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Wed Jul 09 19:05:33 CDT 2003
Wouldn't WinVNC also work in this situation? Particularly if the machine you
want to access is on the same network?
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Cheers,
DaveO
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"Pat Kelecy" <pat@mp-m.com> wrote in message
news:ullJJMkRDHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Thanks Javier. Sounds like you're doing exactly what I want to do.
> I just tried it out with RDC and everything seemed to work fine. I wasn't
> sure it would. I posted a similar question on the comp.soft-sys.matlab
> newsgroup (but related to whether Matlab licensing would allow TS access
or
> not) and a response I received indicated it would not work (that Matlab
> didn't support it), and they provided a support link to TheMathWorks web
> site about it. But as I said, I had no trouble running Matlab - current
> version, (and apparently you don't either) - so I don't know what that was
> about. In case you're interested, I've included the link.
>
>
http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/data/26440.shtml
>
> I will take a look a PCAnywhere, but am curious as to what thought was
nicer
> about it compare to RDC. I did notice the video quality was not as good
as
> with a local connection, but I imagine there's a trade-off involved
between
> that and speed.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Pat
>
>
> "Javier Gomez" <javier_gomez@REMOVE.THIS.engineer.com> wrote in message
> news:eY9uI6iRDHA.2228@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Pat,
> >
> > Actually, I do that all of the time with Matlab... but for some reason
RD
> > doesn't work as nice as PCAnywhere in this situation.
> >
> > What I do is that I run some ChE optimization routines in Matlab (that
can
> > take several hours) in my home computer so I don't bog down my work
> > computer. I connect to it using PCAnywhere (I have a SBS network in my
> > home... so I had to setup ISA) and then upload the code and run it. I
even
> > have a subroutine to send me an e-mail when an error occurs or finishes
> > (which was derived from SuperGumby's e-mail backup confirmation code)...
> > before that I simply check it out regulary.
> >
> > I usually like RD (it's free !!!)... but in this particular case I like
> PCA
> > better.
> >
> > HIH,
> >
> > Javier
> >
> > "Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" <steve.foster@picamar.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:eUpVBtiRDHA.212@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > Pat Kelecy wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > This question is related to previous post I made, but I wanted to
> > > > restate the problem more directly (and not presume a solution).
> > > >
> > > > I have a piece of technical software (Matlab) which I would like to
> > > > run remotely on another computer. I use it to develop fairly
complex
> > > > computer models which can take a while to run and really bog things
> > > > down when they do. So I would like to install the software on
> > > > another, reasonably power PC I have and run it remotely so I can do
> > > > other work on my machine while it's crunching away. I also have a
> > > > coworker (off site) who will need to access this occasionally (its
an
> > > > engineering tool) -but not at the same time. All the machines are
> > > > connected on a small, SBS2000 network.
> > > >
> > > > So my question is what's the best way to accomplish this (assuming
> > > > it can be done)?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any advice. -Pat
> > >
> > > If you're using XP at all, I would run XP on the MatLab machine, turn
> > > on Remote Desktop, and allow people to remote onto it. Bear in mind
> > > that this is only suitable where your needs are for a single person to
> > > access the software at any one time, as XP's Remote Desktop is a
> > > single-user solution.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
> > > ---------------------------------------
> > > MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.
> >
> >
>
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