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	 This book is about using the Internet to get Information
	 and profit from that information.  It is for those who are
	 new to the idea of the InterNet and who would like to
	 become part of the Superhighway.

	 Getting connected to and using the Internet used to be
	 tedious.  It was difficult to navigate due to the large
	 amounts of special commands you needed to know and type in
	 manually.  Also, you first needed to know where you wanted
	 to go and who you wanted to contact.  This took a lot of the
	 fun out of using the Internet and made the job of navigating
	 virtually impossible!  While you still need to know the
	 addresses (an electronic address similar to a postal address)
	 of individuals or groups, you can easily a list of thousands
	 of addresses to keep close at hand.  The Registered Version
	 of this program gives you 100 addresses of some of the most
	 popular groups on the Internet, plus, the source for an
	 Internet `Yellow Pages' which will easily put you in contact
	 with the millions of users on the Internet!

	 Internet connections used to, and still can cost up to
	 $1500.00 per month!  This puts using the Internet far out of
	 the reach for the vast majority.

	 Nowadays, all you need to easily use and automatically
	 navigate the Internet is a low cost server who provides
	 a graphical program connection which will automate all your
	 Internet needs and which will connect up with the multitude
	 of different types of systems used on the Internet.

	 This may seem too simple and you may be thinking,
	 "Yea, right!  That's ALL I need!"  However; rest assured it
	 is simple and you can become a experienced Internet user
	 within just a short period of time with the new technology.

	 What you do need to know is who to contact, and get ahold of a
	 low-cost Internet server.  Again, that is where the
	 Registered Version comes in.  You will get ^I+all^I- the
	 information you need!  We will gladly send the names,
	 addresses, and numbers of several Internet servers to you who
	 will get you up and running on the Internet within minutes!
	 They charge as little as $19 a month for your full access
	 Internet connection and you won't be limited to the use of
	 the Internet the way you would be if you used a service with
	 only Email.

	 Services which offer Internet Email may sometimes offer the
	 ability to find a file or program on the Internet, but they
	 rarely have the capability to download the file or program
	 you have found to your computer!  Crummy, huh?

	 The company names we sent to you will give you full access
	 to the Internet, and you can download as much as you like
	 from the millions of files and programs around the world,
	 just hanging around on the wires, waiting for you!

	 The Internet is the world's largest computer network.  It
	 consists of literally thousands of computers which are
	 interconnected and which can exchange information easily
	 and efficiently.

	 To get a complete picture of what the Internet is we need
	 to take a step back in time to about ten or twelve years
	 ago.  Starting back then computer soon began to be
	 commonplace in the home.  Many people owned computers yet
	 they didn't use their computers for much more than keeping
	 track of bills, playing games, or writing letters.

	 As the years went by and computer became more commonplace
	 not only in the home but in the office as well, networking
	 became more desirable.

	 Networking became a way to send and receive information
	 fast and efficiently.

	 The Internet, started by the federal government back in
	 the 1980's became a way to send and recieve information
	 and files from any point on the globe!  Little by little
	 private industry, educational and medical institutes, and
	 individuals began to compute on the InterNet.  The federal
	 government had no objections and soon, what began as a
	 small endeavor became inconcievably large.

	 Today, the federal government would just as soon get out
	 of the Internet business.  There are now many companies
	 and individuals who have computer systems large enough to
	 handle the incoming and outgoing information, and who are
	 willing to do so.

	 The Internet keeps growing and even though it has and is
	 undergoing a metamorphasis, it is here to stay.  The very
	 nature of the changes going on at present, and which will
	 most assuredly continue, are signs that the Internet will
	 continue to improve, and you can be part of it!

	 Most of the services on the Internet are free.  Electronic
	 mail and bulletin boards which host specific discussion
	 groups, called newsgroups, are some freebies on the
	 InterNet.  People in these newsgroups get together via
	 modem, to talk about specific things of interest to them.

	 The Internet has become even more publisized due to the
	 Clinton Administrations references to it.  Those
	 references spread like wildfire.  The news media, Time
	 Magazine, advertisements, art galleries, and even shopping
	 malls now make references to the InterNet.

	 To use the Internet, you don't need to be an expert in
	 electronics or, telecommunications.  The only thing you
	 need to know is what tools to use and how to use those
	 tools.  That is the purpose of this book, to help you get
	 started cruising the Information Superhighway!

	 You can use the Internet for scholarly reasons,
	 recreational reasons, business reasons, personal reasons
	 or just about anything else you can think of for
	 informational purposes.

       The Net does have something for everyone and the nice
       thing about it is that you can use the Net on your own
       conditions.  Personal involvement on you part depends
       on you, while using the InterNet, you can:

	   1) Spend as much, or as little time on the Inter-
	      Net as you like.

	   2) Make fast friends on the Net, or just become
	      aquaintaces with them.

	   3) Be an observer in a discussion or actually
	      take part.

	   4) Turn your back on something you find to be
	      objectionable, or fight the good fight!



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       please go through this book chapter-by-chapter.  You will
       have a better understanding when reading in this manner
       because the thoughts, reasonings, and information are laid
       out in a rather chronological order.

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	       There are three things you need in order to take
	       full advantage of the InterNet resources:

	 ^B+<*>^B-  The desire for information.

	 ^B+<*>^B-  Being able to use a computer.

	 ^B+<*>^B-  An access to the Internet.

      The most important of these is the desire for information. If you
      don't have that desire, the Internet is of little use to you.

      While you don't have to be a computer specialist or rocket scientist
      to use the Internet, you do have to know how to operate a
      computer and be able to use programs and understand what files are.

	You will also need some type of calling program like Procomm,
	or Telix, both of these are Shareware products, or, you need a
	graphical program provided by an Internet server service.

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	       Below are some very basic terms called `buzzwords'.
	       These are computer jargon terms which might help you.

      <@> bit = This is the smallest piece of information.  It takes
		8 bits to represent just one alphabetic character such
		as seen on this screen.

			  Example ->    T = eight bits

			   It took eight bits just to
			   produce the letter T.

      <@> K =   This is a suffix added to numbers to show how large a
		file is. The term K comes from the Greek term Kilo,
		meaning 1000.  In every K there is 1000 characters.

			  Example ->   4.7K = 4700 characters.

			  4700 characters is the amount of
			  characters in your file.

     <@> click = This is a verb which means "to choose something with
		 a mouse and then click."  This method of selecting
		 a program function can be faster and easier than
		 having to type in commands.

    <*> You will also need an Internet connection.  If you belong to
	a local BBS (Bulletin Board System), they may already have
	an Internet Email service.  If so, you will have been
	assigned what is called an address for you Internet Email.

	Email can be used very efficiently.  It isn't graphical as
	the more expensive Internet connections, yet you can
	accomplish just as much, if you know how!

	If you don't have at least some type of Internet connection
	already, check out the local BBS's in your area to see
	which ones offer InterNet Email services.

	You can get a list of all your local BBS's from most any
	computer store.  Some local newspapers regularly list
	BBS's in the area.

	Once you have an Email connection to the Internet, you will
	need to know what you want and who to contact to get it.

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	  ^U+which you can contact, subscribe to and use. This is a^U-
	  ^U+specialized list, not found any other place!^U-

	Everyone and every group on the Internet has an address.
	These addresses are used the same way postal addresses are
	used, the only difference is, Internet addresses are
	electronic.  The Registered Version of this program fully
	explains Email, how to use is and how to get ahold of
	virtually any address used on the Internet.

	No matter what your interests are, there is a special
	interest group, or groups which will suite your needs.

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	If you have Email access to the Internet, you do have a
	connection, however; it is a very limited access and you are
	not actually `connected' to the Internet.

	To have an actual connection and be able to fully benefit
	from the Internet, you need either a direct link, or a
	dial-up link.  There are several ways of using a direct link,
	but since this book is directed to the individual, rather
	than an institution or business, we will deal only with the
	description of a personal direct link.  A direct link can be
	very expensive or it can cost next to nothing, depending on
	who you use as an Internet direct link server.  What you need
	to know is who to contact in order to get an inexpensive
	direct link to the Internet.

	The Registered Version gives you such information.  To find
	out more about an inexpensive direct link up to the Internet,
	Return to the Main Menu and choose, `Register Today - Get
	More!'.  For now though, let's continue examining what a
	direct link is, what it will do for you, and how it is
	different from a dial-up link.

	If you have a direct link to the Internet, you are
	`connected'.  A direct link to the Internet also gives you an
	easy-to-use, and easy-to-install, graphical, click-and-point
	way of navigating through the millions of files, programs,
	and mail packets throughout the world!

	All you have to do to find a file or program is click on a
	graphic button, type in a keyword description of what you
	are looking for, wait just little, and presto - the program
	finds the file or program for you!

	Want to send someone some Email?  Just have your type your
	file ahead of dialing up, click on a graphic button, enter
	the name of the person or group you wish for the Email to be
	sent, and presto, it's on its way!

	Want to read your Email from others?  Click on a graphic
	button again and you Email can be downloaded to your computer
	instantly for reading at your leisure after you are not
	online with your Internet server.  There are some very good
	offline mail readers in the Shareware market.  One of these
	is Silver Xpress Off-Line Mail System.

	Using a direct link to the Internet via a server is by far
	the best way of navigating the Information Superhighway.

	The other method of getting connected to the Internet is to
	use a dial-up server.  This type of connection would come
	through a large bulletin board such as America Online.  While
	they are a good bulletin board system in themselves, and they
	do offer Email throughout the Internet, you won't be able to
	download files and programs from the Internet through their
	system.

	What AOL does have is a method of finding files and programs
	on the Internet, but it is like a tease, you can't actually
	get them, just see they are there!

	So, by far, your best bet is to have a direct link to the
	Internet yourself!


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	You and/or your company can make an extra $3000 to $5000
	each and every month when you use dirt-cheap online marketing
	techniques!

	This method of marketing has been a well kept secret by a
	handful of entrepreneurs until recently!  As more and more
	people connect up to the Internet for business purposes, as
	well as personal purposes, there has been an online
	revolution!

	This method of marketing is called "electronic" or "online"
	marketing.

	Online maketing is incredibly easy and gives you an advantage
	over your competition by increasing responses tremendously!

	The advatages of online marketing as compared to
	direct-marketing are extreme, to say the least!  You can:

	^B+<*>^B- Pre-test what you have to offer for just a few
		  dollars before you spend large sums on conventional
		  advertising to promote them.

	^B+<*>^B- Reply to your inquiries electronically for just
		  pennies and almost immediately.

	^B+<*>^B- Run your entire business on "auto-pilot!"

	^B+<*>^B- Post special files you create on commercial online
		  services, BBS's, and the Internet to generate loads
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	^B+<*>^B- See your profits soar in just a few short weeks!


	      Get ready for electronic marketing to literally
	      change the way you do business!

	      If you are in business, or are thinking about going
	      into business, you probably are, or should be
	      looking for new, low-cost, marketing.

				    < Or >

	      Let's say, maybe you are a fledgling direct marketer.
	      You don't have a lot of technical knowledge, start-up
	      capital, or maybe not even a product to sell.  The
	      Internet is the place for you!

	      Thousands of people have started out with nothing and
	      are now earning thousands of dollars every month using
	      the Internet to promote their business.

	      The Registered Version will give you the do's and
	      don't's of online marketing.  Your responses first
	      responses will overwhelm you!

	      Register Today and start racking in the money in just a
	      short period of time!  To Register, return to the
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		 ^B+<*>^B- One hundred of the most popular
			   Internet addresses used today.

		 ^B+<*>^B- Complete instructions on Email and
			   how to get a list of virtually
			   every addresses used on the Internet
			   for Free!

		 ^B+<*>^B- The names, addresses, and numbers
			   of several extremely low-cost
			   Internet server companies that will
			   send an easy-to-use, graphical
			   program used to navigate the Internet
			   to you.  Plus!  These Internet
			   servers monthly fees are as low
			   as $19!

		 ^B+<*>^B- The do's and don't's of advertising
			   on the Internet.  This is closely
			   guarded secrets which you must have
			   in order to be successful as an
			   advertiser on the Internet!  Without
			   them your ads may not be allowed on
			   the system.

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