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- Subject: Q-link's chat system
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- From: dbryant@ccsnet.com
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 96 21:12:15 EST
- Message-ID: <8250-221373404@ccsnet.com>
- Organization: Cape Cods Internet Address
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- BJ>Obsolete in what way? AOL (and Q-Link before it) at least uses your compute
- BJ>as a computer, not a dumb terminal. Not everything you see onscreen in chat
- BJ>is
- BJ>sent down the line, thus increasing throughput. For example, when you enter
- BJ>room, you are assigned a number. A one-byte code tells the AOL software "Us
- BJ>X said", then the text follows. Your PC then formats the message showing wh
- BJ>that was (the list of who is in the room and their number assignments was
- BJ>transmitted to you when you entered).
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- BRING BACK Q-LINK!
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