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- From: leo@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Leo Hendry)
- Subject: Re: Idea for a program
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.112740.23086@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
- Keywords: remote, modem, program
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- Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
- References: <1992Nov12.071708.20452@newstand.syr.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 11:27:40 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov12.071708.20452@newstand.syr.edu> ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg) writes:
- >Here's an idea for all you programmers out there...what about
- >a program that will allow one to control another computer,
- >remotely via a modem? I do not know if it is possible, or if
- >it has alredy been done, but it would be nice to have...I
- >think. There are programs like this on other
- >platforms...Carbon Copy (msdos) and Carbon Copy for the Mac,
- >PC Remote, PC Anywhere, and even remote access for the Mac
- >using system 7.
- >
- >I imagine it would be easiest to come up with something that
- >lets one control another ST remotely...but it would be even
- >neater to be able to control an msdos machine, or even a Mac
- >remotely.
- >
- >--Gerry
- >ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu
- >
- >
-
- If you can perswade the host machine to accept incoming serial bytes
- as if it came from the keyboard and to echo anything printed to the
- screen to the serial port then you can do this with a null modem cable
- and a terminal emulator. On a BBC or Arc this can be done with a couple
- of *fx calls and works very well in command line mode, although to be able
- to use the desktop you would need to write a VDU driver for your ST and have
- some way of moving the mouse.
-
- - Leo
-