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From: carlitz@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Robert D. Carlitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.apple
Subject: Apple Jam and other AppleTalk utilities
Keywords: conferencing, AppleTalk, Macs, Apple II-GS
Message-ID: <22402@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 18 Feb 90 20:27:40 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Computing & Information Services
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The book "Hands-On AppleTalk" by Mike Rogers and Virginia Bare (published
by Brady Books, New York, 1989) mentions a public domain conferencing
program called Apple Jam.  Does anyone know where this software can be
found?  (I didn't see it on sumex-aim.)  I would like to hear from
people who have had some experience with this software or related
packages.  Presumably one can set up a conference of sorts under
AppleShare or some other file server merely by designating folders for
certain common discussion topics.  Is this really a workable option?

The specific setup that I have in mind would run the file server or
conferencing software on a Mac - with users on Apple II-GS's connected
via AppleTalk.  Presumably the programs BROADCAST and PUBLIC-FOLDER on
sumex-aim would not help me here.  Or can the information distributed by
these programs be accessed by machines other than Macs?

Thanks!			carlitz@unix.cis.pitt.edu	[Internet]
Bob Carlitz		pitt!unix.cis.pitt.edu!carlitz	[uucp]