FLAN: virtual inter‐linking using floppy disks as a local area network

Abstract

The paper discusses how to share functions such as cataloguing and interlibrary loan between libraries and other information centres by setting up a virtual network of microcomputers using TINlib software. Data exchange between eight information centres is effected using floppy disks, thereby creating a Floppy disk Local Area Network, or FLAN.

Citation

Giaccai, S. (1989), "FLAN: virtual inter‐linking using floppy disks as a local area network", The Electronic Library, Vol. 7 No. 3, pp. 160-162. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb044882