Re: [netatalk-admins] how to send messages to Macs?


Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] how to send messages to Macs?
From: Osma Ahvenlampi (oa-lists@spray.fi)
Date: Wed May 05 1999 - 02:05:10 EDT


> On Tue, 4 May 1999, Russell Hoffman wrote:
> > When I was an undergrad at CMU (too many years ago!), we had a program
> > called "Broadcast" that did exactly what you are looking for. Last I
> > checked, it is still available, htough I'm not sure where to get it or
> > what the prerequisites are. Might try looking at CMU's ftp server,
> > something like ftp.cs.cmu.edu.

Andrew McNabb <amcnabb@argus-systems.com> writes:
> If I remember correctly it has something to do with the University of
> Illinois's ACM. I would try checking there (the UI domain is uiuc.edu).

Thanks for the pointers. I found a web page for the program at
<URL:http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/lug/broadcast/>, although it's pretty
old. I'm trying to find out if the utility is still usable with
current MacOS versions and where I might get my hands on it. I'll let
the list know if this turns out usable.

-- 
Osma Ahvenlampi



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