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Re: Apple II Email (Network Connections)
- Subject: Re: Apple II Email (Network Connections)
- From: dastar@crl.com (Sam Ismail)
- Date: 1996/10/24
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access (415) 705-6060 [Login: guest]
- References: <32546DD2.7CF3@wctc.net> <199610111252223240174@user-168-121-33-105.dialup.min dspring.com> <53mkhr$5h5@cisu2.jsc.nasa.gov> <32600A7A.1EF0@wctc.net> <53p155$o1f@darla.visi.com> <53v84m$ag5@crl5.crl.com> <nugundamDzE118.9v8@netcom.com> <544e4o$acl@login.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <544gua$him@cronkite.cisco.com> <1996Oct20.123207.2194@slim.wartburg.edu> <54o6bm$1pm8@uni.library.ucla.edu>
pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote:
: brobstona@wartburg.edu wrote:
: >Another good program that could be set up this way is METAL/FV, available
: >from galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu. It is an entire bulletin board
: >system that can be programmed very simply to do various tasks such as
: >the one you describe.
: That's right! I forgot that METAL was a telecom programming language.
: Willow and Kidterm can be programmed on METAL too.
The problem with this is that you would need to be in the METAL runtime
environment to run any applications written under them. That in
itself precludes Willow or KidTerm from being written in such an
environment.
--
Sam
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