[dba-Tech] Web RTC built in

Hi Gustav:

OMG you remember those things... Sold IBMs for a while at $8,000 to $10,000
a piece, two floppy drives, the IBM boot disk, a box of 10 floppy disks
(cost $100 per box, 360K per floppy) and included half a days training. The
government systems came with a version of DbaseII, direct from Aston Tate.
Made a 15 percent margin. Also most of the government machines needed an
Attachmate above board ISA card (about $1000.00) so the PC could also work
as a dumb terminal. 

Jim

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 8:40 AM
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Hi Jim

Sorry, I was joking ... it was just that RTC. 
Am I really the only one remembering the original IBM PC XT and its ISA
add-in boards for just about anything: RAM, floppy controller, harddisk
controller (MFM), RTC, I/O, and graphics (monochrome or CGA)?

/gustav

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Sendt: 6. februar 2013 16:04
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Hi Gustav:

True but to having full audio and video as well as chat at your finger tips
is quite an advancement. I am aware that it has been around for a while but
just in chat mode...built a chat for a couple of clients but this is to the
next level, with no third party (paid for) apps.   

Jim

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 4:22 AM
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Hi Jim

RTC built in? Every computer today has it. But it was missing on the
original IBM PC (XT). If you didn't want to adjust the clock from 1980-01-01
every time you turned on the PC, you had to obtain and install a third-party
option board equipped with this Real Time Clock.

/gustav

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jim Lawrence
Sendt: 5. februar 2013 17:47
Til: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Emne: [dba-Tech] Web RTC built in

FireFox and Chrome have both added new features to their browsers that will
allow direct audio and video calling without third party applications or
plug-in. The capabilities is now build right in the browsers.

Along with the article is a small chunk of code showing how this can be
implemented via web page and JavaScript.

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/02/hello-chrome-its-firefox-calling/

I understand the both Opera and Safari have similar projects in the works
but as always whether IE will follow the W3C protocol communications
standards or go it alone is anyone's guess. Microsoft does have a large
investment in Skype so this may predetermine their next move.

Jim 


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