trying to
summarize an encyclopedia set.
Upcoming Events
The following free short courses will be presented in the
upcoming weeks:
Introduction to Processing on the Cray (Pt. one)
April 4, 3:00p.m. - 5:00p.m., 039 Wisenbaker
Introduction to Processing on the Cray (Pt. two)
April 6, 3:00p.m. - 5:00p.m., 039 Wisenbaker
Open VMS/Vax New User Orientation
April 7, 6:00p.m. - 7:00p.m., 223A Zachary
Open VMS/Vax Operating System
April 7, 7:00p.m. - 8:00p.m., 223A Zachery
The Multimedia of CIS also offers the following classes
for a small fee. Call the Multimedia at 845-9999 to
make reservations for these classes:
Microsoft PowerPoint (Apple)
April 18, 2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m., 002 Teague, $15
Aldus Persuasion (Apple)
April 19, 2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m., 002 Teague, $15
MacroMedia Director (Apple)
April 20, 1:00p.m. - 4:30p.m., 002 Teague, $25
Microsoft Powerpoint (IBM)
April 21, 2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m., 218 Teague, $15
Aldus Persuasion (IBM)
April 22, 2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m., 218 Teague, $15
Please send comments, suggestions, and questions for
the Computing Wizard to SUGGEST@TAMU.EDU or
call 845-9325.
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