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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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