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From: kds@intelca.UUCP (Ken Shoemaker)
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Subject: Re: Re: What is Tymnet?
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Date: Sat, 31-Aug-85 14:08:08 EDT
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> Tymnet is a nationwide network that allows people to access their computer from
> far distances.  I believe it is DOD sponsored but I know it is restricted to
> a small group of users.  Basically, a user dials an access number, then enters
> his/her password, and then connects to a desired host.  Tymnet is not unlike
> Telenet.
> -- 
> 
> [lear@topaz.rutgers.edu]
> [{allegra,seismo}!topaz!lear]

ok, but...

1) I don't think it is DOD sponsered, since I have used it to access
	computers that would shudder to be associated with DOD

2) I believe that they are on the net with a site in Cupertino, Ca.
	called tymnet (or something like that...)
-- 
...and I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody outside of a small circle
of friends...

Ken Shoemaker, Microprocessor Design for a large, Silicon Valley firm

{pur-ee,hplabs,amd,scgvaxd,dual,qantel}!intelca!kds
	
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