painter@peyote.cactus.org (Tom Painter) (06/21/89)
I am relatively unskilled with PC's and have a couple of questions.
I have a friend who has a business that is based on his PC/XT.
He needs to access it from his house.
Here are my questions:
1. Can he use a terminal rather that another PC to access
his work system?
2. Any recommendation/generalizations on modems or communication
software? (Mostly software, please)
3. I understand that there are power bars out that can be hooked up
to a modem and will engage when the modem is called (allowing
the computer to come up automatically when called). Any experience
with this out there? Suggestions/alternatives?
4. Does a remote terminal on a PC act the same as the attached
monitor or are there definite differences(not including problems
resulting from communications)?
Thanks for your help. Please reply via e-mail. If anyone wants a summary,
mail me a request (if I get enough requests, I'll post the summary).
Thanks again
Tom
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