VAX/VMS & NCBI's _Entrez_: text interface desired

[cup at bones.biochem.ualberta.ca]

In article <C6ons3.4G7 at murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
wrp at cyclops.micr.Virginia.EDU (Bill Pearson) writes:
>In article <930507104042.214062a7 at JAGUAR.CSC.WSU.EDU>
THOMPSON at JAGUAR.CSC.WSU.EDU ("Steve Thompson: VADMS genetics") writes:
>>Greetings BioNetLanders -
>>

>	At most universities, a cost-effective system can be built
>on a Novell Network server.  Often you will find that there is a server
>available, in the library for example, and the only cost is the addition
>of a 1 GB disk ($1500).  Even if you must purchase the server and
software,
>a it can be done for < $5000.  And, as Dennis Benson mentions, you can
now
>use Entrez via tcp/ip, without having the database on line at all.
            ^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^

Hi, could someone please clarify this for me. I'm assuming that the
databases
must be on some sort of local network but that a client can query them via

TCP/IP. Or is there some other place that has the databases and allows one
to connect via a TCP/IP client (like gopher, I guess).

Thanks,
  Chris Upton
Biochemistry
University of Alberta
Edmonton
 Alberta
Canada