Mike Whitt <VMSP@NCSUVM>
Fri, 20 May 88 16:17:22 EST
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>REPLY TO 05/19/88 10:56 FROM [log in to unmask] "Revised LISTSERV forum":
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>Mike,
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>I'm not at all sure what you're trying to do with your "conferencing
>system". Just what do you mean by that phrase? Are you trying to
>add a sort of conference call type of interaction on top of
>LISTSERV? ...
Electronic conferencing is generally defined as interactive messaging
on a network of computers.
I used LISTSERV as an example of distributing or peering information.
Also, I think a LISTSERV list in conjunction with interactive messaging
would enhance the conference. More detailed, long-winded exhortations
are better suited to the written word.
> ... Are you aiming at just your own campus or would
>conferences span the network. ...
I intend to span the the entire universe, except for that part that
is receding at the speed of light.
> ... You make references to stripped down
>RELAY code but for those of us who aren't on VM machines that's
After talking with good (in the technical sense) RELAY people, I am
more inclined to use a stripped-down RELAY, than multiple virtual machines.
>never been an option. Will non-VM machines be able to tie into your
>conference by going thru another host? Personally I wouldn't want
>to see the development of a network wide conference facility that
>excluded non-VM nodes.
I am not an MVS person. If MVS people want to tie-in, I would think
a good MVS system programmer might take the challenge. This is a first
try, a beta version. I cannot take into account all the varying cpu's
in BITNET, Internet, etcNET.
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>/June
Mike Whitt. [log in to unmask]
VM Systems Programmer.
Computing Center
NC State Univ. (919) 737-2517
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