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From: emv@a.cc.umich.edu (Ed Vielmetti)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: multiparty, real-time, lightweight sequenced communications
Message-ID: <8879@mailgw.cc.umich.edu>
Date: 9 Feb 89 18:36:23 GMT
Reply-To: emv@mailgw.cc.umich.edu (Ed Vielmetti)
Organization: University of Michigan Computing Center, Ann Arbor
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What's the state of the art in real-time chat programs connected
across an internet?  The goal is something like 'party' only over
multiple systems.  I've heard of 'phone' but don't have any more
pointers than that, & there must be others.

I'm sure it would be a good testbed for multicast protocols or some
sort of lightweight transaction scheme.

[cross-posted to comp.protocols.tcp-ip, cause I'm not interested in
single system solutions.]

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Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan Computing Center mail group