According to Steven (Alan writing).

> > We are already using telnet for our "know" users.  However, we have
all of
> > the Internet (well maybe not all) beating down our door.  And most
"new
> > personal users" [less than 2 years] don't have a telnet client
included.

[snip]

> > /alan

> Alan,
> If you are using VTLS, I assume you are associated with either
> an educational institution or a public library.  If so, you can
> download Netscape Navigator free of charge from the Netscape
> site.  There is a little blurb somewhere in their copyright and
> licensing document giving the permission.  I think the only
> hitch is that they don't provide tech support for these
> unlicensed copies.

As I said above, this need is not for us.  We have telnet access in from
the Internet right now (catalog.fred.lib.md.us) thanks to Eric Schubert's
N(ot) Q(uite) Telnet.  We (MIS folks) are part of the local County
Government, so I don't think we have free access to Netscape right now.
We do have access and use Enhanced Mosaic that comes with WRQ's RNS
series.  Our problem is for John "not Internet Savvy" Public who has WWW
access and can be anyplace in the world.

Also, how would having Netscape help us with WWW access to VTLS?  Unless
you are talking about the next paragraph.

>
> If you are interested in developing a Telnet URL to the VTLS
> system and need a PC based Telnet client, there are a couple of
> options:  if you are running WRQ Reflections 1,2, or 4, there
> is an RCL available specifically designed for Windows based
> browsers.  We use it quite successfully.  One of our staff
> acquired it from WRQ (Web site, email, etc. - I don't know).
> It contains inline documentation that makes it simple to
> configure in the browser.

We are currently using this with Enhance Mosaic!

> There are also a few freeware clients available for download on
> the Web.  You can find these easy enough with a Yahoo search.

Again, I don't think John Public is patient enought to go through this
downloading of a client.  Of course I have one at home (not Reflection),
but you can call me Alan "computer nerd" Ambers.

>
> If you would like to experience telneting to a VTLS system,
> http to library.usask.ca/hytelnet/.  Select the option to

We do this now.  If you visit http://sailor.lib.md.us and click on
Libraries and then Public Libraries and then go down to Frederick County,
you can get to our catalog there.  *Oh heck with that*, we ARE on the
hytelnet page for VTLS, but I can't get to it since  I don't have RCL
script to connect to the browser.  I do have Reflections so I can telnet
directly in.....

[snip]
>
> BTW - Hytelnet is available for downloading and implementation
> at your own site.  This could be extremely beneficial for EDU
> sites that provide Internet access to researchers.
>
I'll pass this along to the library folks.
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Boy, if you were using VTLS over the WWW in http, you are so close for a
visit.


Steven, thanks for the information.  I am sending this back to the list
just in case some else is using VTLS library software on an HP3000 and WWW
(http) access with the VTLS WWW software (or any other method).


/alan
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