The Brooklyn Bridge
from White Crane Systems was a data transfer enabler. Although it came with some hardware, it was the software which was the basis of the product.
It also could transform the data's format.
Overview
''The New York Times'' described its category as being among "communications packages used to transfer files." In an era of
300 baud
This is a list of interface bit rates, is a measure of information transfer rates, or digital bandwidth capacity, at which digital interfaces in a computer or network can communicate over various kinds of buses and channels. The distinction can b ...
, Brooklyn Bridge operated at "115,200 baud" so that a transfer which "at 300 baud took 4 minutes and 36 seconds" only needed
5 seconds.
[ Unlike some communications packages, this one retains the original version-date, so as not to alarm people
when they seem to have what looks like an update, when it's not.][
]
Description
Once the software is installed, users comfortable with typing the word "COPY" can do so as readily as they sneakernet.
See also
* BLAST (protocol)
* Kermit (protocol)
* Zamzar
References
Communication software
Computer data
Data management
History of software
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