Published in Probe Volume 4(3-4): August 1994-January 1995
Free service gives easy access to widely dispersed Internet resources
Santa Cruz, California-Dec. 12, 1994 - For the first time, Internet users can find almost any computer-related information on the Internet in one central location. The Internet Computer Index (ICI), created by Proper Publishing, leads users to the best information available on the Internet relating to PCs, Macintoshes, and Unix computers. Additional information is available on ICI that cannot be found anywhere else on the Internet.
ICI uses the World Wide Web and Gopher systems to distribute its information. Using menus and hypertext, ICI gives up-to-date connections and pointers to freely available information on the Internet. Anyone on the Internet, anywhere in the world, can access ICI 24 hours a day at no charge.
Description of ICI
ICI is the Internet's only one-stop, resource-locating service. Users can find answers to their hardware and software questions, solve networking problems, research buying decisions, and keep up to date with their systems. ICI contains pointers to all Usenet news groups, mailing lists, Gopher and World Wide Web servers, anonymous FTP sites, and other Internet-specific resources.
In order to simplify searching, ICI is organized in hierarchical menus of information. For each type of computer system (PC, Macintosh, or Unix), a menu lists the Internet resources within that system. Users also can traverse among the three menus by way of cross-links.
Internet resources in ICI include the following:
To reach ICI using a Gopher program, enter "ici.proper.com" as the host name. For American Online users, ICI is found in the Gopher area in the "Computers" folder.
To reach ICI using a World Wide Web program such as Mosaic, enter "http://ici.proper.com" as the Universal Resource Locator (URL).
Public contact: Send e-mail to info@proper.com