Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: (Sigh) Here we go again... Message-ID: Date: 5 May 91 17:52:49 GMT References: <12849@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> <1991May4.212112.10985@herald.usask.ca> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: lowey@herald.usask.ca's message of 4 May 91 21:21:12 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sunws5.sys.cs.psu.edu In article <1991May4.212112.10985@herald.usask.ca> lowey@herald.usask.ca (Kevin Lowey) writes: I think he is saying that with Unix, you can dial in and log into the computer, then use something like Kermit to download the files, or run Unix programs remotely. Of course, you can't run X applications (unless you have slip support) so you are limited to strictly command line / terminal apps. How expensive is it to get slip support? Does it work well over a 9600 baud modem? I've heard about that and Point-to-Point Protocol(PPP) many times in comp.sys.next. I under the impression that soon we will be able to work at home from anywhere, or call in to work, login, and go to work. -Mike