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From: dan@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Dan Freedman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: How to make the DM display a node name
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Date: 24 Feb 90 19:52:48 GMT
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In article <6900@ubc-cs.UUCP> pphillip@cs.ubc.ca (Peter Phillips) writes:
>I'm one of a few people who look after a labful of Apollo machines and
>it would make my life a little easier if I could find out node names
>at a glance.


Well, it might sound a bit quaint, but why not stick a label on
the front of each machine with its name on it.  This solution has
the advantages of being relatively stable with respect to operating
system upgrades, and has been known to work well in a heterogeneous
distributed environment.  Your local stationary store should be able
to ship you the solution on the media of your choice, with quite
reasonable maintenance fees.  All of the labels that I have seen not
only support English, but deal nicely with right-to-left scripting
styles such as Hebrew.  Kanji support should be available by the
time you read this.

	Dan Freedman


Dan Freedman
University of Calgary Computer Science Department
2500 University Drive N.W.			      dan@ksi.cpsc.UCalgary.CA
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4