rgd059@Mipl3.JPL.Nasa.Gov (08/25/87)
[] What hardware/software packages (commercial or PD) are available for connecting the Amiga to: 1. AppleTalk 2. TCP/IP 3. DECnet I remember reading something about running TCP/IP through the serial port recently, but I can't find the message. If there's enough interest I'll post a summary of the responses. Thanx in advance.... Bob Deen @ NASA-JPL Image Processing Lab rgd059@mipl3.jpl.nasa.gov (818)354-7492
root@sbcs.UUCP (Root) (08/26/87)
> [] > What hardware/software packages (commercial or PD) are available for > connecting the Amiga to: > 1. AppleTalk > 2. TCP/IP > 3. DECnet > I remember reading something about running TCP/IP through the serial port > recently, but I can't find the message. If there's enough interest I'll > post a summary of the responses. > TCP/IP: 1. Ameristar has a package which includes an AMD Lance based Ethernet controller + software package (gives you NFS client, rlogin, tftp, Berkeley socket interface, etc). The package costs about $699 for card + $149 for software. Ameristar does not support SLIP yet, since hardware interface cards are considered "dongles" for copy protection. Ameristar also has a ARCNET board for the Amiga, cost $499. 2. There is a PD IP/TCP package that was put together for Amateur Radio purposes by Phil Karn, KA9Q. The package includes SLIP (serial line IP), so it is generally useful for non ham types. Available via arpanet ftp from University of Delaware (?) and other sources. Appletalk: 1. well!jfoust claims to have talked to a company called IVS who was cutting an Appletalk card for the Amiga. No mention of software, through. DECNET: 1. Know of one person threatening this, but lost contact with him. Other networks: 1. Ameristar has a peer to peer network. Currently uses a proprietary protocol, but is planned to switch over to NFS. Cost is: interface board + $0. 2. CLtd apparently has a shared SCSI disk system. I believe that read-only partitions (ala old Sun ND) are the only items that may be shared among machines, as their protocol doesn't deal with cache coherency and locking issues. 3. ASDG had threatened a GPIB network at some point. Dunno about any details, wot say Perry? Anyways, that's all I've heard about. BTW, the number for Ameristar is (516) 698-0834. Rick Spanbauer SUNY/Stony Brook PS. Just for the record, I do some hardware/software work for Ameristar.
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