Re: [TCLUG:12948] Remote X Server (VNC)

["Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom" <carls@agritech.com>]

Scott Fritche wrote:
>sp> VNC is awesome! Thanks to the 8-bit mode, I am able to control my
>sp> parents Win98 machine over my 56K connection !
>And it's quite usable at low bitrates.
        I beg to differ on that one. ;> running it over a 28.8 dialup can be
kindly described as a "gradual" process. :)
        of course for you Scott, 'low bitrate' is your 256K DSL line, right? :)
        even over a 10b-T connection, playing xbill has some extra
difficulty... you need to 'lead' bill a bit when squashing him. :)
        
        admittedly, I haven't tried running it over SSH; and I hear that
helps a lot. :)

Carl Soderstrom
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