leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) (07/04/89)
scotth@grebyn.com (Scott Hutchinson) writes: > There are packages and public domain (or shareware?) that will >trick tha average program into thinking its running locally, while in >fact it is on the network. If anyone would like info, just drop me a >line. Our problems with non-network programs on networks is that they have things like the directories or (worse yet!) the configuration filenames hard coded. Just *try* and run a package when the last user set it up for VGA and the laserprinter, and you've got Hercules and an Epson. Blech! And a few programs always use the same names for temporary files *and* require that you be in "their" directory when you run them. This makes simultaneous usage impossible. One of the reasons we have a network is so that we would only have one "copy" of a package to update/maintain. (we buy as many copies as are needed, but we don't want to have to install a seperate copy for every user). I'm constantly amazed at how few programs will handle networking problems. What's really bad is that you don't need a network to see some of these problems. We had to re-install the old monitor on a computer we'd upgraded so that we could re-set the configuration on one program. It used graphics mode for display, *including the #%$%# setup screen*!! -- Leonard Erickson ...!tektronix!reed!percival!bucket!leonard CIS: [70465,203] "I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters." -- Solomon Short
Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (07/05/89)
In article <1527@bucket.UUCP>, leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) writes: }I'm constantly amazed at how few programs will handle networking }problems. What's really bad is that you don't need a network to see }some of these problems. All it takes is a multitasker like DESQview or DoubleDOS.... Trying to run two copies of a program with hard-coded temp files would be fun :-) -- UUCP: {ucbvax,harvard}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf -=-=-=- Voice: (412) 268-3053 (school) ARPA: ralf@cs.cmu.edu BIT: ralf%cs.cmu.edu@CMUCCVMA FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/46 Disclaimer? I claimed something? "When things start going your way, it's usually because you stopped going the wrong way down a one-way street."