RainDrop Laboratories is an organization whose goal is to help people get connected and communicate electronically. It is owned and operated by Alan Batie in Portland, Oregon.

Agora, the primary service of RainDrop Laboratories, has been serving the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area since 1985. Currently, Agora offers dial-up Internet access, web hosting, USENET news and Unix shell services.

For those who need a full time permanent connection, you can connect via RAINet, Inc. or FreeRAIN.

I also work with Marc Frajola and David Greenman to bring you FreeRTR, a single floppy, SLIP based router solution for low-cost dedicated Internet access.

By US Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), a computer/modem/printer meets the definition of a telephone fax machine. By Sec.227(b)(1)(C), it is unlawful to send any unsolicited advertisement to such equipment, punishable by action to recover actual monetary loss, or $500, whichever is greater, for each violation.

In addition, here's RAINet's policy on spam, which I fully support, not only in email, but in USENET as well.

Interesting Places

Here are some places to start browsing the web:

• Local Agora Information
• The Current Internet "Weather"
• Navigational Aids
  • Yahoo Web Search Engine
  • Lycos Web Search Engine
  • Alta Vista Web Search Engine
  • Excite
  • WebCrawler
  • Archie Gateway (FTP search engine)
• Software
  • Netscape Navigator (web browser)
  • Eudora (email)
• Shopping (see also "The Movies" and "Local to Portland", below)
  • Internet Shopping Network
  • Computer Discounters Warehouse
  • Insight
  • REI
  • CD Now
• Web Publishing on Agora
• Portland Weather
  • Portland area weather from Intellicast
  • Portland area weather from KATU
  • Portland area weather from KGW
  • Portland area weather from KOIN
• Local to Portland
  • Powell's Bookstore
  • The Pumpkin Patch on Sauvie Island
  • Portland Weather
  • Current Views of Portland
  • Cinema 21 Movie Guide
  • Oregon Business Directory
• The Movies
  • Discount Laser Discs (Portland local)
  • Flicks On Disc (Portland local)
  • Ken Crane Laserdiscs
  • The Entertainment Connection
  • VideoFlicks
  • MovieWeb
  • The Internet Movie Database
  • Fine Line Features
  • Hollywood Pictures
  • MGM/United Artists
  • Paramount
  • Sony/Columbia Pictures/TriStar
  • Touchstone Pictures
  • Universal Studios
  • Walt Disney
  • Warner Brothers
• Some Interesting Places to Visit
  • The Dilbert Zone
  • For Better Or Worse
  • Political Humor
  • The ORCA Foundation
  • The MIT PGP Key Server
  • The MIT Logarhythms
  • Not Microsoft
  • Not Bill Clinton's Campaign
  • Not Bob Dole's Campaign
  • CityNet
  • Intel
  • Oregon State Legislature
  • A Typical System Administrator
  • Your Local System Administrator
  • Queer Resources Directory
  • Phillip Greenspun
  • NASA Home Page
  • Berkeley Software Design
  • FreeBSD
  • Trinity College
  • Internet RFCs
  • Newton Information
  • Access Provider List

Last modified: 5/17/97 webmaster@www.rdrop.com
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Agora is a ServiceMark of RainDrop Laboratories