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- Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
- Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!CFAAMP.BITNET!PEPMNT
- Message-ID: <PEPMNT.920914.134326.RC0@CFAAMP.HARVARD.EDU>
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:43:00 EDT
- Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion list <IBM-MAIN@RICEVM1.BITNET>
- From: "John F. Chandler" <PEPMNT@CFAAMP.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Bitnet vs Internet
- In-Reply-To: STAN@VM.TEMPLE.EDU message of Mon, 14 Sep 1992 12:19:44 EDT
- Lines: 20
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- > We run a busy Listserv and have many active users who do only use
- > email and other Bitnet and Internet services.
-
- Are you implying that no one uses the file services of BITNET? The most
- obvious loss that would result from dropping your BITNET connection is
- the ability to get binary files from LISTSERV's (other than your own).
- Even files that are nominally text, but which use a code page other than
- 1047, are likely to come to you apparently garbled. In some cases, you
- could still manage to get such files, since there are some sites that
- make the LISTSERV files available via anonymous FTP, but only a few. In
- most cases, the only way to get such files is to make a nuisance of
- yourself by begging for individual service from someone who has them.
-
- > Since Bitnet is an RSCS protocol
- > and at home on VM systems, there must be other people
-
- As far as I can tell, the major cost of maintaining BITNET access from
- a VM system is maintaining the VM system (hardware and software), not
- keeping up the connectivity. There are cheaper methods of computing.
- John
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