In effect, the network can deliver the home directory to the computer on which your are working, no matter what type of computer it is. If you've been using Pine e-mail, then you may already be using your Homeroom Directory. With this service, those attachments are just a mouse click away. Table of Contents Potential uses and benefits of your Homeroom Directory Personal disk space that is reliable, location independent and private. Your files are backed up nightly.
File transfer is easier.
The home directory is now just like any other folder. Now you can copy files with the familiar 'drag and drop' features of Mac and Windows 95. In fact, after scanning one of the images you find that it requires more than two megabytes of disk space to save it. You can login to your Homeroom Directory, save the images there, and retrieve them later. Once you've logged in to your Home Directory, copying and saving files is just like using a floppy.