vic@zen.co.uk (Victor Gavin) (04/14/89)
Hope someone out there can help me. At our office we run Hewlett-Packard unix machines. We are currently looking for some office system for doing word processing and desk-top publishing. The idea that I'm toying with is to get hold of a couple of Amigas. We would like to connect the Amigas to our existing NFS network to allow sharing of files and printers, but I can't find any advert' which admits to there being such a product. If someone can let me know if they've seen/heard of such a product (or something similar), I'd be grateful. vic -- Victor Gavin Zengrange Limited vic@zen.co.uk Greenfield Road ..!mcvax!ukc!zen.co.uk!vic Leeds England +44 532 489048 LS9 8DB
thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) (04/17/89)
Re: Victor Gavin's quest re: Amiga <=> NFS ...
On page 8 of the April 1989 UNIX REVIEW (Vol.7, No. 4) is the following:
" AMERISTAR INTERNET PACKAGE
Connect the Commodore-Amiga computer to TCP/IP based ethernet networks with
Ameristar's integrated hardware/software solution.
Package includes:
- Standard/thin ethernet interface controller board.
- Sun Microsystems compatible NFS (Network File System) client side
implementation.
- Internet file transfer program (FTP).
- Telnet/rlogin remote terminal applications.
For more information, contact:
Ameristar Technologies, Inc.
47 Whittier Avenue
Medford, NY 11763
(516) 698-0834
NFS is a trademark of Sun Microsystems.
Amiga is a trademark of Commodore Business Machines.
Ethernet is a trademark of Xerox Corp.
UNIX is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories.
"
The above directly-quoted ad is not an endorsement or commercial message; you
need Ethernet on the Amiga, Ameristar provides it.
Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]rick@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Rick Spanbauer) (04/18/89)
In article <1566@zen.co.uk>, vic@zen.co.uk (Victor Gavin) writes: > > Hope someone out there can help me. > > We would like to connect the Amigas to our existing NFS network to > allow sharing of files and printers, but I can't find any advert' > which admits to there being such a product. Ameristar has such an NFS client/telnet, etc implementation for the Amiga. We advertised in Unix Review & Amazing Computing this month. You can contact them at 516-698-0834. > Victor Gavin Zengrange Limited Rick Spanbauer Ameristar
dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck) (04/22/89)
In article <1566@zen.co.uk> vic@zen.co.uk (Victor Gavin) writes: > >At our office we run Hewlett-Packard unix machines. We are currently >looking for some office system for doing word processing and desk-top >publishing. > >The idea that I'm toying with is to get hold of a couple of Amigas. > >We would like to connect the Amigas to our existing NFS network to >allow sharing of files and printers, but I can't find any advert' >which admits to there being such a product. > The Ameristar Internet package includes a 10mbit/sec ethernet and comes bundled with tcp/ip, NFS, rsh, and much more software. You will be able to share files on that HP harddisk. The ethernet boards are available and in stock from GfxBase, 1881 Ellwell Dr. Milpitas,Ca. 95035 For dtp, you might look at Frame from Frame Technologies. I believe they have a version that runs on HP equipment that talks X-Windows. You can then all use your Amiga's displays as Frame displays if you also get X11 from GfxBase. I know this was a bit commercial. -- Dale Luck GfxBase/Boing, Inc. {uunet!cbmvax|pyramid}!amiga!boing!dale