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- From: libajw@EMORYU1.CC.EMORY.EDU (Alis Whitt)
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- Subject: Re: CWIS Software
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- Date: 15 Oct 92 18:00:20 GMT
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- I used a MUSIC/SP based email program at St. Lawrence University and the
- email program was much less intuitive than UNIX's pine in addition to
- being, generally, a glorified profs. St. Lawrence isn't on the internet,
- and their CWIS looked basically like a Saber/Novell menu; I don't know if
- it was MUSIC or not. UGA has MUSIC as an otpion on their logon screen
- (uga.cc.uga.edu), but I don't think you can get into it without an ID.
-
- Alis
-
-
- On Thu, 15 Oct 1992, Jim R. Kruse wrote:
-
- > This might be interesting to look at for concepts or at least look
- > at the documentation.
- > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
- > In response to M. England's message of Oct 15, 1992 that said...
- >
- > >I'm a postgrad student at Sheffield University looking into all
- > >aspects of CWIS software for the British Universities market.
- > >Can any one give me any leads on companies that provide CWIS
- > >software or on Universities that sell their CWIS software. I
- > >would like to know as much information about these companies
- > >(names, addresses etc.) and if possible a TELNET site address so
- > >I can look at the systems.
- >
- > IBM markets a CWIS in most parts of the world. It was part of a
- > package of software announced in Canada and the USA as product number
- > 5750-ACF and in Asia/Pacfic area (ie Japan, Austrialia, etc.)
- > as product number 5756-011. There are more than 200 sites running
- > this software supporting an estimated total userid count of 300,000
- > users.
- >
- > Here are some key parts of the IBM announcement text (291-234)...
- > The MUSIC/SP product provides applications to make it an ideal
- > platform for a corporate or campus-wide information system.
- > Electronic bulletin boards, conferencing and full text searching
- > facilities work together to provide new applications for the host
- > computer. It can be used for the development and execution of
- > interactive applications using a variety of programming languages
- > and tools, with electronic office functions including mail and
- > scheduling. In addition, it can be used for the teaching of host
- > and personal computing topics and languages. Users can
- > optionally manage files in an hierarchical tree-structured
- > manner, similar to that done on DOS, AIX, and UNIX systems.
- > Connectivity to other systems is provided through TCP/IP, RSCS
- > and PVM. These facilities allow it to provide an integrated
- > host/workstation computing solution, attractive in environments
- > which need to support many users doing diverse activities with
- > minimum hardware and support costs. The product includes many
- > features and facilities especially designed to meet the needs of
- > universities, colleges and a variety of other schools. The
- > software runs on processors utilizing System/370 architecture,
- > including the Micro Channel 370, 937X, 43XX, 30XX and ES/9000.
- >
- > The system includes a sample CWIS as well as a manual dedicated
- > to setting up and running a CWIS. It includes information on how
- > data providers can directly update their information and directly
- > receive feedback from the viewers of their data.
- >
- > Several CWIS's running on MUSIC/SP can be accessed via the Internet.
- > To access the one running at McGill University,
- > use a TELNET command that can handle 3270 data streams.
- > (In VM, just use the TELNET command. In other systems
- > it may be called TN3270.)
- >
- > Use Internet address of "VM1.MCGILL.CA"
- > (The numeric address is 132.206.27.2)
- >
- > Hit ENTER to clear the VM/ESA logo screen
- > Enter PF3 (or type "INFO") as the screen will prompt you.
- >
- > You should now be signed on to the "InfoMcGill" system.
- >
- > You can e-mail me directly if you want to know more about MUSIC/SP.
- >
- > Regards,
- >
- > Roy Miller
- > Manager
- > McGill University
- > Email: CCRMMUS@MUSICM.MCGILL.CA or CCRMMUS@MCGILLM
- > Tel: (514) 398-4480 Fax: (514) 398-4488
- > Re: CWIS Software
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