6 May
2004
6 May
'04
8:26 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "chris" <cb(a)mythtech.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts "
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: Mac keyboard tunnel software
Is there any reason an ADB KVM can't be used in this setting? I have used
Timbuktu before and there is a little lag on a 100Mbs network (using
1024x768 resolution on the machine being controlled). I ended up getting a
Dr.Bott KVM for my ADB Macs and it works perfectly (4 machines). Do you
think Timbuktu would lag on a GB ethernet setup?
That
doesn't mean there's no lag (you say "because"). Try it over a
satellite link, or a slow dialup, sometime.
Oh very very true, over a slow connection.
I know I used it in the past over a localtalk network, and it worked
without lag. Simply because there wasn't enough data being pushed to be
an issue. I'm sure over a slower connection that wouldn't hold true.
However, because this software does NOT push the screen image of the
remote machine back to the primary Mac... you really wouldn't use it over
anything other than a LAN. You need to be able to see the monitor
physically connected to the remote Mac to use it. All this does is allows
you to bypass using a different keyboard and mouse.
Of course, this does mean that the two machines in
question are almost
certain to be connected by a low-latency high-enough-bandwidth link....
Exactly. Since the machine is unlikely to be more than a few feet away,
you can use Localtalk at the very least, which in my past use, was
sufficient bandwidth (I ran it on a 25 MHz 68040 over localtalk
connecting to a 100 MHz PPC 603 laptop... now I want to use it on a 400
MHz G3 connecting to a 250 MHz PPC 603e over 10Mbs ethernet... so I'd
assume there will be no lag as well... there is only minor lag in
Timbuktu which does FAR FAR more)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>