Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]

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From: Kazimir Kylheku
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 20:22

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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.

Could you program the remote machine over Timbuktu?  What if it crashes?
Is Timbuktu *completely* transparent to all programs without any conflicts?

To get into UNIX, I can just use any old terminal emulator. In fact, this is
how I do much of my work from the comfort of home. In addition to programming,
I even do some graphic design and typesetting work this way, even though I
can't see the results immediately.

In fact, I don't even own a computer at all---what for?

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Subject: Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]
Date: 31 Jul 1995 13:22:41 -0700
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