Brooklyn Bridge (software)
{{Short description|For transferring or transforming data from here to there}}
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The Brooklyn Bridge{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/14/business/the-executive-computer.html
|title=The Executive Computer
|author=Erik Sandberg-Diment |date=June 14, 1987}} from White Crane Systems was a data transfer enabler. Although it came with some hardware,"includes a cable to connect the two machines that are to exchange files." it was the software which was the basis of the product.{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/21/business/the-executive-computer-discovering-a-common-language.html
|title=Discovering a Common Language
|author=Erik Sandberg-Diment |date=June 21, 1987}}"it is also necessary to translate files, particularly those created through word processing programs, from the format of one program to that of another" 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, Brooklyn Bridge operated at "115,200 baud" so that a transfer which "at 300 baud took 4 minutes and 36 seconds" only needed
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.{{cite magazine |magazine=PC Magazine
|title=The Brooklyn Bridge |author=Bruce Brown |date=January 12, 1988
|pages=189–192}} An earlier review described it as "less cumbersome than conventional communications software"{{cite magazine
|magazine=PC Magazine
|title=The Brooklyn Bridge from White Crane Systems
|date=December 15, 1986 |page=35}} The use of neither specialized hardware nor specialized software is ideal{{cite web
|url=http://www.hpmuseum.net/pdf/ThePortablePaperV2N3_48pagesMay-Jun%2087_OCR.pdf
|title=Don't Buy The Brooklyn Bridge
|author=Hal Goldstein |date=June 1987}} in an era when this can be done using online or other "outside" services.{{cite magazine |magazine=NetworkWorld
|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2208483/zamzar--off-boarding-file-conversion.html
|title=Zamzar, off-boarding file conversion
|date=May 4, 2010}}