[12982] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Public-Access Computer Systems For)
Wed Jun 23 20:02:00 1999
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 16:31:48 -0600
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From: Dennis Brantley <dennis@dati.com>
Subject: Re: Question
Public-Access Computer Systems Forum wrote:
>
> From: "Joseph W. O'Sullivan" <josephos@saintleo.edu>
> Subject: Question
>
> I have a question for the group (now that my courage has been bolstered
> by the commentary from our colleague in TN)...
>
> I am running a LAN using Windows NT and have a number of non-Web CDs
> that I would like to make accessible to users (if I get licensing money).
> I know there are a number of very expensive disk management programs
> available that allow this (most of which require dumping the CD to a
> hard drive). Are there any inexpensive programs, or has anyone written a
> batch file, that allow the access of CD's from the Web? Thanks in advance!
>
Are you talking about IntERnet access or IntRAnet access? For Intranet,
w3launch or BATSH are commonly used to launch CDs from web pages. In
this case, the search engine either resides on the client, or resides on
your file server and any necessary INI files are pushed to the client.
For Internet, you probably want to avoid having to run the search engine
on the client machines. This would mean that either the search engine
must be installed across the Internet (a one-time process for each
application), or the search engine is pulled across the Internet each
time a user selects an application. If dial-up users are involved (ie.
they dial into their ISP to access your website), then either of these
processes will be difficult to manage at best.
For Internet access, as you may know, WinFrame or Windows Terminal
Server is ofter used. These technologies run the search engine for the
client and simply provide screen updates across the Internet. This
means the applications are installed once and maintained on the server -
no client application installs or loads are used. But like you said,
this is more expensive.
BTW, which ever method suites your needs, whether or not the CDs are
copied to hard disc is really a separate issue.
--
Dennis Brantley mailto:dennis@dati.com
Data Access Technologies, Inc. http://www.dati.com
Internet/Remote Access - CD Networking - Thin Client Computing
(770) 339-6554
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From: BRANDIS Rushton G <Rushton.G.BRANDIS@state.or.us>
Subject: RE: Question
See the Government Information Sharing Project at Oregon State University
<http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/>
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Rushton Brandis, Network Development Consultant
Library Development Services, Oregon State Library
State Library Bldg, Salem, OR 97310
503-378-2112x224 voice; 503-588-7119 fax
rushton.g.brandis@state.or.us
