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In <1993Jan4.165959.11691@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:

>In <C0Asys.5C0@panix.com> isc@panix.com (David Koosis) writes:

>>hasn't anyone come up with a (ms) windows-based windowing
>>protocol yet? so that we could run bbs's with windowing
>>interfaces?
...
>>do we have to do it ourselves?

>Probably, and I would expect it to be DOG SLOW running over anything
>less than a V.32bis connection.  Of course, X has this problem, too.

I'm not so sure it would have to be dog slow.
I think a version of the 80/20 (or even 95/5) rule applies:
80% of user activity will fall into 20% of the possible domain.
If you optimize that 20% (by downloading data, commonly used dialogs, 
etc. to the client side) then performance might actually be *better*
than one finds on the conventional tty interface.

If the protocol allows for bi-directional communication, you
could even download the diff of the the server file list (for example)
while the user decides which key to press next.  Then when the
user lists files -- presto! -- it's there.

- david
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