Electronic Reference communication

[Bill Drew]

Does anyone know of any web based software for Windows 95 based web
server that will allow a user at a remote site to communicate in more or
less real-time with the machine the web server is on?  The software
should have a way of displaying on the host machine a message and/or a
sound that a message is coming in.  The host machine should also be able
to store messages if no one is available at that time.  I remember using
such software a couple of years ago with ZBServer on my own machine. 
Can't find it now.  We are moving to a laptop university environment as
well as doing distance learning and need to implement such a service. 
The big necessity is that it require no special software on the remote
user's machine other than a web browser.  E-mail is too slow and
undependable for this type of service.
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Wilfred Drew (Call me "Bill"); Associate Librarian (Systems, Reference)
SUNY College of Ag. & Tech.;   P.O. Box 902;  Morrisville, NY 13408-0902
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