[slinkelist] DCOM in a Peer to Peer Network

[Ian Cole]

----- Original Message -----
From: David Morgenlender <dmorgen@alum.mit.edu>
To: Ian Cole <iancole@earthlink.net>
Cc: Justin Foster <jfost@pacbell.net>; <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [slinkelist] DCOM in a Peer to Peer Network


> On Sun, 17 Dec 2000 14:22:03 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >You can't run multiple copies of CDJ at one time - if you intend to only
run
> >one at a time, then no problem, dcom will work, even though it is a royal
> >pain to setup, and is slow to connect at startup.
>
> I'm hoping to setup something similar in the near future, i.e. using DCOM
so I
> can run CDJ from any PC on the network.  Two problems with the need to
exit CDJ
> on one system before being able to run it on the other:
>
> 1.  I could be on the other end of the house when this need occurs.  Any
> suggestions for solving this without walking to the other end of the house
&
> back, other than using remote control software?  (Of course, if I used
remote
> control software I could just run CDJ from the one PC!)
>
> 2.  CDJ turns off the CD players.  Then it's slow starting up again, even
after
> it turns the CD players back on.  Is there any way to avoid having CDJ
turning
> off the CD players on exit?  Is there any way to speed up CDJs startup?
>
> >VNC works well if you want to be able to use CDJ from both machines
> >simultaneously.
>
> What's VNC?
>
> >I leave CDJ running all the time on a single machine, then use DCOM from
the
> >other room when needed.
>
> Do you know if DCOM & the rest of this setup will work on Win95 systems
(both
> server & some clients)?  (Other clients are Win98SE.)
>
> =======================================================
> Dave Morgenlender
> e-mail: dmorgen@alum.mit.edu
> =======================================================
>