Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!munnari.oz.au!ariel!ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au!u3369429 From: u3369429@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (Michael Bednarek) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Borland's VROOM & Networks Message-ID: <1991May30.092712.2012@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au> Date: 29 May 91 23:27:12 GMT References: <675397058.3@sunbrk.FidoNet> <1991May29.222808.29430@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Organization: I.A.E.S.R., Melbourne University Lines: 14 In article <1991May29.222808.29430@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, trier@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu (Stephen C. Trier) writes: > [...] > 1) Any kind of swapping will be slow off of a file server. 2) Setting > a VROOMM application (or a Microsoft C overlaid application) execute- > only on a Novell server will render it inoperable. This means that > file server copy protection will kill any VROOMM application. 3) If ad 2): Quattro Pro 3.0 runs happily with .EXE and .VRM files flagged as Read Only. In fact, all files in our file server's directory QPRO are RO. -- Michael Bednarek, Big River Ski Lodge Caravan Park, Seelands Grafton Base Hospital, Grafton 2460, AUS, Phone: +61 66 44 9324 // u3369429@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au PSI%23343000301::U3369429 \X/ "POST NO BILLS."