myoung@joker.sgi.com (Mark Young) (07/10/90)
I was wondering if anyone could give my any information on software available for the mac that would allow me to leave my mac at work in server mode when I go home at night so that I could dial it up and transfer files back and forth. ...myoung@joker.asd.sgi.com
vanover@bcsaic.UUCP (Jann VanOver) (07/11/90)
In article <10152@odin.corp.sgi.com> myoung@joker.sgi.com (Mark Young) writes: > >I was wondering if anyone could give my any information on software >available for the mac that would allow me to leave my mac at work in >server mode when I go home at night so that I could dial it up and >transfer files back and forth. > We just received the latest version of WhiteKnight (was RedRyder) and it came with a new program from Scott Watson called "Okyto" (the name is some permutation of Tokyo for some obscure reason). This is JUST what you want! Before you leave at night, you set your Mac up to "accept a connection", then go home and dial. It has all kinds of protection to keep "others" from doing the same. A neat tool that does no fancy stuff (no terminal emulation, etc) but just moving files from mac to mac. I think Okyto is being offered for $39.95 from FreeSoft: FreeSoft 150 Hickory Dr. Beaver Falls, PA 15010 (412) 846-2700 LEGAL note: the application you describe would require you buy TWO copies of Okyto, one to run on each machine. Talk to the FreeSoft people and see what kind of "quantity" deal they can offer.
vita@oxford.dab.ge.com (Mark Vita) (07/11/90)
In article <10152@odin.corp.sgi.com> myoung@joker.sgi.com (Mark Young) writes: >I was wondering if anyone could give my any information on software >available for the mac that would allow me to leave my mac at work in >server mode when I go home at night so that I could dial it up and >transfer files back and forth. Scott Watson's Okyto program will allow you to do this. (He gives this program away for free when you purchase [or upgrade to] White Knight.) Okyto is a multichannel file transfer program similar to the shareware programs MCS and MultiXfer; it lets you transfer files between two Macs over a modem link. The file transfers occur simultaneously in both directions; there's also a "chat" channel that lets the two users type messages to each other while the transfer is in progress. Okyto also has a mode where you can leave one Mac in a unattended "server" state; the remote Mac can call up the server Mac, browse through its directories in a SFGetFile-like manner, and retrieve files. You can probably also do this using Timbuktu Remote. It's more expensive, but you also get the screen-sharing capabilities of Timbuktu... -- Mark Vita vita@sunny.dab.ge.com Advanced Engineering GE Simulation and Control Systems Daytona Beach, FL
carsup@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Fisher Library support) (07/11/90)
A Great program called Carbon Copy Mac from Microcomm you would find useful. It provides the same functions as Timbuktu, but it has a nicer interface, and seems more reliable. I have used both Timbuktu and Carbon Copy. Carbon Copy provides for access to your Mac from AppleTalk, or from the modem.On the screen of the macintosh you are controlling from, the remote Mac's screen comes up in a seperate window. This is an advantage over Timbuktu, in that it allows you to do something on your local Mac, while remaining in control of the remote Mac. It also provides for file transfers. Over AppleTalk, this is great, as all tranfers are done in the background, and the Mac you are copying to/from, does not slow down much. Over m odem, this may be a pest though, but I have not tried it yet. Christopher Albone CarSup / UCS University of Sydney, Australia
roskar@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Veljko Roskar) (07/11/90)
MultiXfer (available at the sumex archives) should do it. Or you can shell
out for Carbon Copy or Timbuktu.
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