You can get help after connecting to the remote Archie server by typing help . Hypertext is text that contains links to other documents. NCSA Mosaic runs under the X environment, so only users with workstations can use the Mosaic client. All other users can use the terminal client, called Lynx. To navigate in hyperspace use your browser to select the highlighted topics of interest.
Selection is done differently by different browsers.
Figure 9.5 shows a sample of the X-based NCSA Mosaic interface. Figure 9.6 shows the Lynx interface. To start Lynx, simply type the word lynx at the system prompt. For information about using Lynx, type . You can also create your own home pages and then start Mosaic with your own set of links.