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Re: Yet another neat technology



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Just wondering if anyone has used this for remote viewing of TS screen, like
when you go out of town.  Is it faster or slower than pcanywhere? Does it
update properly?

Thanks,
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-----Original Message-----
From: Money, James L <James_Money@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'rbl@xxxxxxxxxxx' <rbl@xxxxxxxxxxx>; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
<omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, April 23, 1999 5:55 AM
Subject: RE: Yet another neat technology


>I have done this.  It works very well.  The faster the network, the better
>it works.  Installation is a breeze.  You can even do it over the internet.
>(Did this to fix a problem with my mom's computer).  Very useful tool.  My
>group uses it when dialing into the corporate network from home to get to
>our desktop.  Note, it is SLOW over a dialup (28.8) connection, but not
>intolerable.
>
>Jim
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rbl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [SMTP:rbl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Friday, April 23, 1999 5:33 AM
>> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Yet another neat technology
>>
>> I see more thought by list members of rolling their own systems, given
>> the state of the Omega world.  Just want to point to a neat new (FREE!)
>> tool that's available, "VNC".  This lets one create a window on one
>> networked computer that displays and controls what goes on on another
>> computer on the net.  NO MATTER WHAT OPERATING SYSTEM THE OTHER COMPUTER
>> IS RUNNING!   I.e., my Mac can have a window that is viewing and
>> controlling
>> my Windows NT machine.
>>
>> See:
>>
>> http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc
>>
>> Yes, free software from AT&T (they inherited this software in a takeover
>> of the Cambridge England facility).
>>
>> Those of you who want mutliple displays could grab a 486 w/ monitor
>> for el cheapo and create a rack of displays, I suppose.  Caveat:  I
>> have NOT done this ...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rob Lake
>> rbl@xxxxxxxxxxx
>