Technical page

This server is running on Pentium-200 MMX with 128Mb of RAM and 6.5Gb hard disks. The hardware is provided by American Geophysical Union. This server belongs to the WDCB/GC/CGDS local area network and connected to the Internet through Moscow State University by 10 Mbit/s optiv fiber link. This Internet service is also supported by Russian Space Science Internet.

To use this service you should obtain some necessary software.

One of the available World Wide Web browsers. For instance
- (Version 2.0 or newer recommended)
  If you have difficulties accessing Netscape Communications Corporation home site, you can go here for Windows 3.1X version (2.4 Mb), here for Windows 95/NT version (3.1 Mb) and here for Linux 1.1.59 version (1.9 Mb).
- NCSA Mosaic
  If you have problems accessing NCSA site, please go here for Windows 3.1X version (2.1 MB).
- Lynx (Text only browser).
  Home page of Lynx is here and home page of DosLynx is here. Lynx browser will not allow you to enjoy all advantages of graphical user interface but you will be able to use this server somehow.
Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Acrobat Reader to view PDF files
  If you have any problems getting this software, you can try to get it from here.
Postscript viewer
- Ghostscript, Ghostview, GSView
  If you have any problems getting this software, you can try to get it from here.
PKUNZIP utility
You can also try to get it here.
To run Netscape or Mosaic on Windows 3.1X you will need Win32s from Microsoft. You can get it at Microsoft or here.

We sincerely hope that by holding this software on our FTP server we do not break any licence agreement. Please, let us know if there are any problems with licencing or copyrighting.

Last revision December 15, 1997

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