Microcomputers and mainframes
Michael J. D'Amore, Daniel J. Oberst · 1983
Section 1 touches on the notion of distributed processing in order to gain a perspective on the roles of mainframe computers, microcomputers and their “marriage” in the general computing environment. It then examines how the marriage is possible and looks at two appropriate uses of the micro/mainframe interface. Section 2 deals with some of the specifics: EDUNET'S involvement with microcomputer as intelligent terminal; some details on file transfer protocols; the efforts of several institutions of higher education to develop intelligent terminal emulation software for micros; and two commercial terminal emulation packages.