It also can provide a medium for students to interact with each other and the professor in a less formal and intimidating setting than the classroom. A complete, and fairly technical, Programmers Manual is available via anonymous ftp from Xerox PARC , as well as some other useful information in the same directory. The machine has 64 megabytes of RAM, and three 425 megabyte hard drives. The entire database is loaded into RAM, and with even a few active users engaged in conversation or programming, the remaining RAM is quickly exhausted. PMC-MOO can be reached via telnet at hero.village.virginia.edu 7777, or by clicking on the name here or in the text.
Users can login anonymously as a Guest, or can request their own characters.
If you email, be sure to include a list of several names in order of preference for your character, in case your first choice is taken.