Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!utastro!nather From: nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Remote control of PC via modem Message-ID: <3448@utastro.UUCP> Date: 6 Dec 88 15:33:35 GMT References: <4652@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <104@unibase.UUCP> <190@serene.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 21 In article <190@serene.UUCP>, rfarris@serene.UUCP (Rick Farris) writes: > In article <104@unibase.UUCP> root@unibase.UUCP (Super User) writes: > >No communication software of any kind is required for this kind of > >control. > > > >The basis of the solution is the 'ctty' command, which shifts the command > >input/output from the keyboard/screen to a com port. > > You must be joking. Obviously you've never tried this. *sigh* I've tried it, and Rick is right -- it's useless without some kind of software package to overcome the basic defects. It was a great idea -- but so was "An autogiro in every garage" from the 1930's -- or am I just showing my age again? -- Ed Nather Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin {backbones}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather nather@astro.as.utexas.edu