| Re: IDL from home, via modem [message #6590 is a reply to message #6583] |
Thu, 11 July 1996 00:00  |
g.d.nowicki
Messages: 2
Registered: July 1996
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In article <4s1k7e$86d@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, metas@aol.com says...
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> Hi IDL fans:
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> There must be others of you who sometimes need to work on IDL
> remotely from home, via modem. I'd like to tap into the current
> wisdom on the best way to handle this. I'm considering here
> working with datasets that are quite large, so transferring them
> and running IDL on my home computer wouldn't be feasible.
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> I currently have a classic Mac and use a tek4105 terminal emulator,
Ooohhh... Upgrade time. ;-)
> and display graphics using device 'tek'. This is OK (especially
> considering I have a small screen and B/W only, anyway). I was
> wondering what other options there would be, and also what works best for
> the Windows PC users among you. Tektronix emulation?
> X Windows? Linux/X Windows? Are there other devices besides
> 'X' and 'tek' which I could use to display on a PC or Mac?
I run from home over a 28.8 modem link, used to be 14.4 - using a 486/66
running Linux, v1.3.99 - I think. (I upgrade so often, I sometimes forget).
Xwindows is slow, but not painful as it was using 14.4 I am soon to
upgrade to ISDN. Unfortunately, the IDSN link will be to a network
provider, not to my worksite. So network delays will rear their ugly heads
and I don't think I'll see the full effect of the ISDN speed.
Probably the worst thing I found you could do was run a web browser on a
server with the redirect to your home screen. It stunk compared to
running a local copy. Linux is great, but if you're a first timer, I
suggest something like the Red Hat or Caldera distributions. They will
get you up and running pretty fast. Also, there is a version of IDL
for Linux that is pretty robust.
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> I apologize if this post is somewhat off topic - I will summarize
> e-mail responses I receive if there is interest. Thanks.
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> Meta Sienkiewicz
> metas@aol.com
Good luck,
-Greg
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