ouimet@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Daniel Ouimet) (01/24/91)
Hi! I will be teaching a class for 12 weeks on MacPlus beginning next week, and I would need a software that would broadcast on all MacPlus of the classroom exactly what I am doing on my screen in front of the class. All the Mac are connected thru Appletalk. Does this software exist? I heard of Tombouctou, but that is a one-to-one software (one Mac controls the other). I would like one Mac to display on all Mac connected to show what is happening. I would prefer a shareware or freeware, because it is faster to get (start next week) and cheaper also. Thank you in advance, Daniel -- ====================================================================== Daniel Ouimet ouimet@iro.umontreal.ca Universite de Montreal, Dept. IRO. S-240, C.P. 6128, succursale A Montreal (Quebec) H3C 3J7, CANADA (514) 343-6111 ext. 3506
Garance_Drosehn@mts.rpi.edu (01/24/91)
In article <1991Jan23.184447.704@IRO.UMontreal.CA> ouimet@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Daniel Ouimet) writes: >I will be teaching a class for 12 weeks on MacPlus beginning next week, >and I would need a software that would broadcast on all MacPlus of the >classroom exactly what I am doing on my screen in front of the class. >All the Mac are connected thru Appletalk. > >Does this software exist? > I believe that the program called "Carbon Copy Mac" would allow you to do what you want. I won two copies of it at a Mac Users group meeting (you need a copy for each machine you want to run it on), and among other things the back of the package says: * Let a number of Macintosh users view, from their own computers, a single remote Macintosh application. Ideal for project collaboration and training. * Compatible with Macintosh Plus, Mac SE, or Mac II family computers. I only played around with a two Mac setup, but whatever I tried seemed to work as I expected. It is a commercial product, but I don't know what the pricing is like. I believe you can buy a package of 10 or 15 copies to save a good deal of money. What you would do is set up your own machine as the "host" computer. What the students would see is a separate "guest" window on their Macs, which would show whatever you are doing on your machine. - Garance_Drosehn@mts.rpi.edu ITS systems programmer Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Disclaimer: I only use Carbon Copy Mac occasionally, so you should see it in action yourself to see if it does what you want...