13 Sep
2007
13 Sep
'07
12:43 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 13 Sep 2007 at 0:41, Geoff Reed wrote:
I suppose I've always seen it as "electronically connected computers" or
somesuch - i.e. it doesn't imply anything about what data is shared (or how),
just that something *can* be transferred without sneakernetting information
around.
IIRC the trs-80 model III and IV could network
(saw it in use in a
classroom) via cassette port (hazy memory here) the network III device IIRc,
where it hooked to a main computer that had a HD, and let you load and save
programs on diskless III'S and IV's
I'm getting a little confused about the definition of "networking".
What I've been interpreting as is making another computer's files and
or drives or other resources appear (seamlessly) as part of the
current host's resources.
Just using a link to me doesn't imply "networking"--it's file
transfer, perhaps, but not networking. And I'd also disqualify device-sharing, such as a
MAC (multiple
access controller) between an I/O device and two computers.
So would I, just because I think that networking is about connecting computers
together, not computers to peripherals (but I realise it gets a bit fuzzy when
you have things like printers with Ethernet interfaces)