SlipKnot is a graphical World Wide Web browser (similar to Mosaic) for
Microsoft Windows users with dial-up UNIX shell accounts. MicroMind, Inc.
is releasing version 1.0 on November 22, 1994.

Its primary feature is that it does NOT require SLIP or PPP or TCP/IP
services in any form (no TIA, no remsock, etc.). It uses the user's
ordinary dial-up UNIX shell account to retrieve and then paint WWW
documents (including, of course, pictures and sound).

SlipKnot was designed specifically for modem users with dial-up UNIX shell
accounts. It offers a terminal window (with vt100 emulation) into your
UNIX session, allowing you to use your normal UNIX commands for mail,
news, gopher, etc. at any time (except during retrieval of WWW
documents).

At the press of a button, SlipKnot turns into a graphical WWW browser with
features including:

1. Up to 5 document windows available simultaneously.
2. Background retrieval of documents from the Internet, while users
   can scroll through previously retrieved documents, and perform
   other operations.
3. Ability to save entire documents (including the embedded pictures)
   into user-definable folders.
4. Ability to demonstrate the WWW offline (displaying the saved
   documents with their links to each other).
5. Ability to upgrade to newer versions of SlipKnot (when they become
   available) through WWW links.
6. Print documents (though not pictures, yet). Change preferred screen
   and printer fonts.
7. Ability to install external "viewers" for processing pictures,
   sounds and movies (two viewers, one for graphics and one for sound,
   already come pre-installed).

Availability

Check at your service provider first to see if it's available locally. If
not, it's downloadable from the following anonymous FTP sites (approx. 1.2
MB):

   ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/win3/internet/slnot100.zip
-- or from:
   ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/pbrooks/slipknot/slnot100.zip

Oakland has numerous mirror sites, so it should be widely available soon.

After downloading, please read the READ.ME file for Windows installation
instructions.

Price

Restricted shareware (approx. 3 months evaluation time, depending upon
use): US$29.95 for commercial users, and individuals in the U.S., Canada,
Western Europe and Japan. US$20.00 for individuals elsewhere. (10% of
registration fees donated to refugee relief).

For more information

 Point your WWW browser (lynx is fine) to
    http://interport.net/~pbrooks/slipknot.html
 or send a blank email message to:
    slipknot@micromind.com

To facilitate communication and support, we suggest you post comments and
responses about SlipKnot ONLY to the following Usenet newsgroup:
comp.infosystems.www.users

Requirements On your PC:

1. Windows 3.1+ running in 386 Enhanced mode (does not support 286
   machines), Windows for Workgroups
2. At least 4 MB of RAM (8 MB is recommended)
3. Modem and a dial-up subscription to a UNIX-based Internet service
   provider with shell account access (must have access to a shell
   prompt, not a menu-based-only UNIX system)

On your UNIX service provider's system:

1. Your UNIX home directory must be writable
2. One of the following two text-mode browsers must be available on
   your UNIX system: "lynx" (version 2.2+) or "www" (SlipKnot uses one
   of these programs for Internet file transport -- after which,
   SlipKnot will paint the documents and pictures and play the sounds
   retrieved).
3. Access to ordinary UNIX commands like "ls", "echo", "chmod".

Limitations (truth in advertising)

1. SlipKnot will not process "forms" within documents yet (it is an
   HTML 1.0 browser).
2. SlipKnot will not process "authentication" yet.
3. SlipKnot understands the HTTP and FTP protocols only, no gopher,
   WAIS, mailto, or news yet (although all of these are readily
   available in SlipKnot's Terminal window into your UNIX session).
4. SlipKnot is currently available only for Windows-based computers.
   We may in the future developo versions for other platforms.

Press and distribution inquiries to: Felix Kramer <felixk@panix.com> fax
212/866-5527

Technical support to: slpstaff@micromind.com

To reach Peter Brooks, SlipKnot developer: pbrooks@micromind.com

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