Asri-unix.1171
net.works
utzoo!decvax!cca!sri-unix!REM@MIT-MC
Tue Apr 6 20:55:29 1982
whether network protocols should be discussed here
From: Robert Elton Maas <REM AT MIT-MC>
Of course the issue of network access isn't a workstation-specific
question, it applies to mainframes also. But when considering any
particular workstation, one of the most important questions is what
sort of network access it has (the other most important questions are:
what sort of word-processing/editor, what sort of display, what sort
of computing power, and what other software is available; did I leave
out anything important?).
Thus perhaps issues of particular protocol to use should be moved to
INFO-PROTOCOL (for low-speed asynchronous long-distance
telephone&modem communication) or INFO-LAN (doesn't exist that I know
of; maybe it should; for Ethernet-type things) or TCP-IP (for
TCP/IP/X.25; I'm not sure of this one), assuming we're designing a
workstation ourselves or sending suggestions to some commercial
workstation vendor, but discussion of the network capabilities of
particular existing workstations belongs here. Does everybody agree
that a workstation located near other workstations (such as in an
office building) should be on a LAN, and that regardless of whether a
workstation is on a LAN or not, it should have some long-distance
communication, either directly or via a longhaul-gateway on the LAN?
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