blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) (12/18/89)
I've just setup the Parallel Port Network by Matt Dillon and John Toebes
and Doug Walker. It seems to work just fine in most repects, but I
cannot get any icons to show up in the "Network:" "disk" on the
Workbench.
A directory listing from the CLI shows:
2.Network:> date
Sunday 17-Dec-89 22:47:56
2.Network:> ls -l
-----rwed 86-03-20 00:00:00 0 Dir DH0
-----rwed 86-03-20 00:00:00 0 Dir DH1
-----rwed 86-03-20 00:00:00 0 Dir DH2
-----rwed 86-03-20 00:00:00 0 Dir Foo
-----rwed 86-03-20 00:00:00 2 974 DH0.info
-----rwed 86-03-20 00:00:00 2 974 DH1.info
-----rwed 86-03-20 00:00:00 2 974 DH2.info
-----rwed 86-03-20 00:00:00 2 974 Foo.info
Dirs:4 Files:4 Blocks:8 Bytes:3896
2.Network:
I can access NET:DH0, NET:DH1 & NET:DH2 just fine from the CLI, but when
I type LoadWB, and open the "Network" disk icon, I've got an empty
window. Oh, NET:Foo works fine too, and is the same thing as NET:DH0.
One odd thing: DHn.info do not seem to exist. If I try to copy them to
another directory, I get "Can't open DH0.info".
What is the Foo directory anyway, and who created it?
Do those .info files really exist?
Are the 1986 file dates normal?
I believe that I have everything setup correctly because the network does
work. The only thing mentioned in the docs about the Workbench is that
"node.info" must exist in ROOT:, and it does.
Here is a list of the files I've got, is there a newer version of the
network?
Archive parnet.zoo:
Length CF Size Now Date Time
-------- --- -------- --------- --------
1700 35% 1099 19 Sep 89 03:14:18 net/Cable.Doc
182 18% 149 19 Sep 89 03:18:38 net/mountlist
7268 23% 5608 7 May 89 22:47:56 net/netmount
20424 36% 12984 19 Sep 89 00:14:48 net/netpar-handler
12548 34% 8223 19 Sep 89 01:45:30 net/netpar-server
974 60% 389 7 May 89 22:54:00 net/node.info
8464 45% 4654 19 Sep 89 03:02:42 net/ppn-net.doc
-------- --- -------- --------- --------
51560 36% 33106 7 files
Any help in getting this to work with the Workbench would be greatly
appreciated.
Now a couple of general questions:
How far has anyone pushed the ParNet? I've got 25 feet of cable between
the A2000 and the A500, and everything seems to be ok. Can I get away
with 50-60 feet to the A1000 in the other room?
Are there any plans for multiple machine support? I need to feed both
the A500 and the A1000 from my A2000's hard drive.
I think that's it for questions, now for a big THANKS to the creators of
this great network. An afternoon with the soldering iron and messing
with the setup sure beats several hundred bucks for another hard drive!
--
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland 580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
Here: utah-cs!esunix!blgardne {ucbvax,allegra,decvax}!decwrl!esunix!blgardne
There: uunet!iconsys!caeco!i-core!worsel!blaine (My Amiga running uucp)
OPUS LIVES!!!blubaugh@ucqais.uc.edu (Amiga Fanatic) (12/21/89)
In article <1709@esunix.UUCP>, blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes: > I've just setup the Parallel Port Network by Matt Dillon and John Toebes > and Doug Walker. It seems to work just fine in most repects, but I > cannot get any icons to show up in the "Network:" "disk" on the > Workbench. stuff deleted > > I believe that I have everything setup correctly because the network does > work. The only thing mentioned in the docs about the Workbench is that > "node.info" must exist in ROOT:, and it does. ^^^^^^^^^^here's the problem I had this get me before with DNET. What you need to do is rename the node.info file to node.rinfo which is not explained anywhere in the docs. I read the Transactor article by Doug Walker and there was mention of a node.rinfo file. You can use any drawer icon for this file. Just make sure it is named node.rinfo, in fact you don't need the node.info drawer other than as a source for node.rinfo. I've been running this net quite a distance over flat cable (>50feet) but it does deteriorate. DiskPerf says that PARNET gets transfers of ~30K/sec. I like PARNET a lot but it not being bi-directional is a real killer for me. PARNET: and DNET: can't be accessed via things like UtiliMaster, SID and DiskSalv1.42 has problems too. DiskSalv will work if you assign a volume name to destination directory and use NOCHECK option. Even though the file gets across the net: DiskSalv can't do something to the file and then DiskSalv gets upset. I did get my harddisk salvaged across the net: but kept having to hit RETURN to ignore some error. Still better than using floppies. > -- > Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland 580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 > Here: utah-cs!esunix!blgardne {ucbvax,allegra,decvax}!decwrl!esunix!blgardne > There: uunet!iconsys!caeco!i-core!worsel!blaine (My Amiga running uucp) > OPUS LIVES!!! -- Dwight Blubaugh, Technical Advisor, Ohio Valley Amiga Users Group (OVAUG) UUCP: {decuac,mit-eddie,phri,pyramid}!uccba!ucqais!blubaugh.UUCP INTERNET: blubaugh@ucqais.uc.edu USMAIL: send to me c/o OVAUG, P.O. Box 428539, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242-8539