Re: [WinMac] cross platform remote control

Thomas Roth(tomroth[at]wfubmc.edu)
Wed, 5 Aug 1998 12:31:53 -0400

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>>Thomas Roth wrote:
>>I'm looking for a product that will allow a Mac to remote control a Windows
>>NT computer AND for a Windows NT computer to remote control a Mac. I'm
>>aware of Timbuktu

>Leonard Rosenthol replied:
>That's the only game in town, as far as I know for bi-directional
>control at this time.

I was afraid of that.

>>but had major problems using it on one of our NT
>>computers and ended up having to do a restore from a tape backup.
>
>Were you using the new 32bit version of Timbuktu Pro, the old 16it
>version or Netopia Virtual Office?

It was the latest 32bit version.

>I've used it happily on NT machines and never had a problem, but
>your comments about video cards could certainly be an issue.

I had put it on two other NT computers with no problem and then this one
with the Matrox Millinium card just died. I got past the blue screen but
nothing else ever came up. Tech support didn't really have an answer even
after we checked some settings in the registry.

Other then that Timbuktu worked great so now I'm not sure what to do.

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Tom Roth Wake Forest University School of Medicine
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