Ok I’m working from some half-compiled information here so bear with me:
My Aunt wants to work from home. She runs a small deli/bar in Cleveland and she does all of the orders and the books herself. The orders are done on paper but at the end of the day she puts them in her computer. Apparently the program she uses for this is FoxPro-based (most likely from 1986 or some crap).
She has it in her head that she can use my cousin’s computer at home to dial up to her computer at work and it will answer and show her her desktop. I say bullshit.
Here’s some specs (that I know of…)
Home computer is WinME with AT&T Dialup
Work computer is either 98 or ME with an AOL guest account
My solution was to get XP or 2k on both of these machines, get a business cable internet account with a static IP. Use terminal serivces, all done.
I also considered setting up an FTP server of some kind but not sure how to go about it in the right way. I have no clue how FoxPro works.
A thumb drive or a floppy isn’t the answer, either, because the point of this exercise is to avoid having to GO to work (my aunt has trouble going outside in this freezing weather)
They don’t want to hear it. Too mcuh $$ (wtf??)
Basically I’m looking for some answers to give them to back up my assertion that WHAT THEY WANT WON’T WORK without some $$ put into it. They just want to dialup between 2 machines. Even if it did work, wouldn’t it be hella slow? Can you even do such things on non-NT-based machines? Don’t you at least need a static IP?
When I was younger I used QModem to dial BBSes but that’s all for my experience with dialup. I can’t test anything using my machine, as it’s quite dependent on broadband. I don’t even have a modem.
Does anyone have any suggestions, or any good answers for me? My cousin is bugging me to tell him how to make his computer “answer the phone.” I said I don’t know. I told him it can’t, and even if it did, then what?
Please help before I disown my family.