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Index of Subjects Hello Kevin and Dana, Could you outline what kind of capability your FreeCom offers? What we are trying to operate, with less success than we are comfortable using, is a full graphics www terminal (using Lynx) which also offers telnet to our system to do e-mail and other access (using Lynx interface) and connected via either Cable modem or ISDN. The push for this kind of service comes from our local CableTV operators, who wanted to demo the kind of potential their service might provide, and who have donated substantially to our operations. We were unhappy with the level of security we could attain with any of the DOS level solutions we tried, so we have moved to Linux and X-Windows as an operating system environment. Ed Dyer, Editor, CSuite Workshop Notes aa146@chebucto.ns.ca On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Kevin Traas wrote: > Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 23:24:39 -0300 > From: Kevin Traas <ktraas@valleynet.bc.ca> > To: Edward Dyer <aa146@chebucto.ns.ca> > Cc: csuite-dev@chebucto.ns.ca, Dana Epp <dmepp@valleynet.bc.ca> > Subject: Re: CSuite Workshop Notes - 1996 10 16 > > On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Edward Dyer wrote: > > > PAT Update > > > > The Halifax Main Library PAT, which needs to be picked up, will be > > debugged by a team headed by Chris Maxwell and Chris Travers. > > I'm not aware of what CCN is doing for public access terminals; however, > are you aware of the FreeCom Project? > > We are currently working on a utility for PATs that is completely secure > and maintenance-free. This Project is a joint venture between the CN in > Edmonton and ValleyNet here in the Fraser Valley. > > What follows is a brief concept of how FreeCom works - for more > information, please contact the Project maintainer, Dana Epp, at > dmepp@valleynet.bc.ca. > > FreeCom is a custom communications program that is run from a > bootable, write-protected floppy diskette. The only files on the > diskette are the DOS system files, AUTOEXEC.BAT, the communications > program and 3 config files - two of which are customizable. One is a > "banner" to be displayed while offline (i.e. ValleyNet) and the other > contains all necessary and relevant modem and communication settings. > > This PAT utility is freely available to all community networks. > > For more info, contact Dana at the address above. > > > Kevin Traas > ValleyNet Hardware/Software Committee Chair & Abby: (604) 859-9741 > Head System Administrator Chwk: (604) 823-4763 > Central/Upper Fraser Valley, BC, Canada Miss: (604) 859-9741 > Toll Free Pager: (604) 918-2054 > Alternate E-Mail: ktraas@uniserve.com > > > Ed Dyer aa146@chebucto.ns.ca (902) H 826-7496 CCN Assistant Postmaster http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa146/ W 426-4894 CSuite Technical Workshop Religion Page Editor, Chebucto Community Network http://www.chebucto.ns.ca
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