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Exercising The ARPANET

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NWG/RFC #302                               UCSB Computer
NIC  9074                                  Research Laboratory
                                           Roland F. Bryan
                                           8 February 1972


                         EXERCISING THE ARPANET


Questions
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     1.  Can a technically competent person, initially uninformed
         as to network operation and naive as to the capabilities
         of various time-shared terminal systems attached to the
         Network, be able to develop problem solving competence
         at server sites on the ARPANET?

     2.  What inherent user problems exist that complicate such
         adaptation?

     3.  Once proficient in the use, what aspects of the various
         sites limit the usability and what modifications should
         be considered at both server and user sites to meet
         various needs?

     4.  Should a user select a given site for composing and
         editing all of his files for subsequent transfer to
         other sites for processing or should he learn to compose
         and edit at each of the sites doing his processing?

     5.  What are the problems in starting cooperating processes
         at several sites?  How does a user control such
         processes?
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