Awe13.106 net.general utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!houxi!houxd!houxc!hound!houti!houxt!houxn!houxg!lime!we13!rjk Tue Jan 12 15:48:47 1982 Local area networks Yes, let's establish a net.localnets or whatever. With the move toward distributive processing seen throughout the industry and the drop (?) in the cost of machines, interconnection is becoming more and more of the problem. There may even be a need for two groups in this field: One for machine-to-machine networks and one for terminal-to-machine interconnection. Let's not include the Dimension in the second group. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.