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From: xeno@iastate.edu (Gary L Snethen)
Newsgroups: comp.client-server
Subject: TELNET Protocol
Date: 24 Jan 93 18:20:49 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA

I have been searching for a reference to the TELNET protocol (more
specifically, a document explaining how to program hosts to change modes,
get terminal attributes, etc. on/from the TELNET client.)  I am sorry
if this seems an inappropriate place to post such a question, but I have
been searching for such a document for a long time, and am always referred
to false leads...  I would think this would be a commonplace document, as
so many programs make use of TELNET's abilities, but I simply cannot find
it.  If someone would be so kind as to email me an FTP site/man page (heaven
forbid)/etc...  where I can find such a reference, I would GREATLY appreciate
it.

Thanks,

   Gary Snethen
Newsgroups: comp.client-server
From: cttan@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (cttan@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg)
Subject: Client-server computing over a dial-up line
Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:25:54 GMT

Hi,
	Is it possible to perform client-server computing over a dial-up line?
If yes, I would like to know if there is any software that supports this and where to obtain it.

	Thanks a million for your help.


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Newsgroups: comp.client-server
From: cceravi@nusunix1.nus.sg (Ravi Chandran)
Subject: Multi-user dBASEIV Client Server
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:23:08 GMT


This question was posed to me by one of our users.

  1. If a number of users access a multi-user version of dBASEIV on a 
     file server and each user is provided with a user-view by the
     system administrator, then the userthe users querying the database
     through their views would only be receiving a subset of the total
     records from the file server. Isn't this ct this client server?

     I do not think dBASEIV would copy the whole file down to every 
     user and then process the query.

  Could someone enlighten me on this.
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From: s19184@seb.se (Michael Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.client-server
Subject: Re: Object Request Broker discussion?
Date: 20 Jan 93 22:09:01 GMT
Organization: S-E-Banken, Sweden
Nntp-Posting-User: s19184

In article <1jhddrINN1af@nigel.msen.com>, ggolden@msen.com (Glenn R. Golden) writes:

> OMG has an FTP server with anonymous login at OMG.ORG, so try
> looking there for some documents.

For those without ftp access, the OMG have a mail server with the 
unusual address OMG_server@omg.org.

-- 
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SEB Data R                   Telephone: +46-8-639 33 70
S-106 40  Stockholm                Fax: +46-8-639 37 62
Sweden                        Internet: mike@seb.se
From: bmf@dlogics.com (Brian Fitzpatrick)
Newsgroups: comp.client-server
Subject: Re: TELNET Protocol
Date: 27 Jan 93 14:36:16 GMT
Organization: Datalogics, Inc.

xeno@iastate.edu (Gary L Snethen) writes:

>I have been searching for a reference to the TELNET protocol (more
>specifically, a document explaining how to program hosts to change modes,
>get terminal attributes, etc. on/from the TELNET client.)  I am sorry
>if this seems an inappropriate place to post such a question, but I have
>been searching for such a document for a long time, and am always referred
>to false leads...  I would think this would be a commonplace document, as
>so many programs make use of TELNET's abilities, but I simply cannot find
>it.  If someone would be so kind as to email me an FTP site/man page (heaven
>forbid)/etc...  where I can find such a reference, I would GREATLY appreciate
>it.

The reference I have is:

Postel, J. and Reynolds, J. 1983, "Telnet Protocol Specification," RFC 854,
	15 pages, May 1983.

I believe there is an FTP site that archives all the RFC's, but I do not
know where it is.  Perhaps someone will be able to point you to it.

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From: berg@nanette.sto.pdb.sni.de (Berg)
Newsgroups: comp.client-server
Subject: Re: DCE for DOS
Date: 21 Jan 1993 09:50:53 +0100
Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, Paderborn, Germany
NNTP-Posting-Host: nanette.sto.pdb.sni.de

In <C0x2zH.Eo5@fig.citib.com> ghica@fig.citib.com (Renato Ghica) writes:

>Anyone know of a DCE port available for MS-DOS ?
>Besides Gradient's Pc-DCE ?
>That works with Borland C++ 3.1?

There is a DCE port for MS-DOS by SNI, which should work with Borland C++ 3.1.

Requirements: 
		MS-DOS 5.0
		Windows 3.1 / Windows for Workgroups
		LAN 1V2

SNI also offers a DCE port for SINIX (SVR4).
Both ports are interoperable and tested together.

If you want more information, please send me a mail :

hgberg.pad@sni-usa.com / hgberg.pad@sni.de
From: sfleming@cee.hw.ac.uk (Stewart T Fleming)
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
Subject: Re: Info on UIL (User Interface Language)
Date: 26 Jan 93 09:41:17 GMT
Reply-To: sfleming@cee.hw.ac.uk
Organization: Dept. Of Computing and Electrical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh


In article <1jn5tiINNo7p@nic.umass.edu>, gbc@neural.hampshire.edu (Gary Cote) writes:

>Can somebody give me some info about UIL (User Interface Language)?  I understand
>that it was created by Digital, that it creates a textual representation of a
>user interface, and that it is somewhat of a standard (?).

UIL is a language which is used to model widget hierarchies for the Digital
XUI (DECWindows) and OSF/Motif toolkits.  A UIL description consists of
a collection of descriptions which arrange widgets (user interface
components) into a parent/child hierarchy, mirroring the structure of the
display representation.  UIL allows specification of all widget resources,
which go to control the appearance and some behaviour of the widget, and
to establish links between callback functions in widgets and application
functionality.

A UIL description can be compiled separately from the main application code.
Functions are provided in XUI and Motif libraries to allow a UIL hierarchy
to be loaded from a compiled description and displayed.  The contents of the
UIL file can be modified without having to recompile the application.  You can
have several UIL files and switch between them at will, for example to
render a user interface in several different languages.

>How much of a standard is it?  Does it extend beyond the DEC platform at all?

UIL is part of the OSF/Motif distribution and should be available on all
platforms on which Motif is supported.

>Does it support, or is it dependent on, X?

It models user interfaces in terms of widgets, which are dependent on toolkits
built on top of X (really, Xt Intrinsics).  It is restricted to modelling
widgets from a single toolkit, although it has some support for bringing in
user-defined widget classes.

There is a competing system called Wcl which is public domain and allows
more general widgets to be modelled.  Wcl should be available by anonymous
FTP from any X11R5 contrib archive

eg	crl.dec.com                        192.58.206.2

>Gary Cote
>gbc@neural.hampshire.edu

STF
--
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   I would have been myself/Maybe I could have been somebody..."
     --Carol Laula, _Restless_
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors,comp.groupware
From: wagner@utoday.com (Mitch Wagner)
Subject: Re: AT&T PicturePhone Failure Papers?
Organization: Open Systems Today
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 19:03:13 GMT
Keywords: PicturePhone Failure

kassover@rumsey.crd.ge.com (David Kassover) writes:


>But after watching the touchtone fiasco over the last three
>decades, I kinda doubt certain service providers will be able to
>pull it off.


What do you mean?
From: kruus@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Kaia Kruus)
Subject: Computer vs paper administered questionnaires
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:01:07 GMT

This has to do with the general idea that the
use of a computer to work on a task changes the
way we think about the task we are working on.
I have heard that subjects would answer a
questionnaire differently according to whether
it was administered on paper or through a computer.

My problem is this: though I have perused HCI
literature and searched through Perlman's database
(hcibib@rumpus.colorado.edu) I can't find relevant
papers.  Can anybody suggest where I might look
to find relevant studies?

thanks for your time

-- 

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  r     - 
   u   -  Kaia Kruus
From: Andrew.Cohill@vtssi.vt.edu (Andrew Michael Cohill)
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
Subject: Re: Standards for software usability?
Date: 25 Jan 93 14:31:40 GMT
Organization: Fire in the Mountain
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d17
X-XXMessage-ID: <A78965080601047C@thea.cc.vt.edu>
X-XXDate: Mon, 25 Jan 93 09:36:08 GMT

The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) has sponsored an ANSI 
standards group on HCI since 1985.  While in the beginning the group was 
primarily concerned with developing US standards, much of our effort in 
the last five years has been focused on providing draft standards and 
proposals to equivalent ISO groups.

This has been with the encouragement of ANSI, which recognizes that it 
does little good to push national standards that are out of sync with 
world efforts.  It's been a long process, but over the next year or two 
we expect to begin publishing much of our work in one form or another.  
Many of the ISO documents are also close to being approved at least as 
draft standards.

Andrew Cohill

Member, HFES Committee on HCI Standards
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
From: konstan@saturn.cs.umn.edu (Joe Konstan)
Subject: Re: Sound in IC interfaces?
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:24:32 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.123214.9028@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>, Daniel Schwabe <schwabe@inf.puc-rio.br> writes:
|> Can anybody point me to the literature on the use of SOUND in
|> Human/Computer interfaces?

A good place to start would be the special issue of _Human-Computer
Interaction_ on non-speech audio.  Volume 4, number 1 (1989).  Details on
specific articles are available in the HCI Bibliography.

Joe Konstan
konstan@cs.umn.edu
From: amw@cs.bham.ac.uk (Andy Wood)
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
Subject: Re: Looking for different style guides such as OSF MOTIF style guide
Date: 20 Jan 93 12:30:39 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, The University of Birmingham, UK

jfieber@sophia.smith.edu (John Fieber) writes:
> bkillam@ccel.mitre.org (Bill Killam) writes:
> > smp@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Shailesh M. Potnis) wrote:

> > > I am trying to compile user interface styles guides such as
> > > the MOTIF style guide.

> > Here is a listing of some of
> > the commerical style guides I've come across:	

> > o Sun and AT&TUs Open Look
> > o OSF's Motif Style Guide
> > o IBM's Presentation Manager
> > o Apple Macintosh Style Guide Style Guide
> > o Microsoft Windows
> > o NeXT's NeXTStep Style Guide

> Another is the Amiga User Interface Style Guide.

There's always the Acorn Archimedes RISC-OS style guide too!

RISC-OS has several very well designed parts although it is not
nearly as complete or polished as a lot of those listed above.

It has been `informally' extended a fair bit by Computer Concepts
Ltd - a leading software developer for Acorn platforms and this
is rapidly becoming accepted as standard.

If you want more information mail me - I expect I can dig it up.

Andy...
-- 
Andy Wood : amw@cs.bham.ac.uk
From: gbc@neural.hampshire.edu (Gary Cote)
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
Subject: Info on UIL (User Interface Language)
Date: 21 Jan 1993 21:51:46 GMT
Organization: Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: neural.hampshire.edu
Originator: gbc@neural

Can somebody give me some info about UIL (User Interface Language)?  I understand
that it was created by Digital, that it creates a textual representation of a
user interface, and that it is somewhat of a standard (?).

How much of a standard is it?  Does it extend beyond the DEC platform at all?

Does it support, or is it dependent on, X?

Are there any public domain utilities that make use of it? 

Thanks for any pointers.

Gary Cote

gbc@neural.hampshire.edu
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From: kassover@rumsey.crd.ge.com (David Kassover)
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors,comp.groupware
Subject: Re: AT&T PicturePhone Failure Papers?
Keywords: PicturePhone Failure
Date: 24 Jan 93 21:28:00 GMT
Organization: nope

In article <1jr4tmINNkbm@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> atwoodj@storm.CS.ORST.EDU (John Atwood) writes:
>The PicturePhone failed because it altered the locus of control from callee
>to caller, orso says a fanscinating paper I read a while back.  I'll try to
>find the cite.

Picturephone failed because it couldn't be delivered profitably.

A lot has changed in 23 years; perhaps useful and interesting
functionality can now be delivered without doubling or tripling
the phone rates.

But after watching the touchtone fiasco over the last three
decades, I kinda doubt certain service providers will be able to
pull it off.


-- 
David Kassover             "Proper technique helps protect you against
uupsi!khazad!kassover	          sharp weapons and dull judges."
kassover@aule-tek.com                   F. Collins
kassover@ra.crd.ge.com
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors,comp.groupware
From: lubich@bernina.ethz.ch (Hannes Lubich)
Subject: AT&T PicturePhone Failure Papers?
Keywords: PicturePhone Failure
Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:07:45 GMT

Dear Netlanders,
a lot of people in the CSCW community have cited the failure of the AT&T
PicturePhone as an early example of "bad design" of a cooperative tool.

Is this just "common sense", or are there any papers/reports around, which
have explored this particular case any further?

Just curious
	--HaL
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~ The usual disclaimer : No, it wasn't me, somebody must have used my account.
From: dwallach@zonker.cs.berkeley.edu (Dan Wallach)
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
Subject: Re: Twiddler keyboard (and RSI)
Date: 24 Jan 1993 18:55:07 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: zonker.cs.berkeley.edu

In article <21JAN93.25359554.0080@VM1.MCGILL.CA> QWFK@MUSICT.MCGILL.CA (QWFK000) writes:
>Has anyone heard of any reports on the Twiddler?  It's an
>alternative to the standard keyboard.  The device is the size of
>a small soap bar, with one button for each finger.  You enter info
>by grasping it and pressing different chord patterns for each
>character.  I'd like to know whether it works well, because
>it has the potential to reduce some of the wrist injuries associated
>with current keyboards.

If you look in the Typing Injuries FAQ (posted monthly to this newsgroup,
among other places) you'll find some information on this product.

Is it easy to use?  Well, I've never seen one in person.  I spoke to
their president, Chris George, and he says he can type about 40 wpm
and can mouse accurately enough to sign his name (to mouse, you hold
down a thumb button -- tipping the unit moves the mouse around).  If
you consider Mr. George as a best case, then you can expect slightly
less performance after you get over acclimation.

Certainly, one feature of the Twiddler is its low price (about $200,
I believe).  Compare this to the more usual $500-$700 for "ergonomic"
keyboards.

BTW: all the chording keyboard vendors seem to think you can get
started in a few hours, but it generally takes about two weeks before
you're really "used" to it.

--
Dan Wallach               "One of the most attractive features of a Connection
dwallach@cs.berkeley.edu  Machine is the array of blinking lights on the faces
Office#: 510-642-9585     of its cabinet." -- CM Paris Ref. Manual, v6.0, p48.
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
From: jay_l@hpcvlx ( Jay Lundell )
Subject: Re: Ways of recording screen sequences without using a videocamera.
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:03:50 GMT

Nicola Spielmann (spielman@sapwdf.UUCP) wrote:
> 
> problem: we are not satisfied with the quality of videotapes taken by a
> videocamera from the computermonitor.
> There are to be ways to bypass the camera by sending the signal of the
> computer (UNIX HP  X-Terminals) directly to the videorecorder.
> This might be a common problem, so we hope some of you has already found
> a solution.
> I look forward to hearing from you.
> N. Spielmann

I use a box called Video/Scan made by Folson Research that works on HP
700 systems. I presume that it works on X-Terminals as well. It gives
very good picture quality, however, there is a down side to using this
as opposed to a video camera. With a camera, you can focus in on specific
areas of the screen. With a Video/Scan box, you cannot. Thus, even though
the quality is better on the Video/Scan, I can often get cleaner detail of 
small objects with a video camera.

An alternative is to buy a professional quality video camera with frame
rate adjusment, so you can synch up to any screen's refresh rate.

The address of Folsom Research is:

   526 East Bidwell Street
   Folsom, CA USA 95630-3119
   telephone: 916 983 1500
From: Joseph Behar <jbehar@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
Subject: Survey of online parties working in VR
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 15:25:11 PST
Organization: University of Washington
Reply-To: jbehar@igc.apc.org
NNTP-Posting-Host: stein.u.washington.edu
Originator: cyberoid@stein.u.washington.edu


January 25, 1993

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PLEASE  PARTICIPATE  IN  SURVEY  OF  VIRTUAL  REALITY

Dear comp.human-factors newsgroup member,

As a sociologist working in the field of computerization and
information technology, I am conducting an on-line survey of
researchers, developers, and other interested parties working on
projects related to virtual reality.  The survey consists of a few
open-ended questions focused on the social, ethical, and cultural
implications of virtual reality technologies.  I have studied the
social impacts of computerization in a variety of contexts, and am now
studying from a sociological point of view impacts and implications
potentially associated with virtual reality.

Would you please be kind enough to answer the following questions and
forward your answers to my e-mailbox.  These are open-ended questions
so that you may comment at length if you wish or provide other kinds
of information including notice of relevant research, projections, and
speculations. I would protect the anonymity of the respondents and
report findings only in a general summary.


	THE  FINDINGS AND RESULTS OF THE STUDY WILL BE SHARED WITH
	THOSE INTERESTED.

Questions:

I.      What do you consider to be the most important social and
ethical consequences of the general development of virtual reality
systems?

II.     Does your understanding of virtual reality systems include
a focus on social relations?  In what ways may  virtual reality
systems transform personal interactions?

III     Do you know of or participate in any kinds of research
focused on the connections between virtual reality systems and
social relations?  In reference to social and personal issues,
what kind of research, if any, do you think would be important or
required?

IV.     Are there any specific legal, moral, or social problems
that you have encountered or thought about in your work  with
virtual reality systems?

V.      Would you please comment on the possibilities of virtual
social worlds in which humans would share a common technological
platform for interaction and communications?   From your point of
view,  is the potential for this kind of social experience
acknowledged in virtual reality research and development

Name_____________________________________________________________
Title/Project/Position_______________________________________________
Number of years working or familiar with virtual reality
systems________

	THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS SURVEY


Joseph E. Behar, Ph.D.  Professor of Sociology

Dowling College Oakdale, New York 11769 (516-244-3155: office)
(516-589-6644: fax)

 PLEASE  FORWARD  YOUR RESPONSES TO:    jbehar@igc.org
From: HAC041@DJUKFA11.BITNET (Konrad Hinsen)
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
Subject: Non-English Dvorak layouts
Date: 21 Jan 93 15:36:28 GMT
Organization: Forschungszentrum Juelich

I am looking for the layouts of Dvorak keyboards for languages other
than English (which is the only one I have). Any references to
files or books are welcome.

Konrad Hinsen (hac041@zam001.zam.kfa-juelich.de)
From: atwoodj@storm.CS.ORST.EDU (John Atwood)
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
Subject: Re: Computer vs paper administered questionnaires
Date: 23 Jan 1993 10:07:59 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Oregon State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: storm.cs.orst.edu

You might check with ETS, the people who do the SAT tests.  They're going
to VDT based tests, i hear.  This helps then grade the things, of course,
but i also hear they're considering an adaptive test whereby which questions 
you're presented is determined by your performance on earlier questions. How
will this jive with my friend Piet's strategy of a breadth first answering
the easy ones first?

ETS is Educational testing Service, based in Princeton, NJ, USA.

John
From: toin@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Toin Bloo)
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
Subject: Re: Studies of text readability in different typefaces
Date: 22 Jan 93 15:14:32 GMT
Organization: MCGV Stack, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Christopher F. Chabris (cfc@isr.harvard.edu) wrote:
: 
: I've often read injunctions in design books about the use of serif versus
: sans-serif text in various situations: body text, headings, titles, outdoor
: signs, computer displays, etc. Sometimes things like this are said:
: 
:   -- Serif text is easier to read as body text.
: 
:   -- Sans-serif type is better for titles, labels, signs, and other short
:      pieces of text.
: 
: The kicker is that the author usually accompanies such recommendations with
: "many studies have shown" but never offers citations to published articles.
: 
: Does anyone have some citations on this issue, preferably to a review paper?

Try the book "Digital Typography" from author Rubenstein.
It's not only a good summary of the subject (digital) typography, but also
contains a _REALLY_ long list of articles on the subject. The work of Tinker
is not listed once, but thrice.

The book is published by Addisson Wesley, if you like I can look up the
ISBN number and so on.


-- 
Toin Bloo                                 The Young Scientists Eindhoven
+31 40 622681 (home)                      Frederiklaan 163  5616 NE  Eindhoven
toin@stack.urc.tue.nl                     The Netherlands, Europe
                                          (toin%storc@dutentb.et.tudelft.nl)
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