RFC 544

Locating On-Line Documentation at SRI-ARC 💖

okay bestie, the title block first 🎀 this is from the Network Working Group, it's RFC 544 (NIC 17782), written by Dean Meyer and Kirk Kelley (both SRI-ARC) on July 13, 1973 📅. The original doesn't say what category it is, and it doesn't list anything it obsoletes or updates 🤷‍♀️

So, the main tea ☕ Where there used to be one file, there are now two files 🫶 They exist to help users find user docs and other files in NLS, and they're lowkey iconic 💅

First up is <NIC>LOCATOR 🧭 It walks you to the NIC functional docs through links, and its branch labelled "ARC SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION" sends you to <USERGUIDES>ARCLOCATOR. Its address looks like this:

(nic, locator, l:w)

Then there's <USERGUIDES>ARCLOCATOR 🦋 This one covers the SRI-ARC system itself. A bunch of ARC features are usable from the Network, and its docs are the perfect intro to them ✨ Its address looks like this:

(userguides, arclocator, l:w)

Both files are built so that inexperienced NLS users can get to the docs easily 🌸 Each one has instructions as branch one. To pull those up, run this:

L[oad] F[ile] <nic>locator CR

P[rint] B[ranch] .1 CA wn  CA

Got ideas or suggestions for the LOCATOR files? Send them to KIRK or NDM at SRI-ARC 💌 They want to hear it!

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