The answers beg a question...

[francis@insoft2.insoft.com]

>     Greetings and many thanks to all the gentles who responded to my 
>     posting regarding the Library of Congress.
[...]
>     I was curious about how to get access to a telnet site...mainly, what 
>     am I asking for?

I think "telnet locis.loc.gov" will get you in.  That's what I vaguely
remember from the one time I went there.

LOCIS is the LoC Information System; the instructions on telnetting in
were next to the LOCIS terminals in the library.  Or you could
probably call their info desk.

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