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Re: [ECS] VNC Mark Gilmore Mon, 05 Jul 1999 06:48:39 -0700

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Thanks much Stewart, but I am looking for someone who
has tried this with a normal (modem) ISP connection,
whereby the ECS-PC is accessed from a remote PC via
the internet.

N1FBG@aol.com wrote:
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> Hi Mark,
> I downloaded VNC version Win32(Intel). Unzipped and then ran the setup.
> On the remote computer or Host I ran the Vnc server program WinVnc 3.3.2. It
> also asks for a password so I gave it a simple password otherwise it wont
> work without it.
> BTW the program leaves a small icon on the systray.
> Then upstairs to the other computer to run the Vnc viewer.  The viewer comes
> up asking for Vnc server.  This (since the computers are already networked)
> is the name of the other computer(from network neighborhood) followed by :0
> ie. the other machine is called Cellar so the input to the viewer is
> Cellar:0
> It then asks for the password of the Cellar machine.    Thats it...
> Now the screen comes up with the same display as the remote machine.  If you
> right click on the viewer taskbar button you can then change the options and
> make the display a full screen.  Its a lot easier than it sounds.
> Stuart

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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
omnip@usit.net
http://www.usit.com/omnip

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