[730] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Library Automation--Comments & Questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Public-Access Computer Systems For)
Mon Jul 13 09:44:39 1992
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1992 08:40:32 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
From: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS%UHUPVM1.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
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2 Messages, 45 Lines
1) Public CD-ROM Stations--Reply
2) Internet BBS Capability
From: pfa@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (PF Anderson)
Subject: Re: Public CD Stations
Simply locking the hard drive won't stop people from word processing
because they will bring in their own software on their own floppies.
Something like GUS or Direct Access would be nice, but they are
only in the DOS environment and I know of nothing like them for
the Mac. The closest we've come is to have the StartUp options
for the Mac set to open HyperCard on startup, and then have
a customized home card from which common applications can be
launched. However, this still doesn't stop them from word
processing, since it is very easy to just quit out of HyperCard.
It *is* possible to write a HyperTalk subroutine to put at
the stack level which would request a password to quit HyperCard,
thus forcing people to do all their work from within HyperCard, using
the menu you designed. Your Mac would need a fair amount of
memory to pull all this off, and I don't know if you could get
away with it under System 7.
Pat Anderson
Barnes Learning Resources Center
Galter Library
Northwestern Unviersity
303 E. Chicago Ave.
Chicago IL 60611
pfa@nwu.edu
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From: Ken Laws <LAWS@ai.sri.com>
Subject: Internet BBS Capability?
I'm in need of a software system that would let Internet
users telnet [and/or FTP] in to browse menus and download
files. It would be great if they could also examine files
interactively, and better still if they could send email
and participate in discussion forums. In other words, the
same kind of services that you'd find on CompuServe or a
dial-up BBS. Does such a thing exist for the TCP/IP-based
Internet?
-- Ken Laws
