Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!gatech!spaf From: spaf@gatech.CSNET (Gene Spafford) Newsgroups: mod.newslists Subject: Arpanet List-of-Lists Part 2 Message-ID: <3410@gatech.CSNET> Date: Mon, 21-Apr-86 22:46:55 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.3410 Posted: Mon Apr 21 22:46:55 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 23-Apr-86 21:26:25 EST Expires: Tue, 17-Jun-86 03:11:30 EST Organization: Software Engineering Research Center (SERC), Georgia Tech Lines: 1424 Approved: spaf@gatech What follows is part 2 (of 2) of the Arpanet List of Lists. Part 1 of the list is in a companion article. Gene Spafford 21 April 1986 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- INFO-POSTSCRIPT@SU-SCORE.ARPA glacier!info-postscript (UUCP) INFO-POSTSCRIPT is for discussion of the PostScript Page Description language and related topics. Messages are manually screened to weed out list-maintenance requests and then individually remailed. 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SMAuG is an applied research project designed to probe the problems of distributing the work of a complex piece of software across local intelligent devices and a remote timesharing computer. The software being creating is an adventure game allowing multiple players. Players may be controlled by either human users or planning software. The project is potentially enormous and much paring of capabilities is expected. The primary goals of the project are: Error free communication protocol Simple control of local intelligent devices Centralized database with local caching of unchanging data objects Local processing of user commands (to offload central system) An adventure game This project is an offshoot of a locally funded research grant examining the interaction of local intelligent devices and remote timesharing systems. Since January 1, 1984 we have been sponsored by the Rutgers Center for Computer and Information Services. 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