From: pww@bnr.ca (Peter Whittaker)
Subject: Where to get _Zen and the Art of the Internet_
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa
Distribution: ott
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 12:57:06 GMT

In article <LTVRqB5w165w@pinetree.org> breath@pinetree.org (Norma) writes:
>I have heard of a publication called "Zen and the Art of the Internet"
>but am having trouble locating  a copy.

After some digging, here are the complete "how to get it" instructions:

>Article: 1295 of misc.books.technical
>From: brendan@cs.widener.edu (Brendan Kehoe)
>Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
>Subject: Re: How Does The Net Work?
>Date: 23 Jul 1992 09:34:30 -0400
>Organization: Widener University Computer Science Dept, Chester PA
>Lines: 129
>Message-ID: <14mch6INN9pf@betty.cs.widener.edu>
>References: <10214@scott.ed.ac.uk> <2788@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU>
>NNTP-Posting-Host: betty.cs.widener.edu
>Keywords: internet, email
>
>stong@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU wrote:
>>In article <10214@scott.ed.ac.uk> holger@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Holger Hank) writes:
>>>are there any books around which explain how computer-networks (like
>>>this one) function?
>>
>>_Zen and the Art of the Internet : A Beginner's Guide to the Internet_  1st ed.
>>
>>Send e-mail to brendan@cs.widener.edu to ask for a copy.
>
>Before I get deluged, below are the instructions for retrieving the
>first edition.  Also appended is the announcement of the second
>edition (it's dated, it talks in perspective of the beginning of this
>month).  The book began to ship this past Friday.
>
>--
>These instructions are for retrieving the Postscript or TeX DVI
>versions of the first edition of Zen.  There are no officially
>released (by me) ASCII versions yet.
>
>If you're on BITNET, you'll want to send mail to bitftp@pucc with the line
>	help
>in the body of your message, to get instructions on FTPing it thru mail.
>If you're not on BITNET, but are limited to email, write to
>ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com with a similar body, to receive instructions.
>
>If you don't have access to FTP or don't feel comfortable with bitftp
>and ftpmail, write to info-server@nnsc.nsf.net with the body of your
>message containing
>
>   request: nsfnet
>   topic: zen-1.0.PS
>   topic: zen.readme
>
>and it'll return the selected files.
>
>For FTP, here's whatcha need to do: first, type
>
>	ftp ftp.cs.widener.edu
>
>and when it gives you the 'Name:' prompt, type
>
>	anonymous
>
>If the name ftp.cs.widener.edu failed, try 147.31.254.132 instead.
>Then, with the Password: prompt, just give it your email address;
>it doesn't really matter what you type here...using your addr is just
>the tradition.  Anyway, you'll get in and be left sitting at the
>prompt.  Type
>
>	cd pub/zen
>
>and do `dir'; you'll see the files listed there.  If you want the
>PostScript version, type
>
>	get zen-1.0.PS
>
>If you're on a system that only allows one period in a filename, use
>
>	get zen-1-0.PS
>
>for example.  If you want the .DVI (a TeX dvi file) file, type
>
>	binary
>	get zen-1.0.dvi
>
>(binary so it doesn't monkey with anything in the file).  The .tar.Z
>file has the TeX source to the book, as well as the two other files
>(PS and dvi); to get that, type
>
>	binary
>	get zen-1.0.tar.Z
>
>instead.  Once the file's finished transferring, type
>
>	quit
>
>to get out.
>-- cut --
>
>-- cut --
>Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide---your navigator's
>guide to the many twists and turns that come with being comfortable
>with the Internet.  Published by Prentice Hall, its Second Edition is
>due to begin shipping in the middle of July (a couple of weeks).  It
>has an ISBN of 0-13-010778-6, and it costs $22.  There are discounts
>available for large quantity and educational orders.
>
>Zen is primarily written for people that're comfortable with
>computers, but may not have had much (if any) exposure to networks in
>general.  No one operating system is targeted; it's purposely
>"Operating System-neutral."  Whether you use VM, VMS, Unix, DOS, or
>Billy's Virtual Machine, you should find this information useful.
>Even if you've been using the Net for years, you'll probably find
>something in Zen that you hadn't realized existed before.
>
>Zen discusses how to decypher domain names; use email well; what
>telnet is and what's available using it; Usenet news (including a lot
>on proper netiquette) ; FTP & archie; the various services that're out
>there, in their many forms; and a variety of other topics.
>
>It also features a chapter (my personal favorite) called ``What You'll
>Hear About''.  Therein are described the different organizations that
>are concerned with or active on the Net, happenings like the Internet
>Worm and Cliff Stoll's wily hacker, and discussions of other net lore
>as well.  I think you'll find Zen to be a good read, and not anything
>like the dry technical manuals that so often proliferate our book
>shelves.  The first edition was received incredibly well by the Net in
>the past few months.  (Send mail to archive-server@cs.widener.edu with
>the command `send zen hints' in the body of your message to get
>instructions on how to get the first edition.  It will continue to be
>distributed, irregardless of what future editions may come out.)
>
>Opened with a foreword by Ed Vielmetti, Vice President of MSEN, the
>second edition offers roughly 30 pages of new information, and has
>been completely "refinished" front to back, with every page rewritten
>or changed in some way.  You'll find it to be much cleaner and more
>complete than the first; everything in the first edition has been
>supplemented or improved.  It sports a more complete glossary, an
>extensive bibliography, and a number of other reference features.
>I've directly incorporated the suggestions of dozens of folks on the
>net, in the hopes of making it exactly the kind of book you need.
>
>Let Zen be your guide through Cyberspace.  Comments on either edition
>are welcome; please send them to guide-bugs@cs.widener.edu.
>-- cut --
>-- 
>Brendan Kehoe, Sun Network Manager                      brendan@cs.widener.edu
>Widener University                                                 Chester, PA
>                                              At Bennigan's, EVERYONE gets it!

pww

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