Remote login to DOS?

[Aron Burns]

In article <muir.663896878 at convex.convex.com> muir at convex.com (David Muir) writes:
>In <1991Jan11.193729.14336 at cbnewsl.att.com> spf at cbnewsl.att.com (Steve Frysinger of Blue Feather Farm) writes:
>
>>I'm trying to get up to speed on the various ways in which one can set
>>up a pc for remote login.  I'm familiar with the obvious method -
>>running Unix on the pc - but that leaves some difficulty (to say the
>>least) in getting to dos applications.  I suspect there are dos-based
>>solutions to this problem (don't some bbs's run in dos environments?),
>>but I'm not familiar with them.
>
>>So if someone should share a short summary of remote login support for
>>dos (and the identity of the associated software) I'd be very grateful.
>
>>Thanks! Steve
>
>>***
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>
>>We are made of dreams and bones...
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>
>You might check into PROCOMM PLUS.  It is a communications pacakge for
>msdos that has a "host mode" that allows remote users to log onto 
>your system.  It uses passwords and has and allows you to privliges.
>
>* Dave *


If you just want to dial up a system and get/send files, list directories
and similar activities, try Kermit.  It has 'server' mode, can disable
priveledges as required (but globally, not on a per user basis) and is
free of charge.

Procomm plus is good too.

If you're talking about remote control (eg running an application that
is resident on the remote PC as though it were on a local station) you can
go with Carbon Copy for PC-PC interaction, or PC-Anywhere for
PC-terminal/PC interaction.

Multiple simultaneous access to applications?  Perhaps UNIX running
MERGE for character based apps.  For graphic applications, 
Novell has a solution that is essentially a PC with modified
DesqView, each 'task' running carbon copy or PC Anywhere and 
attached to a modem.  It works, but is apparently slooooow.


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