>REPLY TO 05/19/88 10:56 FROM [log in to unmask] "Revised LISTSERV forum": >New list CONFER-L > >Mike, > >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. > >/June Mike Whitt. [log in to unmask] VM Systems Programmer. Computing Center NC State Univ. (919) 737-2517