SunSITE Singapore Information

SunSITE (Sun Information and Technology Exchange) is a Sun Microsystems sponsored program at key universities around the world. SunSITE Singapore is a project managed by the Computer Centre, National University of Singapore and Sun Microsystems Inc. The primary aim of this project is:

• To provide an easy access to public domain software on the internet.
• To act as a repository for Sun, government and regional information.
• To promote development and research of new internet tools.
• To archive materials of general interest.

The SunSITE Singapore web pages makes use of some HTML+ and HTML 3.0 features which may not be supported by all web browsers. We try to make our pages readable on all web browsers, but to fully appreciate the enhanced presentation layout, you may wish to use these web browsers:

• Netscape - for most Unix platforms and Microsoft Windows based PCs
• WebExplorer - for OS/2, download the file here

What's On SunSITE Singapore

1. South-East Asian Focus
   • Interactive map of South-East Asia giving information about the many countries in South-East Asia.
2. Information Providers
   • Singapore Press Holdings offers a newslink service on the web. You can use this service to search for articles in all major English language newspapers in Singapore. This is currently still a demonstration system and is limited to a small smaple of the newslink database.
   • InfoAccess and Distribution, a CD-ROM publisher, offers an interactive on-line catalogue from which you can request more information regarding their CD-ROM titles.
   • IEEE Singapore has on-line electronic versions of their conference proceedings. General information about IEEE can also be found here.
   • Memex Research Pte Ltd focuses on nanotechnology. You can find a list of nanotechnology information links here.
   • John Wiley & Sons has placed their entire journals catalogue on-line. You can find descriptions of the journals, the editors, subscription information, etc.
   • Port of Singapore Authority has placed information about their courses. Information about Singapore's excellent port is also available here.
   • Asian Mass Communications Research & Information Centre is a major resource for communicators in the Asia Pacific region. You can find out more about their activities here.
   • Other information available in this section include books, manuals and magazines. These include the classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, internet books like Zen and the Art of the Internet, etc. We hope to develop this into a great on-line e-text library.
3. Software & Information Archives
   • SunInfo Electronic Archives contain software patches, programming information, article archives, etc.
   • Sun FlashBack Electronic Journals include the SunFlash, Sun FlashBack and Internet Sun FlashBack journals in electronic form. These journals are primarily of interest to Sun users and managers, but other users may find some articles useful too.
   • Public Domain Archives at the National University of Singapore includes mirrors of a great variety of major FTP sites all over the world. There are some 25 gigabytes worth of archives on this system.
   • Multimedia Archives contain a selection of links to major repositories of sound, picture and animation files around the world. Other multimedia information links are also available from here.
4. Others
   • The famous Le WebLouvre virtual on-line art museum lets you browse through paintings and music. A mini tour of Paris is also included here.
   • Internet Web Directory is a modest attempt at SunSITE Singapore to compile useful links to other resources on the internet. These links are annotated and link acesses are counted (statistics will be available soon). Other directory items include links to major web search tools and:
     • A local mirror of ALIWEB
     • WWW Homepages Query Interface using the Harvest software
     • Singapore White Pages