allen@tcville.HAC.COM (Allen Farrington) (10/14/89)
I've just gotten DNET up and running between my Amiga and our UNIX system at work. I have a very general question-- What are the advantages of using DNET over say VT100? Obviously, the screen updates for interactive logons are slower for DNET. Are the get/putfiles servers more effective than common protocols? I've looked at the distribution documentation but can find no general information within. Am I missing something there? Any guidence would be appreciated via E-Mail. -- |======================================================================| | Allen H. Farrington smart: allen@tcville.hac.com | | (213) 436-0483 CompuServe: 74010,1775 | |======================================================================|
djohnson@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson) (10/15/89)
allen@tcville.HAC.COM (Allen Farrington) writes: > >What are the advantages of using DNET over say VT100? >Obviously, the screen updates for interactive logons are >slower for DNET. Are the get/putfiles servers more >effective than common protocols? DNET allows you to multiplex your serial connection. This means you can do a GetFiles/PutFiles at the same time you use FTERM for reading news, talking to a friend, etc. Also, you can have multiple FTERMs running. With vt100 and other communications program, you have a non-multiplexed connection, so if you are downloading a file, you have to wait until it is done before you can do something else. For example, I read USENET while downloading stuff so I don't get bored. (basically, DNET implements a network with only 2 nodes) Darin Johnson djohnson@ucsd.edu
kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) (10/16/89)
In article <283@tcville.HAC.COM> allen@tcville.HAC.COM (Allen Farrington) writes: > >What are the advantages of using DNET over say VT100? Resizable, multiple, noiseless (error-checked) windows. Remotely mounted file system. (Need an Amiga Termcap?) ==================================================================== Kent Polk - Southwest Research Institute - kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu Motto : "Anything worth doing is worth overdoing" ====================================================================