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From: Ralph.Hyre@C.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralph W. Hyre Jr.)
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Subject: Re:  Inquiry on Bulletin Board System Software
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 10:33:52 EDT
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	Ralph likes dial-up systems that require smart terminals -- move the
	user interface to the users PC.

	Yeah, but ...

	Not much makes me angrier than a system that I can't call from my 
	TeleVideo 925 terminal, or my CP/M system running MEX, or a Model
	100 from a bus...


I'm sorry, I should have clearly stated that this would not be the ONLY
interface, just that it would be provided for those who had enough
compute power to run a user interface on their home PC.  I had envisioned
providing a special 'account' (say with the userid 'server' at all 
installations) which would start up the server and then go through the
user authentication process.

Something like this coule be done today, except that most BBS's don't have
error correction, which would be useful if you couldn't actually see what
queries were being passed back and forth.

The protocol would have to be public domain in order to allow for the
development of inplementations for as many computers as possible.

					- Ralph
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