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From: gl8f@astsun9.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
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Subject: Re: Creative (?) Use of Internet
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Date: 25 Aug 90 17:05:03 GMT
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In article <894@beguine.UUCP> dfiled@uncmed.med.unc.edu () writes:

>We now feel that an electronic conferencing system is the answer to this type
>of need--indeed is tailor-made to address this sort of thing.  However,
>with electronic conferencing, all the conference members need to be able to
>access the same host system--the one that is running the conference software.

Not necessarily. There are several "chat" programs out there which are
distributed, such as Internet Relay Chat. All you need to access it is
a machine which can speak TCP/IP to the Internet at large.

No reason to live in the stone age.

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"In fact you should not be involved in IRC." -- Phil Howard