8/29/96
We are considering establishing some sort of dial in connection between
my SEM lab and a 4th grade classroom. The teacher wishes to send samples
home with my daughter semi-interactively send images back to the
classroom. They have a phone in the classroom and several MACs which
are linked together with a very slow AppleTalk network.
I think we'd like to put a 28.8 modem on one of the MAC's to dial in to.
The software issue is the main concern. Could anyone please make
reccomendations as to some sort of simple networking software that would
allow us to at least transfer the image files?
Thanks for your thoughts on this.
Regards,
John W. Best ELMDAS Co. Email: jbest@vicon.net
P.O. Box 355, Alexandria, PA, USA 16611
Voice: 814-669-4474
WWW: http://www.vicon.net/~jbest
jbest@vicon.net
Phil wrote:
Please post responses to this question to the list, or copy your replies
to me, I am interested in this problem myself. Phil
I did receive (not via the microscopy listserver) this response which I'm
assuming Peter Guthrie wouldn't mind my forwarding. Thanks Peter.
>From Peter:
Try Timbuktu (from Farallon Software). We actually use it to control
a remote Macintosh-based image acquisition system. Timbuktu puts a
mirror of the remote Macintosh desktop on your computer, so images
brought up on the remote computer are seen on the local computer.
Peter Guthrie
Also, Lou Ross suggested a shareware program called "Fetch". Could
anyone comment on this? Is it something like "PC anywhere"? Thanks Lou.
To everyone else who could help with this problem, please post your
replies to the listserver, as the problem seems to have applicability to
a number of us.
Have a good day everyone. Regards, John.
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John W. Best ELMDAS Co. Email: jbest@vicon.net
P.O. Box 355, Alexandria, PA, USA 16611
Voice: 814-669-4474
WWW: http://www.vicon.net/~jbest
jbest@vicon.ne
have been bitten by the bug. There was much reference to Timbuktu Pro there
for remote control and/or observation. It piqued my interest enough to check
out such programs and to try the demos when available. (Timbuktu has a
30-day free trial version available through their web site
http://www.farallon.com)
Trying it out, I see it allows for file transfers back and forth between
MACs and PCs as well as the control and observe options. It also has a
message capability which can drag along files with it. I have been duly
impressed, and the $49 on-line price for the PC version doesn't hurt too
much. It was $70 per copy through PC Connection. I have been using it over
the ethernet (in IP mode), but it also works over dial-up with the right
supporting software.
In fairness, there are at least two similar products: PC Anywhere from
Symantec and Carbon Copy from MicroCom. The capabilities all look good.
however, the demos were not quite as functional, and I don't think they
supported MAC to PC communications. Prices were comparable.
BTW, can anyone tell me if there are certain window or screen displays that
are not supported by such products? Some of our live acquition Windows don't
come across well or at all.
Warren Straszheim
wes@ameslab.gov
There's a wide range of possible methods to do this. A lot depends on what
software you and the school have allready. I've listed some possibilities
Has the school access to e-mail? If so why not simply mail the images as
attachments. Choose an appropriate file format for the software the school
has. (if they do not have appropriate software for imaging - download NIH
IMAGE - http://rsb.info.nih.gov/nih-image/ - it's public domain and there
are a range of versions for the mac - if the school has older macs use one
of the older versions).
Likewise if the school has access to the WEB why not create some pages at
your end with the images on them. Convert the images to GIF format and
reduce their size as much as possible to retain reasonable images. (Adobe
photoshop is a great program for playing around with digital images
versions are available for Mac, Windows and UNIX - it is reasonably priced
and I for one have found it extremely useful).
I hope this is of some help - without more information it is hard to be
more specific - why not try speaking to the computing support at your end.
Good luck
Pete Ainsworth
ainswort@geology.gla.ac.uk
Part or all of your solution may be found in a shareware product called
CU-SeeMe, from Cornell University. There is also a commercial version
available from White Pine Software in Nashua, NH. White Pine has a lot
of experience in multiple platform communication.
I have no financial interest in White Pine, blah, blah blah...
The WWW page below is a wealth of information about the product. There
are many links to K-12 schools that have done just what you are trying
to do. I haven't used the software, but it looks pretty cool.
http://cu-seeme.cornell.edu/~WCW/
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