Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.21.1804032158280.27896@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Multiple and Two-Way Net Communications, Synchronous and
Asynchronous
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 21:59:55 -0400 (EDT)
Multiple and Two-Way Net Communications, Synchronous and Asynchronous This file was originally created around in 1995-96 ; it describes relatively early Net applications and communications strategy. It has historic interest, and also presents a number of models of open free applications, with a minimum of corporate control. The file was used for presentations and classes. Multiple and Two-Way Net Communications, Synchronous and Asynchronous http://www.alansondheim.org/garden1.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/garden2.jpg Mostly Sync: - LambdaMoo (MOO server and database core) - LilyMOO (MOO database core) - MUCK (furrymuck for example) - MUSH - MOOSE (k12 programming) - MUD (dikumud for example) - LPMUD (programmable) - Hotel California (talker) - Lorien (talker) - Nuts (talker) - Summink (talker) - Zone (talker) - Haven (talker) - Nuts (talker) - Internet Relay Chat (w/dcc file exchange) - Ytalk (Unixtalk) - Talk, Ntalk - WorldsChat (graphic) - ThePalace (graphic) - Iphone (audio) - Powwow (multiple ytalk, audio) - CuSeeMe (video w/audio, chat) Mostly Async: - Listserv (email list) - Majordomo (email list) - Listproc (email list) - Email Alias List (small email list) - Email - WWW Updating Homepage (slow chat, some graphics) - Newsgroup moderated +/- alt +/- registered +/- (Usenet) - Newsgroup single-poster (e.g. clari.net) (Usenet) Name Mode Software Demograph Community Governance Usage Filter IRC txt Phoenix Conf/Univ. Y Op/Sysadmin/Ban Convo Ban/Various MOO txt lambdacore w/tf Wide/Program YY Wiz/Toad Convo/Sex/Ed/Res MUD txt lpmud etc. w/tf Male/Uni YY Wiz/Toad Game WorldsChat VRML ?? +/- Usenet ?? ??? Convo/Sex ??? ThePalace Graphic ThePalace Wide YY Wiz/Sysadmin? Wide, Ed Active Talker txt Nuts Wide YY God/Wiz Sex/Ed/Convo Yes Talker txt Haven ??? Y God Re: IRC ??? CuSeeMe Video/txt CuSeeMe Wide -- --- Convo/Conf/Sex Address Talk txt Talk,Ntalk Wide N None Convo/Sex Yes Ytalk txt Ytalk Wide N None Convo/Sex/Conf Yes Powwow txt/Audio PowWow Wide Y Powwow Convo Address Iphone Audio Iphone Wide N --- Telephony Address Email List txt Listserv Wide YY Owner Wide, "Serious" Yes Email List txt Majordomo,Procmail, etc. (same, with different filtering) Newsgroup txt+files Usenet Wide, Uni YY --- Moderator Wide No Email txt+files Various Wide N --- Sysadmin Wide +/- Email Alias txt+files Various Wide N --- Sysadmin Small Group Yes Home Page Wide Wide(Netscape) Wide N --- Sysadmin Local No Other attributions: hacking, level of expertise necessary, computer system necessary, level of noise, problems of lag, security --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CMC Landscapes: Uses for Communication: Anything at All Common: Family (email alias lists, home pages, email) Education (MOO universities, class email lists, student home pages) Sexual (net sex, sexual support groups, IRC, alt.sex newsgroups) Support-groups (medical, addictions, see Needs) Technical/Consumer (Usenet, email lists, WWW) Information/Commercial: WWW (active or passive pages) Reduction of Anomie: Expert Systems (linkages, invisible colleges): Needs: News (newsgroups, WWW, etc.) Medical (email lists, newsgroups, etc.) Emotional/Psychological (IRC, email, " ") Resources (scientific, hytelnet, etc., WWW, " ") Fan-Clubbing: Sports (email lists, newsgroups) Music (real audio, Iphone, Xing, etc., " ") Gaming (MUDs, IRC, email, newsgroups, etc.) Community: [Wherever two-way multiply-connected communication is possible] Shared Gain and Pain: [Above categories plus financial] -------------------------------------------------------------------------