6 Oct
2024
6 Oct
'24
6:29 p.m.
Dan Cross <crossd(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I do wonder if a version of it has survived somewhere;
I've personally
never seen it, but there's very little information about it out there
anymore.
I don't have it. I think it was licensed software from Penn State.
I don't remember a lot of details. It gave a similar experience
to that on IBM systems; as your mail travelled point to point you
got a message printed on your terminal as to what node it was going through.
(Or something like that.)
There was also a facility similar to write(1) that let you chat with
someone on a remote BITNET site.
Overall, it did work.
Arnold