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In <ericb.476.301D44B8@psu.edu> ericb@psu.edu (Eric Bennett) writes:

>In article <3vje2hINNmva@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku) writes:
>
>>In article <jd-wong-3107950335510001@antwerp-10.slip.uiuc.edu>,
>>Jim Wong <jd-wong@uiuc.edu> wrote:
>>>In article <danpop.807144468@rscernix>, Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:
>>>
>>>> The difference is that you can't fix a problem on your friend's Mac 
>>>> without being physically in front of its screen and keyboard.  A modem
>>>> connection doesn't help at all for this task.
>>>
>>>Not necessarily true.  There's nothing difficult about controlling a Mac
>>>remotely using Timbuktu.
>
>>Yes there is: you need (1) another Macintosh, (2) Timbuktu software installed
>>on both ends.
>
>Well, to fix somebody's Unix machine remotely, you still need a computer 
>yourself too.  Not as difficult a requirement as having a Mac, of course...  

Huh?  What's wrong with an old VT100 terminal?

>Anybody know if Timbuktu is available for Windows?

Anybody cares?
>
>Well, there's an advantage of Timbuktu--you get all the graphics.  Of course 
>this is a disadvantage over a modem.

And this is precisely what we were talking about: fixing a remote machine
via a modem connection.

Dan
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