Requirements: 

o Any Amiga (Most likely you're using one right now!)
o A TCP/IP compatible stack i.e. AmiTCP or Miami.
o The following programs: (included in this archive)
- HTTPJ 2.0 ©1996 by Piergiorgio Ghezzo. (Freeware) 
- GetMouseInput 1.3 ©1997 by Tim Jackson. (Freeware)


Features:

o Amazingly simple. (Try the same on a Mac/PC)
o Usefull, customizable, and much quicker than using a browser.
o 100% accurate results, unlike local Name Servers.
o Virus free. (How could there be one in 780 bytes of TEXT?)
o Free!

Description:

Domain Name Search (DNS) is a simple script designed to check the
availability of domain names. It uses "HTTPJ" to lookup the InterNIC's
WHOIS database and "GetMouseInput" to detect if you want more details.


Installation:

o Extract the archive to RAM: with lha e.g.:
  "1.RAM:>lha -a e DNS.lha"
o If you haven't specified the option -a (preserve attributes) when
  you decompressed DNS.lha then add the "script" flag to DNS e.g.:
  "1.RAM:>protect +s DNS/DNS"
o Extract the other 2 archives in DNS
o Copy DNS/DNS to S: or AmiTCP:bin or wherever makes you happy.
o Copy GetMouseInput and HTTPJ somewhere in your path or add an alias
  in your user-startup such as "alias httpj NET:HTTPJ/httpj"
o That's it, you're all set!


Usage:

o 'DNS'               by itself will show the correct syntax.
o 'DNS ?'             will prompt you for the domain name.
o 'DNS domain.com'    will lookup the domain on the InterNIC.



Versions history:

1.3 (16-Apr-99) - Bugfix
o Missed a double-quote in the URL
o Corrected a typo in the doc
 
1.2 (23-Mar-99) - URL and procedure update.
o Moved URL from InterNIC.net to their new site at NetworkSolution.com as
  the other one no longer accept external requests.
o Renamed "DNS.temp" to "DNS-Result.html" to simplify the viewing of the result
  page with a Browser.
o Now uses "Multiview" instead of "More". Looks nice with the HTML datatype.  
o Added a "simple" version which doesn't require HTTPJ nor GetMouseInput.
o Fixed the version info. Now only shows up when no domain is entered.
o Removed copyrights notice as this is freeware anyway. 

1.1 (13-Oct-98) - First Aminet upload.
o Added GetMouseInput to display InterNIC's response when needed.

1.0 (27-May-97) - First version.
o Got tired of using my browser to search for available domain names.
o Using "Ping -c1 domain.com" wasn't accurate enough as only active
  servers are listed on name servers, but all are on the NIC. 
o Found HTTPJ and made this script which made my life much easier.

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[generic]                  861    1636  52.6% -lh5- bf4e Mar 22  1999 DNS.info
[generic]                 1469    2741  53.6% -lh5- 2252 Apr 17  1999 DNS.readme
[generic]                  432     781  55.3% -lh5- b13f Apr 17  1999 DNS/DNS
[generic]                 3040    5913  51.4% -lh5- 894e Apr 17  1999 DNS/DNS.doc
[generic]                  390     698  55.9% -lh5- d2cc Apr 17  1999 DNS/DNS_simple
[generic]                 7905    7905 100.0% -lh0- c0bf Oct 14  1998 DNS/GetMouseInput.lha
[generic]                25867   25867 100.0% -lh0- 1247 Oct 14  1998 DNS/HTTPJ200.lha
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total         7 files   39964   45541  87.8%            Apr 18  1999