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  • How did multi-node boards work?

    From Grant Taylor@gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net to alt.bbs,alt.bbs.allsysop,alt.bbs.general on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 21:53:50
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    Hi,

    How did multi-node boards work?

    Did they require support from the board software?

    Or did each node (machine) only know about the drive letters and serial
    ports that it had access to?



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  • From Grant Taylor@grant.taylor@21:1/5.remove-auf-this to All on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 21:53:50
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    Followups to: alt.bbs.general

    Hi,

    How did multi-node boards work?

    Did they require support from the board software?

    Or did each node (machine) only know about the drive letters and serial
    ports that it had access to?



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    Grant. . . .
    unix || die

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