CHAPTER 1 |
Introduction to SunForum |
SunForum is a data conferencing product for Sun workstations. It is based on the T.120 standard, which enables your Sun system to conference over intranets and the Internet with other T.120 products such as Microsoft NetMeeting and PictureTel LiveShare Plus, version 4.0.
SunForum features enable you to:
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View and control applications shared from other UNIX or PC machines that are based on the T.120 protocol |
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Share local Solaris applications, which can be viewed and controlled by any conference participant |
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Exchange ideas and data using the whiteboard, clipboard, chat, and file transfers |
ShowMeTM 2.0.1 is not T.120 compliant and will not work with SunForum. ShowMe 2.0.1 is an X window multiplier that creates multiple copies of a window and sends them across the network. SunForum, however, is an extension of the X Server.
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Both products have whiteboards; however, SunForum features also include Internet Locator Server (ILS), a clipboard, chat, and file transfer capability. |
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SunForum intercepts mouse and keyboard input, sends the output to a frame buffer, and translates it into the T.128 application-sharing protocol. |
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With SunForum, direct graphics access (DGA) applications can be shared. |
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SunForum enables you to view PC applications on a Sun system and X Server applications on a PC. |
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Because SunForum architecture involves X Server protocol layers, when you are controlling an application during a conference, you have control of all desktops in the conference. |
You can read information about SunForum online. You can access help from the Help menu located on any SunForum menu bar.