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Re: [ECS] Re: Multi-machine ECS Ingo Pakleppa Thu, 24 Sep 1998 12:20:18 -0400

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Yet another thought: this separation might also make software maintenance
easier; we'd only need a single DOS version of ECS that can talk TCP/IP. You
can run that DOS version under DOS (using Trumpet Winsock or the like), NT,
95, even in the Linux DOS box, and talk to it any which way you like. The
DOS version should have it's own user interface since under DOS itself, you
can't run an HTML browser.

The only concern I'd have with this approach is the DOS memory limitation.

Alternatively, the engine could again be written in Java, and then run on
almost any system except DOS.

Ingo

Dan Carrington wrote:

> Something else that just came to mind.  If the ECS interface and ECS
> server were on seperate machines and the connection was TCP/IP, you
> could use many interface machines arround the house without ACE or
> another system on top of it.  You would just need an internet brouser on
> each machine.  All interface machines would act the same.  Just leave
> whatever group page you want up for quick access on each machine.
>
> Dan Carrington

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