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From: root@mjbtn.MFEE.TN.US (Mark J. Bailey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: pcANYWHERE vs Carbon Copy
Keywords: Which is BEST
Message-ID: <489@mjbtn.MFEE.TN.US>
Date: 14 Jul 89 00:30:10 GMT
Organization: JobSoft Design & Development, Murfreesboro, TN
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Hello,

I am considering buying a package that will allow me to remotely access and 
run DOS applications from a 386 over a modem.  I have heard of two products
in particular that permit graphics, colors, etc., that seem to work fairly
well.  This is to run over 2400 baud lines.  For the applications in question,
speed and choppiness of screen updates is neglegible (sp?).  I have had the
opportunity to work with Dymanic Microprocessor Associates pcANYWHERE.  The
package I saw demonstrated was dated 1987.  I was very impressed.  A sales
rep at DMA told me today that the newest version now handled all graphics
modes, and when running on a 386-AT, would allow three different users to
call in and access the machine simultaneously, yet independent (so to speak)
of each other.  Sort of a networking environment.  pcANYWHERE also allows
the user to enter the system on terminals other than another PC running the
same package (ie, Wyse 60, etc.).  

The other package I have been told about (I have not seen it run) is 
Carbon Copy Plus.  Here is where I need some input.  Does anyone out there
have knowledge of either of these products (over and above mine :-) and
especially how they compare (practically) and what are some advantages of
one over the other?  pcANYWHERE sells for $145 which includes "license" (?)
for both a host and a remote unit.  It is my understanding that Carbon
Copy Plus (which sells for $195) needs a *different* package for each host,
ie, a given copy will not talk with itself.  DMA also claimed that pcANYWHERE
was faster than Carbon Copy Plus...but again, they want to sell me pcANYWHERE.

If anyone can provide further details on either and/or both of these packages,
or any other packages that do the same thing, I would really appreciate
hearing from you.  Please email responses and I will summarize should it
seem necessary.

Thanks in advance!

Mark.

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Mark J. Bailey                                    "Ya'll com bak naw, ya hear!"
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