An Overview of the DASH Intelligent Terminal Project
John T. Korb · Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System) · 1984
Named DASH, for Dynamic Access to Shared Hosts, the intelligent terminal portion of the TILDE research project is exploring ways to use microprocessor•based workstations to simplify and enhance user access to a network of mainframe computers.Unlike projects that use workstations as stand-alone processors or projects that use a collection of workstations to solve a. single problem in a distributed fashion, DASH uses the workstation as a helper, or agent, to access network services and to interact on behalf of the user with programs running on one or more remote host processors.The DASH prototype is based on SUN workstations running the Stanford V Kernel connected via an Ethernet network to a collection of VAX processors.While the prototype workstation is a rather powerful machine connected to multiple hosts via a high-speed network, the DASH design permits an environment in which a small personal computer is connected to a single host over a dial-up phone line or long-haul network connection.