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2.1 KiB
Standard ML
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) Safehouse Blueprints (
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=-> 24 Hours
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=-> 300/1200 baud
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=-> 16 Megabytes Online
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=-> Two seperate phone lines
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The Safehouse is run off of two seperate Apple //e's, connected to two
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seperate phone lines (both at 300/1200 baud). If you call on and one line is
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busy, it will automatically switch you over to the next line (or "port") if it
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is available.
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The two Apple //e's are connected to a Corvus Omnidrive (which is capable
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of handling up to 64 simultaneous computers of different types). Each
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computer has 128K memory/80 column card, 212 Apple-Cat II Modem,
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Thunderclock Plus clock card, and Zenith monitor. Port #2 also has a
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System Saver, one floppy drive, and an ATS peripheral for current outdoor
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temperature monitoring.
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The software running the system is the ProDOS version of the Apple-Net
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BBS (sold through Dataware--see ad in the info booth) which will be available
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very soon. Its a modular program, which means different parts of the program
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get loaded into memory as you move around the system. With a hard drive,
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this enables you to move around the system very quickly, and we also have a
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virtually unlimited amount of space to add new features...
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Many people ask how X-talk is done. X-talk is Safehouse's section where
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the two people that are currently logged into the system can chat with each
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other by just typing lines & pressing RETURN. Since we have 2 Apples networked
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with the Corvus Omnidrive, we use the drive for intercommunication between
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users on each computer. We use what is called "pipes" on the Corvus drive,
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which is basically an area set aside on the drive for computers on the
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network to exchange information. Its split-second read/write time enables
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the X-talk feature of Safehouse to be almost instant, as soon as you hit the
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RETURN key. (If you are interested in the X-talk module for your BBS, leave
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feedback to the Sysop for more info). Right now, Corvus and SunOl are the
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only hard drives that I know of which are capable of using something like
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"pipes".
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[<1-6>, ?=Menu, Q=Quit] :
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