> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 15:57:25 +0100
> Reply-to: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu
> From: Julian Richardson <JRichardson_at_softwright.co.uk>
> To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Subject: RE: Gooeys
> X-To: "'classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu'" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> >> One of the most interesting programs I've seen this week is
> >> the VNC ("virtual network computing") software at
> >> <http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc/index.html> .
>
> Is this for real!? Has anyone tried it? Sounds too good to be true! I've
> seen a remote desktop facility for NT before and it had a bad habit of
> crashing the NT machine on which the server was running. This software
> sounds awesome though, if it works...
Well, I thought, it's Friday afternoon and I've had a productive
week. So I loaded the VNC server on Win 95 and loaded the VNC viewer
on a Mac and that is what I am using now to send this message.
This actually looks like a possible way to get a monitor off my desk
but I don't think I'll try running it on NT5 beta just yet...
Phil
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Phil Beesley -- Computer Officer -- Distributed Systems Suppport
University of Leicester
Tel (0)116 252-2231
E-Mail pb14_at_le.ac.uk
Received on Fri Sep 18 1998 - 10:16:56 BST