Dial-up Users
dale@ora.com (Dale Dougherty)
From: dale@ora.com (Dale Dougherty)
Message-id: <9310270012.ZM21727@rock.west.ora.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 00:12:41 -0700
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Subject: Dial-up Users
I'd like to know of any efforts to expand the Web's reach by
providing greater support for serial dial-up Internet users? More specifically,
MacMosaic and Mosaic for Windows ought to be able to function
on systems that are not directly connected to the network. Right
now, a SLIP/PPP connection is required to use a graphical browser; these
connections are more expensive to obtain and more difficult to install.
What can we do to enable communication over a serial line?
It seems to me you need two things: a browser that can establish
a connection over a serial line with a net host and a process that
runs on the net host to listen for the browser's requests and act
as a gateway to the network.
This capability would allow the Web to grow enormously.
I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who is thinking about or actually
working on this problem.
Dale
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