[X4U] VNC client that can resize

Simon Forster simon-lists at ldml.com
Wed Dec 14 11:09:54 PST 2005


On 14 Dec 2005, at 17:14, Eddie Hargreaves wrote:

> On 12/14/05 2:18 AM, Simon Forster <simon-lists at ldml.com> wrote:
>
>> On 14 Dec 2005, at 09:30, Stroller wrote:
>>
>>> On Dec 13, 2005, at 8:51 pm, Eddie Hargreaves wrote:
>>>>
>>>> That's what I thought originally. However, I recently installed  
>>>> a  VNC
>>>> client from RealVNC on my Windows machine at work and I was able  
>>>> to  connect
>>>> to my iMac using the "Scale to window size" option checked. It  
>>>> shrunk  the
>>>> iMac's screen image to fit on my 1024x768 PC monitor. So my  
>>>> question
>>>> remains: Is there an OS X program that can do what the Windows  
>>>> program can?
>>>
>>> I wouldn't be at all surprised if Apple's Remote Desktop can do
>>> this. But it's neither Free, free, nor cheap. If you're in the
>>> market for it anyway, let me know & I'll install VNC on the LAN
>>> here & test.
>>
>> ARD does do this - although you can only scale down
>
> That's great, but to confirm Stroller's comment I'm looking for a  
> freeware
> or shareware client. Does anyone here use a client other than  
> Chicken of the
> VNC?

Thought you might be - which is why I didn't offer it up as a  
suggestion when I first saw your post.

Simon Forster
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