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October 24, 1994

an irregular gathering of web stuff by...
/ Alan Levine / Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction /

MCLI WWW Server

We have recieved our 486 box for our Web server and hope to transfer our files to the new host within a week. From initial tests, the server will be very zippy on performance and will hang less frequently than the Mac SE/30. We recently broke up the MCLI home page into separate pages so that the first page (~1k) is very fast to download. With our new machine we will be able to have a graphical map as a navigational guide.

NetScape- yet another application for the WWW

The latest tool for traveling the Web is called Mosaic NetScape, from Mosaic Communications Software. The released version (beta 0.9) is free to the public and I've experimented with both the Mac and WIndows versions.

The most impressive thing about NetScape is the speed. It is noticably faster than NCSA Mosaic, even when displaying the in-line graphics. It seems to load the text before graphics, so that you can begin reading while it completes downloading any inline images. Furthermore, it seems much less prone to crashing if interrupted while downloading.

Setting up the program is a snape if you are already using another WWW browser. The Mac version required no extra steps to configure. The only change I had to do in the Windows version is to change the directory path because I placed it somewhere other than my C: drive.

I could ramble on but it would be better if you try yourself. NetScape is available on the MCLI Public File server (AppleTalk zone: DIST MCLI; Server: MCLI SERVER 2; item: MCLI Public) in the directories: 

Into the Internet
	1- Internet with the Mac
		World Wide Web
			Mosaic NetScape
				mosaic-netscape-B09.sea

Into the Internet
	1- Internet with the IBM
		World Wide Web
			Mosaic NetScape
				nscape.09.zip
The program may also be obtained by anonymous ftp to: 
ftp.mcom.com

Sites of Intrigue

WWW News
Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (MCLI)
Maricopa County Community College District

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