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To: Richard Habib who wrote (6516)	11/24/1997 12:05:00 AM
From: soup	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

What is an NC? via MacKiDo >People think NC's are something new, they aren't (conceptually), they are just a modernization of an old idea. NC stands for Network-Computer -- well most of our computers today are on a Network, so even the implications are not all that new. Years ago, all computing was done with computers, and "terminals" that let you log in and access time and memory on the central computer (the server). Later, as the central computers became bogged down under the heavy loads of too many users, manufacturers made the terminals "smart" (having small computers of their own), so that they could do some of the computing themselves (and off load the server a bit). Well an "NC" is that concept, just a little modernized.< mackido.com More than you ever wanted to know about NC's. soup