[ANN] VNC 0.1a on SqueakMap

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Tue Dec 17 01:32:18 UTC 2002


> Would this setup be advantageous, or would it 
> stil lbe slow?

Can't say - try it, see for yourself, and let us know.

Cheers,
  - Andreas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-admin at lists.squeakfoundation.org 
> [mailto:squeak-dev-admin at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On 
> Behalf Of Aaron J Reichow
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 2:04 AM
> To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Subject: RE: [ANN] VNC 0.1a on SqueakMap
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Andreas Raab wrote:
> 
> > Yes and yes. It takes some bandwidth but if you're on a 
> local network it
> > doesn't matter (10MBps are quite enough; it works well even on a
> > wireless). The biggest pain is the setup - you have to get 
> a badge and
> > type the IP adresses of the participants (so don't try this 
> through a
> > NAT or any other firewall) but it could be changed to use a similar
> > rendevous mechanism that Croquet uses.
> 
> How much CPU does Nebraska take on the client end?  That is, 
> VNC is pretty
> good for making the higher resources of one machine available 
> to another
> with lesser processing speed.  While programming in MVC or 
> limited Morphic
> interaction is OK on my 206 MHz StrongARM, when at home, I'd 
> love to be
> able to use the speed of my iBook without having to leave the 
> comfort of
> my living room (I have an AirPort card for my Jorada 720, iBook is on
> ethernet).  Would this setup be advantageous, or would it 
> stil lbe slow?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Aaron
> 
>   Aaron Reichow  ::  UMD ACM Pres  ::  http://www.d.umn.edu/~reic0024/
>   "civilization is a limitless multiplication of
>                 unnecessary necessities."                :: mark twain
> 
> 




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