Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!ames!pacbell!hoptoad!hsfmsh!dumbcat!marc From: marc@dumbcat.UUCP (Marco S Hyman) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: USENIX Board Studies UUCP Summary: Almost optimum Message-ID: <127@dumbcat.UUCP> Date: 23 Nov 89 07:01:43 GMT References: <287@usenix.UUCP> <1989Nov19.032449.7940@world.std.com> <2167@prune.bbn.com> <7067@ficc.uu.net> <36700@apple.Apple.COM> Reply-To: marc@dumbcat.UUCP (Marco S Hyman) Organization: MH Software, Hayward, Ca. Lines: 14 In article <36700@apple.Apple.COM> fair@Apple.COM (Erik E. Fair) writes: UUCP in its present form is is perfect for telephone based interactions; prepare files, place the call, blast the files over the phone as fast as you can, hang up, and process what you got in from the remote. I almost agree with Erik. Adding a standard full-duplex protocol to take advantage of the other direction is the missing piece. This is based upon the assumption that the world will eventually migrate to full duplex links. V.32 modems are a reality. ISDN may not be that far away. // marc -- // Marco S. Hyman {ames,pyramid,sun}!pacbell!dumbcat!marc