Use an eMac running Tiger via VNC

[Mike Richardson]

I'm super bored and I have no other use for this eMac right now.

So why not let people log into it with VNC and mess around with OS X?

75.17.80.165

port 5901 (display 1)

No password. Don't do anything illegal. I can see everything you do since it's in my living room.

 

[Quadraman]

To view this page, you need to log in to area “Generic Platform Web 0” on 75.17.80.165

 

[Mike Richardson]

To view this page, you need to log in to area “Generic Platform Web 0” on 75.17.80.165

It's a VNC server. You need to use a VNC client and the port specified.

 

[funkytoad]

Hmm... I can't connect through any client I try.

 

[Mike Richardson]

I think if someone else is on it you may not connect. So try again later.

 

[Mike Richardson]

The eMac is down for the night. The server kept crashing anyway. I'll try another server tomorrow.

 

[benjgvps]

This is neat, I need to install a VNC client on my machine first. There needs to be more things like this.

 

[Mike Richardson]

Apparently Vine Server has a monopoly on suitable VNC servers for Mac OS X. So I put it back online with Vine Server, we'll see if it crashes again.

 

[Cory5412]

In 10.4 and 10.5 there is a VNC server built in. Go to system prefs, Sharing, and I believe you can enable it in the options for Apple Remote Desktop.

 

[Mike Richardson]

In 10.4 and 10.5 there is a VNC server built in. Go to system prefs, Sharing, and I believe you can enable it in the options for Apple Remote Desktop.

You must define a password. I wanted there to be no password. Also, that server doesn't work with some clients/settings.

 

[Patrickool93]

You could make a simple password like 1211 or 0000

 

[pqhf5kd]

Just connected on my iPhone, couldnt click any thing. May be because of the iPhone. Then i got disconnected.

Looked fun.

 

[Mike Richardson]

You could make a simple password like 1211 or 0000

I might have to, because even running in user mode (not root mode like before) the Vine Server process keeps freezing up. What a crappy software that can't even take a few connections at a time.

 

[MacDan]

This was so cool. Thank you Mr. Richardson!

 

[funkytoad]

That's awesome! Thanks!

 

[Mike Richardson]

It's running solidly now. Feel free to log on. I'll leave it up probably for a while. I don't have any use for the eMac right now.

It's a 1.42 GHz, the fastest eMac made. Only 512 MB of RAM right now but I want to get it up to 1 GB.

 

[JRL]

I logged on with Chicken Of The VNC, but since I'm using an Hackintosh, the keyboard was messed up and when I tried making a folder, it made quite a few folder copies.

 

[QuadSix50]

Heh.

I was going to say "Hello from QuadSix50" in TextEdit, but I was getting strange characters for some reason. Don't know if it was on my end using Remote Desktop Viewer in Ubuntu or if something was changed on the Mac.

 

[Temetka]

I remote into machines all day long.

Is this really something new for you guys?

Not trying to be a killjoy, just asking.