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Re: COMPUTAX, and Phone line. - WWW cache




On Thu, 1 Jun 1995, Amos Shapira wrote:

> In message <F34742021C@hagiga.jct.ac.il> you write:
> |IMHO, there ain't much point in showing off Internet connection if
> |it's only through a phone line.  
> 
> Slow as it may seem compared to the MAN speeds we got used to at the
> universities, I think that showing access to the Web should be a major
> goal in the booth - this is the hottest thing people hear about in the
> media, and showing Netscape/Xmosaic "just like on T.V." may creat big
> waves.
> 
> I've seen a reasonable response with a decent 28,800 modem.  Does
> anyone have access to such?  What about trying to hook to a booth
> nearby with a good connection?
anyone mange to get cern httpd 3.0 running on linux ? ( never tried )
if so given some disk space pre-caching some pages can do wonders for 
speed on a saturated connection ...
(using the httpd in caching mode of course - maybe even a local little 
home page with pointers to "intersing sites" ?)
> 
> |Besides, there are only few things you can show on one box at a time.
> |We need as many workstations as we can get! ...how much desk space do 
> |we have though?
> 
> Maybe arrenge people bring even cheapo 486's and use them as
> X-terminals?
> 
> The above reminds me - trivial things like ytalk/irc might also
> impress Mess-DOS laymens, don't you think?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --Amos
> 
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