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From: carlos@roo (Carlos M. Salinas)
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Subject: Re: Running NeXT Apps across a network/Internet
Message-ID: <1991May27.221109.2066@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 27 May 91 22:11:09 GMT
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In article <1991May22.214340.2034@math.ucla.edu> barry@pico.math.ucla.edu  
(Barry Merriman) writes:
> Well, I figured out how to run NeXTStep over a network. Its pretty
> easy, and its a lot of fun. I've submitted the result as a FAQ: Still, there
> are a few minor bugs to work out. Also, I wish we could
> move files between hosts by dragging and dropping 
> icons---any chance of this, NeXT?
> 
Someone at NeXT wrote a program called Touch. I have a beta copy of it, no  
official word on whether or not it will be released.

Touch mounts a pseudo NFS directory that is actually an FTP to a remote UNIX  
machine. Since the remote FTP is NFS mounted, you can treat it just like any  
other file in the filesystem. I've Touched archive sites in Oregon and Japan  
and was able to drag files around and lauch files on the remote system. Touch  
is a really neat program. Hope NeXT releases it. Can't give you specs on who to  
contact about it.

'Los