[fa.info-vax] Remote Job Entry

info-vax (02/28/83)

>From GEOFF@SRI-CSL  Sun Feb 27 21:45:20 1983
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At MIT we use BATCH jobs submitted via the CHAOSNET, mainly for software
updates/snarfing, reloading wedged device drivers, etc. When you have to
do the same thing to 'n' VAX it makes more sense than using remote
login 'n' times.

There is also interest in using this hack for off-loading text compilations
such as SCRIBE and TEX, which are essentially batch operations. (Also SPICE).