Protocols are necessary for people to communicate effectively on the Internet. The ORWW Internet Protocol was developed to enable individuals involved in the project to communicate, and to identify types and inventories of equipment and software that could be used on the Internet. The ORWW Project has set up the following minimum and recommended standards.

Minimum Hardware and Software Required

• 14.4 Modem
• 8 mb RAM
• 50 mb hard drive space
• Macintosh IIci or PC 386 with color monitor and video card combination capable of displaying 640 x480 with 256 colors
• Netscape 2.0 browser
• Eudora e-mail
• JPEGview (Macintosh)
• PaintShop Pro or LView (PC)

Recommended Hardware and Software

• 28.8 or better modem
• 16 mb RAM
• 100 mb hard drive space
• Macintosh IIci or PC 486 with color monitor and video card combination capable of displaying 800 x600 with thousands of colors
• Netscape 3.0 browser
• Eudora e-mail
• JPEGview (Macintosh)
• PaintShop Pro or LView Pro (PC)
• MS Word (Macintosh or PC)
• Adobe PageMill (Macintosh and PC w/Win95)
• Hot Dog (PC w/Windows 3.1)
• WS_FTP FTP Client (PC)
• Fetch FTP Client (Macintosh)

Web Etiquette

• Do not send large attachments with your e-mail.
• Do not send e-mail to large numbers of people you donít know (SPAMMING). It is basically considered an extreme abuse of privileges on most systems and possible reason to disable or remove someoneís e-mail access.
• Do not send e-mail chain letters. It is considered with the same severity as SPAMMING.
• Avoid large file sizes that cause excessive upload and download times.
• Do not use profanity.
• Use emphasis liberally to let people know what you intend. Without visual cues, it is *really* hard to tell what someone means. Also, if your intent may be unclear, let people know what you are saying is a (joke), (sarcastic), etc. Finally, and this is really crucial - E-MAIL IS NOT PRIVATE OR SECURE! - If you don't want someone to see your comments, then do not send them. It is amazing where things can end up if sent via e-mail.

This page created January 15, 1997. Minor edits and links updated October 21, 2001.

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