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Connecting
to the Internet > Network Services Kit
What is
it?
The NSKit is a collection of software, which allows you to browse the
World Wide Web, access email, newsgroups and UNIX computers.
The CD-ROM
comes with an extensive booklet containing all the instructions you need
to install it on Windows 9X/2000/NT/XP and Macintosh personal computers.
The booklet also includes detailed instructions
on how to setup a telephone/modem connection using the ACCC Dialin lines.
Since downloading
programs like Netscape and Internet Explorer can take a long time, at
home, via a traditional modem/telephone connection, the CD-ROM makes it
convenient to install these programs quickly. The CD-ROM also includes
various UofI Online components.
Where
to get it?
The NSKit CD-ROM can be purchased by any UIC student, faculty or staff,
in person or by phone at:
- East Campus:
The Micro/Station in the back of the UIC BookStore on the first floor,
312-413-5540.
- West Campus:
Micro/Station in the back of the CIU BookStore, Room B7A, 312-996-7220.
- You can
contact the Micro/Station via email at: micros@uic.edu
The key components
of the NSKit can also be downloaded with a high-speed campus-like Internet
connection; for more information, visit:
www.accc.uic.edu/software/nskit
What's
in it?
Here is a list of what you typically find in the NSKit:
- Acrobat
Reader
The Adobe Acrobat Reader is a program needed to view or print Acrobat
PDF files. PDF files are portable cross-platform documents that are
commonly found on many Websites and other distribution channels.
- Eudora
Pro Email
Eudora is an easy-to-use feature-rich program to process your electronic
mail on a Windows PC or Macintosh computer.
- Host
Explorer
Host Explorer is a telnet text-based program needed to login to UNIX
computers connected to the Internet.
- Netscape
Communicator
Netscape is the Web browser of choice at UIC. The NSKit version of Netscape
comes bundled to view Acrobat PDF files, Flash Player, RealVideo and
QuickTime movies, and listen to RealAudio sound files.
- RealPlayer
The RealPlayer is a small program that can be used with a Web browser
or on its own to play streaming video, audio, Flash animation, SMIL
presentation, and MP3 files over the Internet.
- University
Phonebook
This is a small program that, once connected to the Internet, it lets
you search the UIC Online Phonebook for any UIC student, faculty or
staff.
- WS
FTP
FTP is used to transfer files between computers connected to the Internet.
Files can be transferred in plain-text (ASCII) or binary mode. Binary
mode is usually preferred.
- Apple
QuickTime
The QuickTime player allows you to view Quicktime movies, whether they
are off a CD-ROM or streaming from the Web.
- Macromedia
Flash Player
Flash Player is a great component to have, it gives you the ability
to interact with content rich multimedia, like this tutorial, Websites
or applications running off a CD-ROM.
Optional
Components
Along with the default installation there are a number of optional applications
on the NSKit CD-ROM. Just to name a few, there is Norton Anti-virus, Macromedia
Authorware Player, Macromedia Shockwave Player, SSH Secure Shell plus
much more.
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