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- Subject: Re: Computerized Lab Notebooks
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- Date: 12 Jan 93 04:57:59 GMT
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- In article <C0nMB2.IDG@news2.cis.umn.edu> ernest@lenti.med.umn.edu (Ernest
- Retzel (1535 49118)) writes:
- >A big part of my work life centers around my work computer; I, for one, keep
- >trying to get an ISDN experiment running to my home...I want that data, and
- >I don't want a copy of it to carry. And I hate paper!
- >
- >my 0.02.
- >
-
- Just to add to the discussion... not so much about lab notebooks on computer,
- but on notebook computers....
-
- I run my internet connection off of my powerbook 170 (with a powerport gold
- tied into the JvNC net SLIP server), and do a lot of my work there. I also tie
- into the office, using appletalk remote access, again on powerports. By
- running Timbuktu on the pb170 and my fx in the office, I can get to anything I
- need from the home or the road. I also run the filesharing stuff of system 7,
- if I just need to grab a file. To keep the sync problems down, I confine most
- of my work to specific tasks, some on the pb, some on the fx (and a bunch on
- the indigo, but thats a different story).
-
- So, the key is, you don't need ISDN running to the house, unless you need LOTS
- of data flowing. I find ARA and my set up to suit me fine.
-
- In the future, things like the notebook sparc 2, a notebook with 24 spec marks
- and 250-500 MB of disk, will make notebook computing almost like desktop
- computing, and you won't need that desktop (or deskside) machine to go with it.
-
- any, had to add my $0.02...
-
- Keith
-