Gilbert W A
Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142.
Comput Appl Biosci. 1994 Apr;10(2):207-8.
This communication is to announce the availability of a network server for biological sequence database entries which will allow scientists to fetch entries in a desired format directly into their file store. This server will use TCP/IP protocols allowing any user with an Internet connection to participate. FarFetch will allow users to obtain sequence entries in a directly usable form as opposed to conventional e-mail based sequence retrievers. This server also differs from Gopher and WAIS servers in that the sequence entry is written into the user's file store in a format that is immediately usable. Clients for the OpenVMS, Unix and Macintosh operating systems have been written and are available via anonymous ftp. Development of MS-DOS and Windows clients is planned. There will be no usage fees associated with the server.
本通讯旨在宣布一个生物序列数据库条目的网络服务器已可用，该服务器将使科学家能够以所需格式直接获取条目到他们的文件存储中。此服务器将使用TCP/IP协议，允许任何具有互联网连接的用户参与。与传统的基于电子邮件的序列检索器不同，FarFetch将允许用户以直接可用的形式获取序列条目。该服务器也与Gopher和WAIS服务器不同，因为序列条目是以立即可用的格式写入用户的文件存储中的。已经编写了适用于OpenVMS、Unix和Macintosh操作系统的客户端，可通过匿名ftp获取。计划开发MS-DOS和Windows客户端。该服务器不收取使用费用。
