On 9 Jan 2002 at 21:52, Dencer Brenda wrote:

> I apologize for my ignorance on this question, but can someone explain to me
> how it's possible to access my computer from a remote location?  I see ads
> that tell me it's possible, but I can't envision how that happens.  I have a
> dial up, but will be getting cable access soon.

It's a very old concept, that of the terminal.  If you've ever sat in front of the terminal of a
mainframe, or a PC acting as one, such as is often still done at universities and large
corporations, you've already used it.  Instead of having your screen, your mouse, your keyboard,
and so on displaying and controlling what going on in the innards of a desktop tower a few feet
away, they are doing something similar with a computer a few miles, or continents, away.  I
imagine that you've seen advertisements for software that will allow you to control your computer
from another full-fledged computer over the Internet.  I've never used it, but the software should
to do so should be more powerful than the old terminals, because it has a real local computer at
its disposal.  It should therefore be much easier to use.  You also don't have to worry about
wiring, about the software to run the system, and all of the other things the network people down
at the College  worry about.  The Internet supplies all of that.
If everything works well, you'll see on your screen at work, let's say, a screen showing just what
your screen at home would show if you were sitting there, and the mouse, keyboard, etc. at work
will make your home computer behave just as they would if you were sitting in front of it at
home.
Thank you.
David Jonathan Justman

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