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Aucbvax.2261 fa.works utzoo!duke!decvax!ucbvax!works Mon Jul 13 04:58:28 1981 Re: JWalker comments on working at home, on planes, etc. >From Zellich@OFFICE-3 Mon Jul 13 04:50:39 1981 Some of us already *do* work at home, and the receipt of stuff that shows up in my office inbasket is a problem -- I have to go in and get it periodically, or else have it batch-mailed to me (the Post Awful actually does pretty good work here - I get everything the next day).

At home I have a pretty nice workstation, but on a recent vacation trip I took a TI745 with me, and found it not nearly as useful as it had been when it was my *only* terminal. My work methodology has changed so much due to the availability of the workstation that it has become almost impossible to get my work done with a terminal with lesser capabilities. My electronic "filing cabinets", etc., are optimally organized for a windowed display, and have become extremely difficult to use from a TTY or simple scope.

It so happens that my workstation is relatively dumb (using its internal microprocessor to handle NVT requirements only), but the next generation should be quite intelligent - maybe being my prime "host" itself. This all points up two problems very neatly:

1. I need a portable workstation (or portable terminal that can access my workstation);

2. If I use a portable terminal, then I need access to my home workstation (the future one, that will be a standalone system). This future system must be capable of two-way communication; it can *not* be used strictly to dial out to other hosts. It has to be a full host in that it must be accessible from a remote user, and probably from remote hosts and other workstations as well. (gee, sounds like I just read RFC 782)

-Rich -------

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