http://www.panix.com/panix/services.html (PC Press Internet CD, 03/1996)

- Features

Section Update: Sat Feb 25 08:37:01 EST 1995

Index

Menu System
Personal IP Connectivity
Email
Shell Accounts
Mail Readers
Editors
Newsreaders
Software Archive

Menu System

For users with no knowledge of Unix (and no desire to learn it), we have written a one-keystroke menu system with built-in help. It allows users to to perform many functions, such as using mail and various Internet services, without ever seeing Unix. It's not fancy, but it is easy. It also provides an optional learning mode that can help you learn Unix. It looks like this:


Type '?' for help.

M(ail)      U(sers)      A(ccount)      S(ystem Help)
N(ews)      Y(o)         C(onfigure)    D(ate)
F(iles)     R(eply)      P(hone)        L(ogout)
I(nternet)  ! shell      ? help         T(utorial on UNIX)

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Personal IP Connectivity

We also offer Personal IP connectivity via SLIP or PPP. This type of connection makes your computer itself a part of the internet for as long as your modem is connected to us. Without connecting to our computer, you can directly access the Internet using software like NetScape, Mosaic, Eudora, Fetch, PC-gopher, and so on. This software works on both Macs and PCs and we have pre-configured software available for both machines to help you avoid the setup hassle.

Software

Panix is a complete Internet site with all of the usual Internet software and plenty of not-so-usual Internet software. (See Communications with the Internet)

Email

Any site that can e-mail to anywhere on the Internet can mail to us. This includes Compuserve and MCI mail, America On Line, Bitnet sites, etc. No unusual addressing methods are required -- See the Inter-Network Mail Guide for information on how to send e-mail from one computer network to another.

Shell Accounts

More experienced users are provided with their choice of shell:

	sh 	Bourne Shell
	ksh 	Korn Shell
	tcsh	A variant of the C-shell
	bash	GNU Bourne Again Shell
	zsh	Z-Shell

Mail readers

We have mail readers such as elm, pine, mm, and regular Mail.

Editors

The vi, emacs, jove, pico, and joe editors are available.

Newsreaders

We provide recent versions of the rn, trn, nn, and tin newsreaders. We will support them all, and keep them current. We also have the GNUS newsreader, though we don't actively support it. If you have a SLIP or PPP connection, you can use any NNTP-based newsreader.

Software Archives

Panix has a local archive of popular and useful software and other files. We do not try to keep everything of interest- after all, you can reach hundreds of archives from Panix that do just that- but we keep the most frequently accessed files handy, as well as a variety of unix and telecom- related software.

We are constantly adding new software. See the upgrade section