Subject: soc.culture.taiwan FAQ ( part 3/5 ) -- Internet
Date: 1 Apr 1996 16:43:35 GMT
Summary: The third part deals with some questions about information
. superhighway issues, like Internet and BBS, in Taiwan.

Posting-Frequency: approximately monthly

  "soc.culture.taiwan" Frequently-Asked Questions -- Internet

                                by

                          Tung-chiang Yang 
                         tcyang@ee.ucla.edu 


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***** FAQ's of SCT *****
<< Internet >>
  (I. 1)  Is there any World Wide Web page for Taiwan?
> (I. 2)  Is there any FTP site in Taiwan?
> (I. 3)  Is there any archie server in Taiwan?
  (I. 4)  Is there any gopher server in Taiwan?
  (I. 5)  Where can I get Internet access in Taiwan?
> (I. 6)  My friend has such an E-mail address.  Where is he?
  (I. 7)  How can I read local Usenet newsgroups in Taiwan?
  (I. 8)  Is there any list for TANet BBS'?
> (I. 9)  How can I sign in the TANet for BBS access?

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(I. 1)  Is there any World Wide Web page for Taiwan?

   Yes, there are some.  If you have a World Wide Web browser, you can
   start at the home Web page at

      http://peacock.tnjc.edu.tw/ROC.HTML

   This page briefly explains the political structure of Republic of
   China.  On the other hand, you can also try

      http://peacock.tnjc.edu.tw/ROC_sites.html

   which is jointly maintained by the Computer Center or Ministry of
   Education, ROC, Tung Nan Junior College of Technology, Yimin Hu at
   "yimin@moers2.edu.tw" and Joe Hsu at "joe@peacock.tnjc.edu.tw".  This
   WWW page provides more information about Taiwan, ROC, and some
   technical information about miscellaneous networks in Taiwan, like
   some BBS'.  The selection "General Information" includes a lot of
   useful data about Taiwan.  Some Chinese environment ( like Big-5 )
   will be helpful.

   "peacock.tnjc.edu.tw" is the first WWW site established in Taiwan.

   Government Information Office set up a WWW page at

      http://gio.gov.tw

   which might be viewed as an official Web page for the ROC government
   on Taiwan.  As of July 11, 1995, some features of this page was still
   under construction, but the 1995 yearbook provides a detailed
   description about Taiwan, and many statistics are also available.
   The year book is located at

      http://gio.gov.tw:80/info/yearbook/index.html

   If you are interested in knowing Taiwan from an American viewpoint,
   try the WWW page for Central Inteligence Agency ( CIA ), U.S.A.:

      http://www.odci.gov/cia

   and then choose "Taiwan" under the entries "Publications" and
   "The World Factbook 1995".

   Taiwanese Student Association at University of Texas at Austin,
   U.S.A., also worked on a pretty good Web page for Taiwan.  You can try
   them at

      http://www.utexas.edu:80/ftp/student/tsa/

   Miscellaneous universities, institutions and even high schools also
   have built their own WWW pages.  The corresponding URL address can
   be formed by replacing the "xxx" in

      http://www.xxx.[edu,gov,org].tw

   with the node name reserved for that school, which can be found in
   Question (I. 6), "My friend has such an E-mail address.  Where is he?"
   Here only some of the exceptions are listed.

      http://www.ncu.edu.tw/home.html
      http://info.svd.fju.edu.tw  ( The one for Fu-Jen Catholic University
                                    covers general net topics instead of
                                    things specific to Fu-Jen campus )
      http://jupiter.jwc.edu.tw   
      http://www.edu.tw
      http://www.hinet.net
      http://tradepoint.anjes.com.tw/~hotel/
                                  ( This page offers online hotel
                                    registrations and also a brief
                                    introduction about the hotels.

   The Web page at "http://www.roc.com/impexp/" provides a search base
   for 14000 leading firms and 5000 select commodities in Taiwan for
   import and export purposes, where the data is from the Customs Bureau.
   This might be useful for business-oriented people.  On the other hand,
   the URL at "http://www.roc.com/assn/" provides a list of some official
   trade associations in Taiwan.  As of Aug. 2, 1995, the list includes
   toy and electrical/electronic manufacturers, and those for textile
   and computers will be added.

   YamWeb Navigator might be considered the "Yahoo" in Taiwan, which
   provides a search engine in Chinese ( Big5 ).  You can reach it at

      http://taiwan.csie.ntu.edu.tw/bin/yam

   and start your navigation there.

   For more information regarding WWW, subscribe to the newsgroups
   "comp.infosystems.www.misc" and "comp.infosystems.www.announce".

   ( Thanks for Jon A. Nunez, "nunez@peacock.tnjc.edu.tw", Chung
     Shen, "6642@sbsun0010.sbrc.hac.com" and Alan Chun-hsing Wu,
     "chwu@solar.csie.ntu.edu.tw" for contributing the information here. )


(I. 2)  Is there any FTP site in Taiwan?

   You can try to reach "nctuccca.edu.tw" (it is also aliased to
   "ftp.edu.tw") [140.111.1.10 or 192.83.166.10] anonymous ftp archives,
   which is the main file server in Taiwan.  For a document about this
   site, you can use anonymous ftp at that site and retrieve the file
>  "00README.FTP" by HUANG, Chih-hsien (it was created on Oct. 5, 1993
>  and very likely outdated).  Currently this is the largest anonymous
>  ftp archive in Taiwan and possibly in Asia, for which 40 GB space is
>  assigned.

   A partial listing of the contents at this site is as follows.  Some
-  files at this site are mirrored from some other archives to reduce
-  the load from TAnet to JvNCNet at Princeton University, New Jersey,
-  U.S.A.

      * /Chinese      Chinese collections from the world, which might in-
                      clude Big5, GB and HZ.
      * /PC           Some MSDOS software for IBM PC compatibles.
      * /Macintosh    Macintosh archive.
      * /computing-languages  A collection of some freely distributed
                      computing languages and compilers.
-     * /images       GIF utilities and pictures.
      * /documents    Document archive.

   ( Reference: "00README.FTP" by HUANG, Chih-hsien obtained from the
     said FTP site )


(I. 3) Is there any archie server in Taiwan?

   Yes.  The machines "archie.twnic.net" (aliased "nctuccca.edu.tw"),
   "192.83.166.10" and/or "140.111.1.10" and "archie.ncu.edu.tw"
   (aliased "spc11.ncu.edu.tw"), "192.83.166.12" are currently running
   for archie services.  However, please keep in mind that you had better
   connect to a site which is closest to yours (in the network sense,
   not necessarily in the real distance).  Go to some more remote sites
   like the ones mentioned here only if you cannot find what you are
   looking for in the current archie server.  You can telnet there with
   login ID "archie" and no password is needed.

   Now there is also a archie web page installed.  You can start your
   file search at

      http://archie.edu.tw/

   Both the Chinese ( Big5 ) and English versions are available.


(I. 4)  Is there any gopher server in Taiwan?

   Yes.  You can visit the following gopher servers in Taiwan.  A Big-5
   environment is recommended for making full use of them.  In a few cases
   no English entries are available and a Big-5 environment becomes a must.
   For the organization/institution related to these sites, please refer
   to Question (I. 6), "My friend has such an E-mail address.  Where is
   he?"

      gopher.edu.tw      ( Ministry of Education )
      gopher.cic.edu.tw
      ccsun1.ltc.edu.tw
      vax41.ncue.edu.tw  ( but this server does not provide detailed
                           information for NCUE )
      gopher.nhltc.edu.tw
      gopher.nkit.edu.tw
      sparc5.npttc.edu.tw
      gopher.nppi.edu.tw
      gopher.nsysu.edu.tw
      gopher.ntntc.edu.tw
      gopher.ntou.edu.tw
      peter.pu.edu.tw
      gopher.scu.edu.tw  ( Menu entries completely in Chinese Big-5 )
      gopher.nii.gov.tw
      gopher.nyc.gov.tw  ( Menu entries completely in Chinese Big-5 )
      sun1.pidc.gov.tw
      sipa1.sipa.gov.tw
      gopher.st.stic.gov.tw
      gopher.firdi.org.tw
      gopher.twnic.net   ( Taiwan Network Information Center )
      gopher.inventec.com.tw
      ul.hinet.net
      gopher.uuserv.net.tw  ( yUan's commUnity )

   ( Thanks for Alan Chun-hsing Wu, "chwu@solar.csie.ntu.edu.tw", Dept.
     of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan
     University for contributing the information here. )


(I. 5)  Where can I get Internet access in Taiwan?

   In addition to the the educational sites in Taiwan, there are also
   some Internet connection service providers in Taiwan.  Listed below
   is a partial list of them in the alphabetical order:

              Name: GlobalNet
            Domain: globalnet.com.tw
          Operator: GlobalNet Communication Services, Inc.
          Services: dial-up terminal emulation & SLIP/PPP
   Geo area served: Taipei, Taichung
 Configuration Fee: NT$2800 ( for 6 months )
            Charge: NT$2400 for renewal accounts ( for 6 months ),
                    NT$1500 for three months.  No connection time limit
                    with harddisk space 4MB.  Free online software.
           Contact: phone (8864)375-8258, (8862)778-8007
                    Fax   (8864)375-8259, (8862)777-2337
                    E-mail service@tc.globalnet.com.tw
                    WWW http://www.globalnet.com.tw/
   -------------------
              Name: HiNet
            Domain: hinet.net
          Operator: DCI (Data Communication Institute, a govt agency)
          Services: dial-up terminal emulation & PPP/SLIP
                    14.4/64/128Kbps leased line subnet available
   Geo area served: local call access available for many localities.
 Configuration Fee: NT$200 for dialup;
 .            NT$2000 for 14.4KBPS leased line;
               .    NT$4,000 for 64/128KBPS leased line
    Monthly Charge: 1. dial-up terminal emulation: NT$499; PPP/SLIP: NT$799
                       (covers 25 hours of access; NT$1.4/min afterwards)
                    2. leased line:
                          NT$2250 or 4330 for 14.4KBPS;
                          NT$9,000 or NT$11,000 for 64KBPS;
                          NT$17,000 or NT$19,500 for 128KBPS.
                          additionally, int'l communications charge:
                             NT$26/MB before 2000MB;
                             NT$22/MB afterwards
           Contact: phone 886-2-344-3143 Ms Chen (faster)
                    E-mail info@hntp2.hinet.net
 ..    WWW http://www.hinet.net
   -------------------
              Name: iVNet
            Domain: mx.ivnet.com.tw
           Company: Formosa Information Technology Co., Ltd.
          Services: Commercial Databank Access and E-Mail
         Specialty: Networking Database System Transfer and customer
                    support
       Area served: local call access available for many localities.
   Application Fee: New members NT$ 2,800 for six months for flat rate.
                    Renewal rate NT$ 2,000 ~ 2,800 depending on the
                    configuration.
    Monthly Charge: None
           Contact: Phone (02)709-3307  Mr. Horng
                    Fax (02)709-3380
                    Net phone (02)709-3850 (80 lines)
                    E-mail service@mx.ivnet.com.tw
                    WWW http://www.ivnet.com.tw/
   -------------------
              Name: Pristine Internet Gateway (P.I.G.)
            Domain: pristine.com.tw
          Operator: Pristine Communications
          Services: SLIP, PPP, and dial-up terminal emulation
         Specialty: Service oriented company offering friendly,
                    multilingual service in Chinese, English,
                    Taiwanese, and German.  Web based Net pressence
                    for advertisers from Taiwan and abroad.  
   Geo area served: local phone calls in Taipei
   Application Fee: two-week free trial account available
    Monthly Charge: NT$ 750 SLIP, NT$ 600 Terminal
           Contact: phone 886-2-368-9023
                    fax   886-2-367-0342
                    E-mail info@pristine.com.tw
                    WWW http://www.pristine.com.tw/
   -------------------
              Name: SeedNet
            Domain: [tpts1,shts,ksts].seed.net.tw
          Operator: III ( Institute for Information Industry, which is
..    partially government-sponsored )
     Connection(s): dial-up ( PPP, terminal mode and SLIP )
                    leased-line ( PPP, router, .... )
   Geo area served: access numbers local to Taipei, Hsinchu, Kaohsiung
   Application Fee and Monthly Charge:
 ..    PC Dial-up (PPP, Terminal Emulation):
  .               NT$200 for setup, NT$6000 for annual fee.
 .            Host (PPP, SLIP):
 .               NT$2000 for setup, NT$6000 for annual fee.
 ..    After 30 hours, the charge is NT$60 per hour or
                    NT$1500 per month for the flat rate option.

                    14.4K Direct line NT$2,000 for setup, NT$35,700/year
                    19.2K Direct line NT$2,000 for setup, NT$56,100/year
                    56K/64K Direct line NT$2,000 for setup, NT$255,000/year
                    128K Direct line NT$2,000 for setup, NT$561,000/year
           Contact: phone 886-2-733-6454
                                733-8779
 .            E-mail service@tpts1.seed.net.tw
                           liou@tpts1.seed.net.tw for Albert Liou
                    Gopher server "iiidns.iii.org.tw".  Big-5 coded
 ..           information available.
                    WWW    http://www.seed.net.tw/
              Note: SeedNet only provides Internet services to group
 .            users including governmental departments, privately-
 .            and state-run corporate bodies.  It will be open for
 .            individuals when the charge plan is finished. 
   -------------------
              Name: TranSend
            Domain: transend.com.tw
           Company: TranSend Internet Co.
          Services: Full service Internet Station (FTP,Telnet,Usenet...)
         Specialty: Internet classes ( 8 hours in English or Mandarin )
..    and customer support
   Geo area served: local calls in Taipei
   Application Fee: Individual and student accounts flat fee 
                    NT$ 7,000/yr.
 .            Business accounts flat fee NT$ 10,000/yr.
 .            ( includes PPP )
    Monthly Charge: None ( refer to the "Application Fee" field )
           Contact: Phone 886-2-706-9089
                    Net phone 886-2-708-6783
                    Fax 886-2-706-3384
                    E-mail jsa@transend.com.tw
                    WWW http://www.transend.com.tw/
                        http://www.tradewatch.com.tw/

   Overseas Connections differs from the above Internet Service Providers
   in the way that it offers WWW service but not dialup accounts:

              Name: Overseas Connections
            Domain: overseas.com.tw, roc.com
          Operator: Overseas Connections
          Services: Internet marketing, WWW concepts & design. We do not
                    provide dialup service.
         Specialty: Internationally focused WWW presence for Taiwan
                    companies and organizations.
   Geo area served: Taiwan
   Application Fee: N/A
    Monthly Charge: Varies depending on type of service required
           Contact: Phone 886-2-756-2900 
  .            Fax 886-2-764-3878
                    E-mail jc@overseas.com.tw
                    WWW http://www.overseas.com.tw/
                        http://www.roc.com/

   Compuserve also offers some limited service with Internet, like
   sending and receiving E-mails.  For further information, please contact

      TTN-Serve ( Taiwan Telecommunications Network Svcs. Co., Ltd.
      Far East ABC Intelligent Science Park
      1st Floor, No. 13, Lane 50, Nan-Kang Road, Section 3,
      Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C
      Tel: ( toll-free in Taiwan ) 080-251-009
           886-2-651-6899
      Fax: 886-2-651-1800
      Hours:  09:00 - 18:00, Monday - Friday,
              09:00 - 12:00, Saturdays.

   You can also send an E-mail to "70006.101@compuserve.com" for other
   questions you might have. 

   ( Thanks for Heng-Yi Lin, "hlin@hntp2.hinet.net" for contributions
     here )

 
(I. 6)  My friend has such an E-mail address.  Where is he?

   The top-level domain name for most addresses in Taiwan is "tw".
   After stripping off the "tw", the remaining part of the addresses
   use the conventional notations, like "com" for commercial organiza-
   tions, "edu" for educational organizations, "gov" for government
   agencies, "net" for networking organizations, and "org" for non-
   profiting organizations.  Listed below are some common addresses
   based in Taiwan.
 
   xxx.gov.tw:

   Office of the President
      drnh       Data Research National History
      oop        The Office of the President

   Executive Yuan
      aec        Atomic Energy Council
      cbc        Central Bank of China
      cepd       Council for Economic Planning and Development
>     coa        Council of Agriculture
      dgbasey    Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics
      doh        Department of Health
         dsqs    National Quarantine Service
      epa        Environment Protection Administration
      gio        Government Information Office
      mac        Mainland Affairs Council
      moe        Ministry of Education
         ebs     Educational Broadcasting System
         npm     National Palace Museum
      moea       Ministry of Economic Affairs
         doc     Department of Commerce
         moeaidb Industrial Development Bureau
         rmrc    Refining and Manufacturing Research Center ( Chinese
                 Petroleum Corporation )
>     mof        Ministry of Finance
>        ntx     National Tax Administration
      mofa       Ministry of Foreign Affairs
      moi        Ministry of Interior
>        cpami   Construction and Planning Administration
      mond       Ministry of National Defense
      motc       Ministry of Transportation and Communications
         caa_motc  Civil Aeronautics Administration
. cwb     Central Weather Bureau
         dcifr   Data Communication Institute
         dgt     Directorate General of Telecommunications ( moved to
                 *.com.tw domain )
         post    Directorate General of Posts
         tbroc   Tourism Bureau
         tl      Telecommunication Laboratories
      nii        Taiwan National Information Infrastruction Project Team
      nsc        National Science Council
         nchc    National Center for High-performance Computing
         ncree   National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering
         nlac    National Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Research
.         Center
         nspo    National Space Program Office
         pidc    Precision Instrument Development Center
         sipa    Science Based Industrial Park Administration
         srrc    Synchroton Radiation Research Center
         stic    Science and Technology Information Center
      nyc        National Youth Commission
      pcc        Public Construction Commission
      rdec       Research, Development and Evaluation Commission
      vacrs      Vocational Assistance Commission for Retired Servicemen
         vghtc   Veterans General Hospital - Taichung
         vghtpe  Veterans General Hospital - Taipei

   Taiwan Provincial Government
      aide       Advisory Group of Instruction Department of Education
>     cyhg       Chia-yi County Government
      i_lan      I-lan County Government
      inform     Department of Information
      kscg       Kaohsiung County Education Bureau
      tactri     Taiwan Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances
                 Research Institute
>     tchb       Taichung Harbor Bureau
      tfb        Taiwan Fisheries Bureau
      tfri       Taiwan Forestry Research Institute
      tlri       Taiwan Livestock Research Institute ( under construction )
      tpg        Taiwan Provincial Government
      twdep      Department of Environmental Protection

   Taipei City Government
      tcg        Taipei City Government
>     tmseh      Taipei Municipal Social and Educational Hall

   Kaohsiung City Government
      kcc        Kaohsiung City Council
      kcg        Kaohsiung City Government

   xxx.edu.tw:

   ( Universities and Independent Colleges )

      arch.ncku  Dept. of Architecture, National Cheng Kung University
      ccit    Chung Cheng Institute of Technology
      ccu     National Chung-cheng University
      cgu     Chang Gung of Medicine and Technology
      chpi    Chung-Hua Polytechnic Institute
      cju     Chang Jung University
      cmc     China Medical College
      cna     Chinese Naval Academy
>     cpu     Central Police University
      csmc    Chung Shan Medical and Dental College
      cycu    Chung Yuan Christian University
>     cyit    Chaoyang Institute of Technology
      dyit    Dai-yeh Institute of Technology
      fcu     Feng-chia University
      fju     Fu Jen Catholic University
      hcht    Hua Fan College of Humanities and Technology ( or huafan.hcht )
      kmc     Kaohsiung Medical College
      kpi     Kaohsiung Polytechnic Institute
>     kprnc   Kaohsiung Pingtung Regional Network Center
      mc.ntu  Medical Campus, National Taiwan University
      mcu     Ming Chuan University
      nccu    National Chengchi University
      nchu    National Chunghsing University
      ncku    National Cheng Kung University
      nctu    National Chiao Tung University
      ncu     National Central University
      ncue    National Changhua University of Education
      ndhu    National Dong Hwa University
      ndmc    National Defence Management College
      nhctc   National Hsinchu Teachers College
      nhltc   National Hualien Teachers College
      nia     National Institute of the Arts
      niiat   National I-lan Institute of Agriculture and Technology
      nitk    National Institute of Technology at Kaohsiung
      nknu    National Kaohsiung Normal University
      nou     National Open University
      nppi    National Pingtung Polytechnic Institute
      npttc   National Pingtung Teachers College
      nsysu   National Sun Yat-sen University
      nthu    National Tsing-hua University
      ntit    National Taiwan Institute of Technology
      ntntc   National Tainan Teachers' College
      ntnu    National Taiwan Normal University
      ntou    National Taiwan Ocean University
      ntttc   National Taitung Teachers' College
      ntu     National Taiwan University
      pccu    Chinese Culture University
      pu      Providence ( Ching-yi ) University
      scu     Soochow ( Tung-wu ) University
      tccm    Tzu-chi College of Medicine
      thu     Tunghai University
      tit     National Taipei Institute of Technology
      tku     Tamkang University
      touc    Tamsui Oxford University College
      ttit    Ta-Tung Institute of Technology
      wcjc    World College of Journalism & Communications
      ym      National Yang Ming University
      yuntech National Yunlin Institute of Technology
      yzit    Yuan-Ze Institure of Technology

   ( Institutes and Junior Colleges )

      ccjc    Chung Chou Junior College of Technology and Commerce
      chinmin Chin Min College of Technology and Commerce
      chna    Chia Nan Junior College of Pharmacy
      chs     Chien Hsien Institute of Technology and Commerce
      cjcicm  China Junior College
      csjc    Cheng Shiu Junior College
      cyjcba  Chung Yu Junior College of Business Administration
      fjtc    Fortune Junior College of Technology and Commerce
      fy      Foo-yin Junior College of Nursing and Medical Technology
      hkc     Hung-Kuang Institute of Nursing and Medical Technology
      hwh     Hwa Hsia College of Technology and Commerce
      jwc     Jin-Wen College of Business and Technology
      kyit    Kao-yuan Junior College of Technology and Commerce
      lctc    National Lien-ho College of Technology and Commerce
      lit     Li Ming Institute of Technology
      ltc     Ling Tung College
      mhit    Ming Hsin Institute of Technology
      ncia    National Chiayi Institute of Agriculture
      ncit    National Chinyi Institute of Technology
      nkit    National Kaohsiung Institute of Technology
      nkjc    Nan-kai Junior College of Technology and Commerce
      nptic   National Pingtung Institute of Commerce
      ntc     Nan-tai College
      ntcic   National Taichung Institute of Commerce
      ntcn    National Taipei College of Nursing
      ntcpe   National Taiwan College of Phyiscal Education
      nypi    National Yunlin Polytechnic Institute
      occc    Overseas Chinese College of Commerce
      oit     Oriental Institute of Technology
      sjsmit  St. John's and St. Mary's Institute of Technology
      stjctc  Shu Teh Junior College of Technology
      tajen   Ta Jen Junior College of Pharmacy
>     tccn    Buddhist Tzu Chi Junior College of Nursing
      tf      Tung Fang College of Technology and Commerce
      tnjc    Tung-nan Junior College of Technology
      ttc     Ta-Tung Junior College
      vit     Van Nung Institute of Technology
      wfc     Wu-Feng Junior College of Technology

   ( Senior High Schools, Junior High Schools and Elementary Schools )

      ck.tp    Taipei Municipal Chien-Kuo Senior High School
      csps.tp  Taipei Municipal Chung-shan Elementary School
      fg.tp    Taipei Municipal First Girls' Senior High School
      hhps.tp  Taipei Municipal Hsin-hua Elementary School
>     hs.ntnu  High School of National Taiwan Normal University
      htjh.tp  Taipei Municipal Hong Tao Junior High School
      lcjh.tpc Luchou Junior High School, Taipei County
      mcsh.kh  Ming Chen High School (Kaohsiung)
      mingdao  Ming Dao High School (Taichung)
      rssh.kh  Kaohsiung Municipal Ruei Shiang Senior High School
      saihs    Sung San Vocational Agricultural-Industrial High School
               (Taipei)
      sc220.kscgeb  Yan Chao Junior High School
      tnssh.tn Taiwan Provincial Tainan Second Senior High School
      tyhs     Tso-ying Municipal High School (Kaohsiung)
      ymsh.tp  Taipei Municipal Yang Ming Senior High School

   ( Others )

      aidebbs  Taiwan Province Dept. of Education
>     boe.tp  Bureau of Education, Taipei Municipal Government
      chps.nt  Nantou County Education Bureau
      cic     Chip Implementation Center
      hceb    Hsinchu City Education Bureau
      ibmserv  IBM
      iljhs.il  I-Lan County Education Bureau 
      ncl     National Central Library
      nmns    National Museum of Natural Science
      ntch    National Theater and Concert Hall
      ptl     Provincial Library at Taichung
      saec    Studying Abroad Education Center
      sinica  Central Academic Sinica
      tccgeb  Taichung County Education Bureau
      tceb    Taichung City Education Bureau
      tnmgeb  Tainan Education Bureau
      tpml    Taipei Municipal Library
      www-scouting  Scouting in Republic of China

   xxx.org.tw:

   ( Industrial and Economics Research )

      cifrd   Construction Industry Foundation for Research and Development
>     cpc     China Productivity Center
>     cti     China Textile Institute
      dcb     Development Center for Biotechnology
      firdi   Food Industry R&D Institute
      iii     Institute for Information Industry
      itri    Institute of Technology Research Industry
      ptri    Printing Technology Research Institute
>     s2net   Software Industry Productivity Task Force
      tier    Taiwan Institute of Economic Research
>     usddc   United Ship Design and Development Center

   ( Political )

      dpp     Democratic Progressive Party ( Taipei )
      dpp.org Democratic Progressive Party
      kmt     Kuomingtang
>        kmtroc  Kuomingtang, Dept. of Overseas Affairs
      np      New Party

   ( Religion )

      amtb    ( Collected Tales of Teacher Chin Kung )
>     catholic  Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference
      cef     Campus Evangelical Fellowship
      tyba    Taipei Young Buddhist Association
      tzuchi  Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-chi Foundation
>     zion    Mt. Zion -- Grace of Jesus Christ Crusade

   ( Social Research )

      tgwwc   Taiwan Grassroots Women Workers Center
      twrf    Taiwan Research Foundation

   ( Others )

>     acupuncture  Society of Modern Acupuncture Research 
      arc     American Resource Center (related to American Institute
              in Taiwan)
>     cdpc    China Data Processing Center
>     cetra   China External Trade Development Council
      expo96  Pavillion of Taiwan, the Republic of China
>     mmh     Mackay Memorial Hospital
>     pmf     Preventive Medicine Foundation
      show    Show Chuan Memorial Hospital
>     tisa    Tainan Information Software Association
      tptaiwan  Trade Point Taiwan (China External Trade Development
                Council)
>     utahtwn State of Utah International Business Development Office

   xxx.net.tw:
      dynavan Dyna Van
      fido    Internet Studio
      formosa Acer Net
      gcn     GCN 
      isite   I-site Taiwan 
      isl     Internet Solution Lab, Inc.
      hinet.net  HiNet
      maxima  Maxima Net
      seed    SeedNet
      seeder  Apollo Information Network
      super   SuperNet
      sysnet  SysNet
      unet    Universal Joint Network Technologies Co. Ltd.
      uuserv  UUserv Network
      wow     Wownet Network Service Co. Ltd.
      wusnet  WUsNet

   xxx.com.tw:

   ( Computer, Information, Internet Service Providers )

      accend      Accend Inc.
      accton      Accton Technology
      acer        Acer ( Information Products Business Unit )
      acit        Acer International
      admore      ADmore Technology
      advantech   Advantech
      anjes       Anjes Information Systems
      api         Acer Peripherals
      archtek     Archtek Telecom Corporation
      ascac       Aurora Group
      asure       ASURE
      asus        ASUSTek Computer Inc.
      att         AT&T
      averm       AVerMedia
      bdc         Behavior Design Corporation
      bestlink    Bestlink Systems Inc.
      blueapple   Blue Apple Computer ( Apple, Powermac )
      cisc        Comjet Information Systems
      cnet        CNet Technology
      craftsman   Craftsman Software
      cscorp      Can Shen Technology ( Apple, Macintosh )
      cyber       Cyberspace
      datamedir   Computer DataMedir
      datarain    Datarain Co. Ltd.
      datatec     Datatec
      ddsc        DDSC
      delphi      Taiwan Delphi User Group
      destiny     Destiny Technology
      digital     Digital Taiwan ( DEC )
      dimension   Dimension Computer Technology Co. Ltd.
      dlink       D-Link
      dynalab     DynaLab
      ecs         Elitegroup Computer Systems
      eten        Eten Information System
      fic         First International Computers
      fstop       Top Business Machine
      globalnet   GlobalNet Communication Services
      golden      Golden Gate Technology Co. Ltd.
      gvc         GVC Corporation
      hermes      Herpes-Epitek
      hhinet      High Web
      ims         Information Management Systems Inc.
      infobahn    Infobahn Computing Technology Co. Ltd.
      infogate    Tong Yih Information Gate
      interserv   Interserv International Inc.
      inventec    Inventec
      isonet      ISONet
      ivnet       Formosa Information Technology Co. Ltd.
      jimsontec   Jimsontec International
      justmac     JustMac Information Corp.
      kashnet     Kash Information Co. Ltd.
      lcc         Light Communication Computers
      leesel      Leesel International Inc.
      linkease    Linkease New Silkera
      logiclink   LogicLink
      loi         LOI
      longlan     Longlan Information Co.
      lunar       Lunar International Co. Ltd.
      mbatec      MBA Technique
      medialand   Media Land
      mega        Jumbo Computer International
      mic         Mitac International
      mintron     Mintron
      mitac       Mitac
      moxa        Moxa Technologies
      nec         NEC ( Japan )
      ntis        New Technology Information Systems, Inc.
      objrain     Object Rain Information
      pharos      Pharos TechServ Co. Ltd.
      pristine    Pristine Communications
      proqc       Pro QC Systems
      pwc         PW
      relia       Relia Technologies
      rpti        RPTI International
      sertek      Acer Sertek 
      sgitwn      Silicon Graphics
      sol         TECH Solutions, Inc.
      sti         Stark Technology Inc. ( Taipei )
      sunnet      Sunnet Group
      svec        SVEC Computer Corp.
      syscom      The SYSCOM Group
      tatung      Tatung
      tcam        TCAM
      tekland     TekLand Computer Co. Ltd.
      tenstate    Ten State Enterprise Co. Ltd.
      tradewatch  Tradewatch International
      transend    Transend Internet
      trend       Trend Micro Devices Incorporated
      trinova     Trinova
      ttn         Taiwan Telecommunication Network
      twwde       World Data Exchange
      unisys      Unisys Corp.
      wicl        WICL ( Wang Computers )
      win         Win & Win Software Distribution
      yellowpage  Taiwan Yellow Page
      ylasia      Asia World Telenet
      yuan        Yuan Yuan Enterprise Co. Ltd.
      zeon        Zeon Corporation

   ( Financial, Trade and Business )

      apex        APEX International
      business    Business Express
      chinatrust  China Trust Commercial Bank
      citibank    Citibank
      fidelity    Fidelity Investments
      haitang     Hai Tang International Commercial
      hncb.at-taiwan.com   Huan Nan Bank
      icbc        International Commercial Bank of China
      jampro      Jampro Enterprise Corp.
      overseas    Overseas Connections
      patrons     Teltron International
      polaris     Polaris Securities
      sheng       I Sheng Information Co. Ltd.
      shuttle     Shuttle Express
      skl         Shin Kong Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
      taiping     Taiping Insurance Co. Ltd.
      taisec      Taisec Securities
>     tlia        Taipei Life Insurance Association
      tol         Infotimes (Taiwan on Line)
      trace       Wang's Trace International
      tse         Taiwan Stock Exchange
      twinner     Trade Winner

   ( Manufacturing, Construction )

      anfeng      An Feng Steel
      bes         BES Engineering Corporation
      cpc         Chinese Petroleum Corporation
      cpckor      Chinese Petroleum Corporation, Kaohsiung Refinery
      nytex       Nytex Composites Co. Ltd.
      philips     Philips Electronics
      realtek     Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
      ti          Texas Instruments
      tsmc        Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
      tyc         TYC Co. Ltd. 
      umc         United Microelectronics Corp.
      winbond     Winbond Electronics Corp.

   ( Media, Mass Communication )

      chinatimes  China Times
>     cdn         Central Daily News
      cna         Central News Agency
      csbc        Cheng Sheng Broadcasting Corp.
      icrt        International Community Radio Taipei ( ICRT )
      prtmusic    Philaharmonic Radio Taipei ( Radio Station )
      supertv     Super Television
      tol         Taiwan on Line
      ttv         Taiwan Television
      turc967     Trans-Universe Radio Communications ( TURC FM 96.7 )
      vot         Voice of Taipei ( Radio Station )

   ( Publisher )

      asiamagic   New Media Information
      chienhua    Chien Hua Book Co.
      clio        ( to be resolved )
      create      Creation Culture
      eurasia     Eurasia Book Co.
      fareast     Far East Book Co.
      hope        Hope Net
      if          ( to be resolved )
      infopro     Info Pro Group
      inforist    Informationist Press
      shen        Shen's Art Printing
      supertag    Super Tag
      tentop      ( to be resolved )
      thep        Taiwan Higher Education Press
      unalis      Unalis Corporation ( Song Kang Bookstore )

   ( Others )

      abba        ( to be resolved )
      bmg         BMG Music
      caisite     ( to be resolved )
      cardfree    ( to be resolved )
      cowell      Cowell ( E-Mall City )
>     cwbf        Chinese Wild Bird Federation
      dds         Day Dream Service
      dgt         Directorate General of Telecommunications ( MOTC )
      golfasia    Golf Trips
      hua         Hua Language Institute
      humanix     Internet Cafe
      hypernet    Internet Cafe
      job         Taiwan Job Online
      klm         KLM Airline
      law         Li and Partners Attorneys at Law
      lplai       ( to be resolved )
      phoenix     Phoenix Tour
>     prfound     Foundation for Public Relations Research & Education
      rock        Rock Records
      stol        Swire Group
      taie        Tai E International Patent and Law Office
      tli         Taipei Language Institute
      tti         Telecommunication Training Institute
      wisdom      Wisdom Consulting
      xerox       Taiwan Fuji Xerox Corporation
      yml         Yang Ming Line


(I. 7)  How can I read local Usenet newsgroups in Taiwan?

   You can try to connect your newsreader program like "tin" to the
   following newsservers to read local Usenet newsgroups in Taiwan.
   However, please do not forget that the Internet connection across the
   Pacific is quite slow at times.  The descriptions and the postings
   for Taiwanese newsgroups are Chinese Big-5 coded.

      aidebbs.edu.tw           (This BBS news server seems to provide
                                the fastest connection.  However, it
                                does not carry SCT)
      news.cis.nctu.edu.tw     National Chiao-tung University
      news.csie.nctu.edu.tw
      netnews.ntu.edu.tw (aliased as "bunny.ntu.edu.tw")
...       National Taiwan University
-     aladdin.iii.org.tw       Institute for Information Industry 
>     voyager.iii.org.tw (aliased as "news.iii.org.tw")
                               Institute for Information Industry

   You might want to try some of the following newsgroups, which were
   sampled from the NTU newsserver.  Not all news servers carry all the
   groups mentioned here.

      nctu.club.xxxx           There are 41 newsgroups, including 6
                               groups for alumni of some high schools.
      nsysu.art_program.xxxx_{city,country}.xxxx
                               There are 58 newsgroups in this hierarchy.
                               For some cities, there might be "dancing",
                               "drama", "folk", "lecture", "misc",
                               "music" and "paint" as subgroups.
      tw.bbs.literal.lyrics    You might find some lyrics of your
                               favorite songs here, including the English
                               songs.
      tw.bbs.rec.xxxx          There are 32 newsgroups for miscellaneous
                               hobbies and recreations.
      tw.bbs.sci.xxxx          There are 17 newsgroups for science-
                               related topics, including "astrology" and
                               "destiny-prediction".
      tw.bbs.soc.hakka         Hakka Discussions.
      tw.bbs.sports.baseball.xxxx
                               There are 6 newsgroups for the six
                               professional baseball teams in Taiwan.
      tw.bbs.talk.xxxx         There are 8 newsgroups, including "love",
                               "boy-girl", "ladytalk" and "mentalk".

   Outside Taiwan, the following news servers are known to carry
   "tw.bbs.xxxx" hierarchy and open to the public ( not necessarily for
   posting, but at least for reading ):

      news.sisna.com
      news.uni-stuttgart.de
      news.ifcss.org


(I. 8)  Is there any list for TANet BBS'?

   Listed below is a partial list for BBS' in TANet.  Entries marked by
   an "*" correspond to those not verifiable at UCLA, U.S.A.  For most of
   them, you can login with the ID "BBS" and no password is required.

   For the name of the schools, governments or organizations associated
   with the listed BBS address, please refer to question (3. 6), "My
   friend has such an E-mail address.  Where is he?"

   === Universities, Colleges and Institutes ===

   140.132.5.205    bbs.ccit.edu.tw
   140.123.11.90    bbs.ccu.edu.tw        ( Computer Center )
   140.123.101.78   bbs.cs.ccu.edu.tw     ( Dept. of Computer Science )
                    ( alias firebird.cs.ccu.edu.tw )
   140.126.3.2      bbs.chpi.edu.tw
                    ( alias china2.chpi.edu.tw )
   192.192.78.33    bbs.cjcicm.edu.tw
                    ( alias cc2.cjcicm.edu.tw )
   140.135.18.12    bbs.cycu.edu.tw       ( Station name: Curse )
                    ( alias cchp12.cc.cycu.edu.tw )
   140.135.23.201   iss.cc.cycu.edu.tw    ( Computer Center )
   ( this is alive but we cannot login BBS )
   140.135.72.51    phlinus.cycu.edu.tw   ( Dept. of Physics )
   192.83.174.68    sun.dyit.edu.tw
   140.134.254.5    bbs.fcu.edu.tw
                    ( alias gopher.fcu.edu.tw )
   140.134.24.22    wsn7.iecs.fcu.edu.tw  ( Dept. of Computer Science )
   140.136.56.234   cypher.fju.edu.tw
                    ( reported closed )
   *  163.15.163.16                       ( Kaohsiung Medical College )
   192.192.100.1    imsun1.ltc.edu.tw
   *  140.131.50.5
   *  140.131.50.66 bbs.mcu.edu.tw
   140.119.2.2      bbs.nccu.edu.tw       ( Computer Center )
   140.119.65.12    bbs.math.nccu.edu.tw  ( Dept. of Math. )
                    ( alias math2.math.nccu.edu.tw )
   *  140.119.152.144  bbs.jour.nccu.edu.tw  ( Dept. of Jouralism )
      ( reported closed )
   140.120.1.5      bbs.nchu.edu.tw       ( Computer Center )
   *  140.120.31.202
   140.130.81.12    rice.ncia.edu.tw
   140.116.2.12     gopher.ncku.edu.tw    ( Computer Center )
   140.116.22.200   phyhp.hpy.ncku.edu.tw ( Dept. of Physics )
   140.116.23.77    bbs.ch.ncku.edu.tw    ( Dept. of Chemistry )
   140.116.39.124   tehlu.es.ncku.edu.tw  ( Dept. of Engineering Sci. )
   140.116.82.7     vlsil.iie.ncku.edu.tw ( Institute of Information Engr. )
   140.113.11.231   music.ee.nctu.edu.tw  ( Music )
   140.113.17.154   bbs.csie.nctu.edu.tw  ( Phoenix )
   140.113.23.3     bbs.cis.nctu.edu.tw   ( Dept. of Computer Sci. and
                                            Information )
   140.113.190.10   eagle.dorm10.nctu.edu.tw  ( Heart )
   140.113.218.1    bbs.ee.nctu.edu.tw    ( Dept. of Electrical Engr. )
   140.113.250.1    www.nctu.edu.tw       ( Computer Center )
   140.115.30.11    dirac.phy.ncu.edu.tw  ( New Age )
   140.115.70.13    ee03.ee.ncu.edu.tw
   140.115.70.28    bbs.ee.ncu.edu.tw     ( Dept. of Electrical Engr. )
   140.115.70.18    ee06.ee.ncu.edu.tw
   140.115.83.240   bbs.mgt.ncu.edu.tw    ( Dept. of Information Management )
   140.117.11.2     bbs.nsysu.edu.tw      ( Formosa )
   *  140.117.11.4                        ( South Wild )
   140.131.85.2     bbs.ntcn.edu.tw
   140.114.29.100   bbs.ee.nthu.edu.tw    ( Dept. of Eletrical Engr. )
   140.114.32.146   bach.math.nthu.edu.tw ( Dept. of Math. )
   140.114.45.12    platinum.chem.nthu.edu.tw  ( Dept. of Chemistry )
   140.114.202.26   g834315.HUNG.AB.nthu.edu.tw
   192.192.6.112    bbs.nhltc.edu.tw
   140.127.81.10    sparc5.npttc.edu.tw   ( Computer Center )
   192.192.214.3    mozart.ntc.edu.tw
   192.83.172.65    mars.ntcic.edu.tw     ( login: NTICVTX )
   140.118.2.65     etc3.et.ntit.edu.tw
   140.118.7.154    event.ee.ntit.edu.tw  ( Dept. of Eletrical Engr. )
   ( The above is not correct.  It should be replaced by
   140.118.7.40     bbs.ee.ntit.edu.tw )
   140.122.65.19    bbs.ntnu.edu.tw       ( Computer Center )
                    ( alias gopher.cc.ntnu.edu.tw )
   140.122.77.72    bbs.ice.ntnu.edu.tw
                    ( alias indian.ice.ntnu.edu.tw )
   *  140.122.191.5    suncc2.scc.ntnu.edu.tw
   *  140.121.135.37   celabl.ee.ntou.edu.tw  ( Dept. of Eletrical Engr. )
      ( reported closed )
   140.121.155.155  dreamy.wfd.ntou.edu.tw
   140.112.1.6      bbs.ntu.edu.tw        ( Computer Center )
   140.112.19.32    mic.ee.ntu.edu.tw     ( Dept. of Eletrical Engr. )
   140.112.50.162   bbs.math.ntu.edu.tw   ( Dept. of Math. )
                    ( alias newton.math.ntu.edu.tw )
   192.192.125.74   bbs.occc.edu.tw
   192.192.69.8     bbs.oit.edu.tw
                    ( alias icb.oit.edu.tw )
   163.14.180.6     gopher.scu.edu.tw
   163.14.67.100    zeus.cs.scu.edu.tw
   140.128.99.114   linux1.thu.edu.tw
   163.13.196.43    heaven.stat.tku.edu.tw  ( Statistics )
   163.13.240.11    bbs.tku.edu.tw        ( Information Center )
   140.130.135.2    sunipc.ttc.edu.tw
   140.129.20.82    help.cse.ttit.edu.tw  ( Secret )
   140.129.25.100   sunserv.cse.ttit.edu.tw  ( Dept. of CSIE )
   192.192.150.1    bbs.wcjc.edu.tw
                    ( alias cc.wcjc.edu.tw )
   140.130.101.2    bbs.wfc.edu.tw
                    ( alias alpha2.wfc.edu.tw )
   140.129.80.2     dtk2.ym.edu.tw
   *  140.138.244.61  river.yzit.edu.tw

   === High Schools ===

   140.127.146.2    bbs.tyhs.edu.tw
                    ( alias lib.tyhs.edu.tw )

   === Governments, Organizations, and Others ===

   202.39.246.80    sun.epa.gov.tw
   140.111.1.11     aidebbs.edu.tw
   140.117.10.1     khbbs.nsysu.edu.tw    ( Kaohsiung City Education
                                            Bureau )
   140.127.141.22   bbs.kscg.gov.tw
   202.39.180.14    bbs.tcg.gov.tw        ( Taipei City Government )
                    ( alias serv2.tcg.gov.tw )
   192.192.170.1    tnbbs.tnmgeb.edu.tw
   *  140.138.1.251                       ( Hsinchu Area Senior High
                                            School Alumni BBS )

   ( Thanks for HUANG, Yu-shen, "8222502@flame.yuntech.edu.tw", at Dept.
     of Business Management of National Yunlin Institute of Technology
     for contributing the information here )


(I. 9)  How can I sign in the TANet for BBS access?

   Listed below are some phone numbers useful for signing in TANet in
   Taiwan for direct BBS connection.  You might need an account for some
   of them.  After signing in you may be able to get connected to most
   BBS' in the Internet.  Please keep in mind that in Taiwan you have to
   dial "0" in front of the number for long-distance access.

   You can send an E-mail to "cdmag@hope.hinet.net", which is for the
   magazine "HOPE_NET CD-ROM Monthly", for any questions you might still
   have.  However, please try to be polite in asking since this is a ser-
   vice provided voluntarily by "HOPE NET".

      (2)651-3920 ( 8 lines )  Central Academic Sinica
      (2)737-7466 (12 lines )  Computer Center of Ministry of Education
      (2)368-9280 (10 lines )  National Taiwan University
         367-6981 (24 lines )
      (2)938-7183              National Cheng-chi University
             7184
             7154
      (2)322-4233              National Taiwan Normal University
             4243
             4248
         341-8961
             8975
             9032
      (3)427-2178 (10 lines )  National Central Univerisity
-     (35)71-3501 (10 lines )  National Chiao-tung University
-         72-4920 (16 lines )
-            9200~15
-            4920~35
>     (35)73-0600~99 (100 lines) National Chiao-tung University
>         (automatic dialing selection at 73-0600)
      (4)285-4757~63           National Chung-hsing University
         258-1677
         285-4219~21
      (4)728-5172 ( 8 lines )  National Chang-hua Normal University
      (5)272-0627 ( 9 lines )  National Chung-cheng Univiersity
      (6)274-6177~8            National Cheng-kung University
         275-6717~27
      (7)533-2040              National Sun Yat-sun University
             2050
         531-0103 (32 lines )

   ( Reference: "How to get into the Internet World for the Modem
     people" by CHEN, Chien-chuen, page 93 on the magazine "HOPE NET"
     in Taiwan, 1995 January issue )


   ( Permission to repost the finished document or make copies of it in
     electronic, mechanical, photocopied, or other form as appropriate
     will be granted provided it is not modified in any way whatsoever,
     and it is not used for profit purposes without prior explicit consent
     from the author.  Copyright 1995, 1996 by Tung-chiang Yang ).
