OT: remote control software again

[Jose Lerebours]

On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Fairlight <fairlite at fairlite.com> wrote:
> I had to share this, 'cos it's so damned cool.
>
> ScreenConnect just released v1.9.  Amongst other things, the cool thing
> they implemented was reverse screen viewing.  You host as normal, but
> if you need to for tutorial, presentation, or demonstration (or other)
> purposes, you can turn on reverse screen viewing and show the client your
> own desktop--in view-only mode.  You maintain complete security, as the
> reverse viewing is view-only with no control.
>
> Turn on the mode, it minimises your SC window to the taskbar and the other
> party gets to see your desktop.  Restore your SC window, and the mode goes
> back to normal, and you have the other end's desktop again and they no
> longer see yours.
>
> Very, very sweet!
>

What is really sweet is that they wrote this on a 286 Leading Edge PC,
using filePro 16
running AT&T XENIX.  They just sat on it all this time waiting for the
market to catch-up.
The remote connection tests were done using a series of multiplexers
via dedicated phone
lines running between 1200 and 2400 bps (low) and 4800 and 9600 bps (high).

The really really funny thing is that this line of comment resembles
what I used to pitch when
comparing filePro to FoxPro, DBase III and DBase IV, Clipper and
others ... In my opinion, filePro
was way ahead of the pack.  It has outlived some of them ...

Regards,


Jose