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At the main menu, select P (for "AIDS providers" and you'll be able to search for doctors, hospitals and other providers that care for patients with AIDS. You can also search by speciality.
See also under Conversation and Health.
AMATEUR RADIO:
The National Ham Radio Call-Sign Callbook lets you search for American amateur operators by callsign, city, last name or Zip code. A successful search will give you the ham's name, address, callsign, age, type of license and when he or she got it.
Telnet: callsign.cs.buffalo.edu 2000 or ham.njit.edu 2000.
When you connect, you tell the system how you want to search and what you're looking for. For example, if you want to search for hams by city, you would type
city city name
and hit enter (for example: city Kankakee).
Other search choices are "call" (after which you would type a ham's name), "name," and "zip" (which you would follow with a Zip code). Be careful when searching for hams in a large city; there doesn't seem to be anyway to shut off the list once it starts except by using control-]. Otherwise, when done, type
quit
and hit enter to disconnect.
ANIMALS
See under Health.
CALCULATORS
Hewlett-Packard maintains a free service on which you can seek advice about their line of calculators.
Telnet: hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com
No log-in is needed.
CHEMISTRY
The Electronic Periodic Table of the Elements draws the table on your screen and then lets you look up various properties of individual elements.
Telnet: camms2.caos.kun.nl
No password needed.
CONGRESS
The Library of Congress Information Service lets you search current and past legislation (dating to 1982).
Telnet: locis.loc.gov
Password: none needed.
When you connect, you'll get a main menu that lets you select from several databases, including the Library of Congress card catalog (with book entries dating