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Hayden
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Simply Amazing Internet for Macintosh
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Dear Friend,
Thank you on behalf of everyone at Hayden Books for choosing Simply Amazing
Internet for Macintosh to enable you to explore the Internet. The Internet is the
fastest growing, and most exciting, aspect of our modern society. Without the
right guide, participating on the Internet can be difficult. We have carefully
crafted this book and CD to enable you to both learn about the Internet and
actually get on it. We wish you the best in your explorations and hopefully,
we'll meet you there soon!
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Dedication
To my lovely and talented wife, Tonya, without whose patience and writing
skills I would certainly have gone stark raving mad long ago.
About the Author
Adam C. Engst
Adam C. Engst is the editor and publisher of TidBITS, a free electronic newslet
ter distributed weekly on the worldwide computer networks to over 150,000
readers. After graduating from Cornell University with a double-major in
Hypertextual Fiction and Classics, he worked as an independent consultant in
Ithaca, New York, where he started TidBITS in April of 1990. He now lives in
Western Washington with his wife, Tonya, and cats, Tasha and Cubbins, but
seems to spend most of his time corresponding via email with friends and
associates around the globe.
After writing the fi:rst edition of Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh (released in
September of 1993), he was somehow rooked into coauthoring Internet Explorer
Kit for Macintosh with Bill Dickson, and the first edition of Internet Starter Kit for
Windows with Cory Low and Mike Simon. These titles were published in April
of 1994, and the second edition of Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh came out in
August of 1994. In March of 1995, the second edition of Internet Starter Kit for
Windows was published, again in collaboration with Cory and Mike. The third
edition of Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh came out in June of 1995.
Like anyone who attempts to condense the immensity of the Internet into a
single book, he is certifiably crazy. His favorite quote (which reportedly comes
from Alan Kay, an Apple Fellow and Xerox PARC alumnus) is: "The best way to
predict the future is to invent it."
Acknowledgments
Thanks
Many people have helped me throughout the writing of the various editions of
Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh, on which this text is based. I especially want to
thank my wife, Tonya, who continues to help more and more.
I'd also like to thank all the readers of TidBITS because they have kept me going
these last five years. Finally, thanks to the many readers and supporters of the
previous editions of Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh. Word of mouth goes a long
way, and the book wouldn't have lasted nearly this long without such support
from so many individuals in the Internet community.
If I've forgotten anyone, my sincere apologies. Please accept my absent-minded
thanks.
Surrogate Editors
Thanks are due to the many people who helped edit portions of Internet Starter
Kit for Macintosh and to those who either provided me with information or
helped test the ISKM Installer. I wish only that I had room to give everyone the
full credit they deserve.
Alan Oppenheimer, Alwin Li, Amanda Walker, Amir Rosenblatt, Andrew
Green, Barbara Maxwell, Bill Cockayne, Bill Dickson, Bill Gram-Reefer, Bill Lipa,
Brian Hall, Brian Lichorowic, Cary Lu, Chad Magendanz, Chuck Shotton, Chuq
Von Rospach, Cory Low, Dave Winer, David Thompson, Draper Kauffman,
Drummond Reed, Erik Speckman, Franklin Davis, Geoff Duncan, Glenn
Fleishman, Gordon Watts, Guy Kawasaki, Guy Stevens, Harry Morris, Herb
Effron, Ian Brown, Igor Livshits, James Skee, Jeff Needleman, Jeff Steele, Jim
Matthews, Jim O'Dell, John Baxter, John Hardin, John Mah, John Norstad, John
Werner, Jonathan Lundell, Jud Spencer, Katie Hudson, Kee Nethery, Ken
Landau, Ken Stuart, Larry Blunk, Laurent Humbert, Len MacDonell, Leonard
Rosenthol, Mark H. Anbinder, Mark McCahill and the Gopher Team, Mark
Verber, Mark Williamson, Meshell Dinn, Michael Tardiff, Michael Wellman,
Mikael Hansen, Mike Goode, Mike Simon, Paul Celestin, Pete Resnick, Peter
Broadribb, Peter Fraterdeus, Peter Lewis, Quinn, Richard Ford, Rick Watson,
Roger Brown, Roger Jacobs, Ross Scott Rubin, Roy Wood, Roz Ault, Rusty
Tucker, Sandro Menzel, Scott Gruby, Sky Dayton, Steve Dagley, Steve Dorner,
Steve Michel, Steve Mulder, Steve Worona, Werner Uhrig, and Will Mayall.
Software Thanks To ...
Although I don't have room to individually acknowledge the talented program
mers of all the software included on the CD, I do want to thank those who
graciously allowed me to include their programs in the ISKM Installer, includ
ing the following:
Leonard Rosenthol, and all the folks at Aladdin Systems, for Stufflt
InstallerMaker and Stufflt Expander
Garry Hornbuckle and the MacTCP team at Apple Computer, for MacTCP
Larry Blunk and Merit Network, for MacPPP
Amanda Walker and InterCon Systems, for InterSLIP
Peter Lewis, for Anarchie
Peter Lewis, again, and Quinn "The Eskimo!", for Internet Config
Steve Dorner and Qualcomm, for Eudora
John Hardin of EINet, for MacWeb
Other Invaluable Aid Provided By ...
Liam Breck, for helping set up the Info-Mac Archive mirror software at
ftp.tidbits.com
Ed Morin, Ralph Sims, Michael Tardiff, and Scott Anderson of Northwest Nexus
for technical assistance above and beyond the call of duty and for providing my
Internet connections
Bill Dickson and Rob Furr, for helping to translate Internet Starter Kit for
Macintosh into HTML
Jim Pickrell and Harry Wiland, for persevering with the CD
And finally, Geoff Duncan, once again, for creating the Internet Starter Kit for
Macintosh Web page and for helping to test the CD
