Apple Rackmounts

[Brian Gibson]

What about using VNC on the Mac to take over the console? It is free and 
I have used it in the Windows and Linux world and it works great.  I 
have done some testing with Macs and it worked for what I needed it to.

http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/

Michel Benevento wrote:

>>I would say yes and no to this. While I like the idea of being able 
>>to run Frontier the same way I can run MySQL and PostgreSQL, it's not 
>>really the same type of application.
>>
> 
> You have to separate development and deployment of services. Frontier has
> no CLI for development/configuration, but for running something like
> Manila or webPress (our own web-based CMS), there is no difference.
> 
> Back in the Frontier 4 days, I used to retrieve/install ODB-parts between
> two copies using NetFrontier, thus separating development and deployment;
> I'm sure this is pretty trivial to re-implement using XML-RPC. Perhaps
> this exists already.
> 
> 
> 
>>I find that there are all kinds 
>>of times when I want/need to work in Frontier's interface. You can 
>>proabably do 98% of that work via Timbuktu (which I'm not that 
>>familiar with), but for an interface driven app, which Frontier still 
>>is to a large extent, there's no substitute for working on the 
>>console.
>>
> 
> These days we use Timbuktu (giving 100% control), which has the odd
> requirement of booting with a graphics card on the server with a monitor
> or a specific plug attached, or - and I found this out recently - no
> graphics card at all!
> 
> So long,
> Michel
> 


-- 
Thanks,

Brian Gibson
Systems Administrator
Wheaton College
508-286-3417
bgibson at wheatonma.edu