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- From: ULMO031%FRORS12.BitNet@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU (Raynaud)
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- Subject: PSIM Project
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- Date: 29 Aug 92 17:00:54 GMT
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- As you all know, the interface of BBS are usually poor : basically, it
- consists in vt100 emulation, or at best color ANSI emulation. But now
- that everyone has a personnal computer to connect to BBS, there are
- opportunities for a change !
-
- Lately, I have been working on a (small) project : trying to design a ne
- protocl for use by BBSes. The features should be :
-
- - only data is transmitted over the line, not presentation, so that the
- communication seems faster
-
- - presentation is accomplished by a program running on the computer of t
- user (that is, the client)
-
- - the protocol is independant of a given type of computers. Say the serv
- runs on Unix, any client, PC, or Macintosh, or Atari (and so on) shoul
- be able to connect to this server, with no difference (only the
- presentation would be up to the specific client, but not the data)
-
- - the protocol should be easy to understand (so that is really simple to
- to develop a new application) and to program. It should allow for
- both interactive and batch capabilities.
-
- Well, I know such things already exist, but I have not seen any in the
- Public Domain, and they are usually for a specific server (compuserve,
- AppleLink...).
-
- I have already written the way the protocol handles things, and I have
- written some specifications on how two applications (mail and
- "main menu") could use it to transfer their data. All the Unix side
- (in C language) of a corresponding server is written, and this
- includes libraries that are common to clients and servers.
-
- The specifications are also written (guess what: they were written
- before the programs, oh boy!). Alas, they are right now in French
- (translators welcome).
-
- I would greatly like some help from the Net : people to read what I
- have done, and say what they think about it. This is very important
- for the basis of PSIM. After the base is considered good, anyone will
- be able to port PSIM (client or server) to his own computer, and
- anyone will be able to design new protocols for new applications.
-
- If interested, please contact me at ULMO031@FRORS12.BITNET (or maybe
- other addresses in my .sig, but they are not 100% sure).
-
- The source code and specifications will be shortly posted somewhere on
- the Net, right now they are only available on my BBS (in France!). By
- the way, where should I post them ?
-
- + Alain Raynaud ! E-Mail: alain@psmac1.frmug.fr.mugnet.org +
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- + FRANCE ! psmac1 : +33 1 60 10 40 08 (v22bis) +
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