[retrochallenge] Remote hosts rule ...
- From: "Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill" <byron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: retrochallenge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 13:25:17 -0400
In order to demonstrate the utility of legacy systems in the modern
world, a computer must use remote services. This was also common
throughout the 1980's and early 1990's as people started getting
online via a diverse number of networks.
On the otherhand, the capabilities offered by these remote systems
could far exceed the capacity of any computer system of that era
(as an example, I have used one of the top 500 supercomputers via
SSH)) so certain restrictions should be in place. I propose the
following restrictions.
- You cannot login to a non-qualifying system in your home.
- There are no restrictions on non-persistent connections (eg. HTTP).
- You are restricted to character based sessions for persistent
connections (eg. Remote Desktop, VNC, and X11 do not qualify)
Comments or suggestions?
Byron.
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