Online Ship Lists and the Catalogue of Collections of the
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston is available
through the courtesy of Queen's University at Kingston.

The Wallace List, a Record of Canadian Shipping 1786 to 1920
(sailing vessels); the Mills List being Canadian steam vessels 1816
to 1935 and Canadian Registered ships for the Great Lakes and some
St. Lawrence River Ports are online at Queen's University at
Kingston - over 13,000 records.

In addition you can search the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes
online collections catalogue: books, pictorial (paintings,
photographs, ships plans); artifacts; periodical indexes; archives
- 40,000 records.

Records are uploaded regularly.

Internet Connections

For VT 100 sites: telnet qlineascii.queensu.ca
For TN 3270 sites: tn3270 qline.queensu.ca

Modem Connections

Hardware requirements: a PC-Compatible or Mackintosh microcomputer
wiht dial in modem.

Software requirements: recommended software for PC's: MS-Kermit,
YTERM, Microsoft Winsock. For Macintoshes: Brown Term, Wendy Comm

Computer Specifications

7 data bits; even parity; 1 stop bit; full duplex

Phone numbers:

1200 to 2400 BPS 613 548 7328
2400 BPS 613 548 3162
9600 BPS 613 548 8258.

Selecting QLINE

If you are not using customized software, you will be asked two
questions before the QLINE Main Menu is displayed.

'enter class' answer QLINE
'terminal type' answer VT100

This will take you to the main screen where you will be given a
choice of data bases. Choose MAR to go into the ship lists and
marine museum online catalogue.

Read the help screens from there. The search engine is powerful but
it does require some skill.


Maurice D. Smith,
Curator,
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston.
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