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From: bkuo@girtab.usc.edu (Benjamin Kuo)
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Subject: Re: Programming Communications Software - help?
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Date: 14 Dec 90 20:09:49 GMT
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I'm at the University of Southern California, where they've just implemented
a HyperCard front end to the databases (expanding the former 1-database
for books terminals to a multi-database, multi-field, etc. system). I think
it's HC 1.2.5, I know it's running on the campus Ethernet system, I heard
that they're using a similar system (ie send parameters from the mac,
have the mainframe do the searching, redisplay on the Mac). It's really
pretty good, except the fact that the network does hang occasionally
(XCMD serials having problems?)--particularly at busy hours.

The system was designed by an outside company, but maybe someone else here
knows where they can be contacted...