The Network Information Center On Line Aid System (NICOLAS)


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
            Advanced Data Flow Technology Office
            Code 930.4
            NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
            Greenbelt, MD 20771

            _E_m_a_i_l: dftnic@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov

            _P_h_o_n_e: (301) 286-9514


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            NICOLAS is a menu-driven network user help system that func-
            tions  both  as  an  information server and an inter-network
            gateway.  As an information server,  NICOLAS  provides  syn-
            taxes for inter-network mail addressing, general information
            about wide-area networks, networking-related "how to" files,
            information  on  current NASA flight projects, and a variety
            of network- and  computer-related  information  of  specific
            interest  to  the  NASA  community.   As an automated inter-
            network gateway, NICOLAS enables users to connect to  DECnet
            or  TCP/IP  nodes,  login  to  their  NASAMail  and GSFCMail
            accounts, connect directly to a number of other online  ser-
            vices  not  normally  available  to  TCP/IP users, perform a
            variety of "yellow  pages"  functions,  and  transfer  files
            between  DECnet and TCP/IP systems and from either DECnet or
            TCP/IP nodes to BITNET nodes.

            _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s

            Access is made via TELNET to dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov  with  the
            username "dftnic"; no password is required.  Access can also
            be made in DECnet via SET HOST to DFTNIC.

            _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _N_I_C_O_L_A_S:

            Although NICOLAS is  intended  primarily  for  use  by  NASA
            employees,  researchers,  and  contractors, all services are
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            The information in this section is provided  in  accor-
            dance  with the copyright notice appearing at the front
            of this guide.




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            available to users of the Internet and SPAN.

            _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n:

            NICOLAS is hosted on a VAX  8250  which  is  accessible  for
            remote  logins via both TCP/IP and DECnet, and which is also
            a node on BITNET.












































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