Search Engine in Internet

[David Parkhurst]

On Sun, 14 Jan 1996 Pianotoone@aol.com wrote:

> In discussions of who should be reading these missels and who should
> not--someone mentioned checking the WWW for previous writings about a
> subject.  They mentioned the address www.webcom.com/wind/ptsearch.html.
>
> When I tried that address I got a message that I was not authorized at that
> web site (or something to that effect) and to contact the owner
> 1.  Who is the owner and how do you contact him?
> 2.  How do you get access to that engine?
> I learn much from this list and am grateful to be allowed to observe.  Hope
> us non PTG types are allowed to continue to participate.
>
> Thanks to all who take the time to reply
>
> Dick Day
> Michigan
>

I'm the "owner" of the Pianotech Searcher. The Searcher is open and free
to the public and requires no prior authorization or password. It is
however accessible only with web-browsing tools such as Netscape, Mosaic,
or the very fast, text-based Lynx. It is not accessible via email, ftp, or
gopher.  In other words, you must be set up to "surf the web" in order to
use it.  I have no first hand experience with AOL but it's my
understanding that it offers its customers full web-browsing capability,
so you should be able to reach the Searcher. It's full URL (or web
address) is:

   http://www.webcom.com/wind/ptsearch.html

If you, or anyone, have any trouble using it please contact me and I'll do
my best to help out.

I've made a few changes to it recently that I hope will make it easier to
use. More improvements are in the works but they are of the difficult sort
so don't be holding your breath....

-David

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David Parkhurst
assoc. -- PTG S.F., CA
email: wind@crl.com