Rob Simcoe (a Princeton student) and I have just finished a very successful half night's remote observing with DIS using Remark via the backup SLIP/modem connection. Due to both local (at Princeton) and remote (at Las Cruces, I think) network problems, we could not connect via the net. Everything went very smoothly (no disconnects or other problems), and the change was entirely user transparent after a SLIP setup on our local Mac which took maybe 60 seconds. I strongly suggest using this backup route when the net is down or flakey. Any sites that have still not implemented this capability should strongly consider doing so. Ed Turner APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 93 in the apo35-general archive. You can find APO the archive on http://www.astro.princeton.edu/APO/apo35-general/INDEX.html APO To join/leave the list, send mail to apo35-request@astro.princeton.edu APO To post a message, mail it to apo35-general@astro.princeton.edu APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO