cb01@cs.vu.nl (Compiler bouw 91) (12/11/90)
G'day, Can somebody please fill me in about the available networks for atari ST computers? I've been working a while with a net called ITOS but that _really_ doesn't work! A couple of days ago I watched a demonstration of the BIO-net: this seems to work great but is quite expensive (about fl.2600 (app. $1550) per node) and because my net may grow > 10 ST's I'll need a fa(s)t server. Summing up interfaces, ST's, drives and the server I reach the fl.50000 (app. $30000) easily. This, I think, isn't worth the bennefit of having bit-mapped-'intellegent'- ST-terminals over character-terminals connected to some bigger server (SPARC stations aren't that expensive!!). I heard some rumours about ATARI launching their own net... ... ... does anybody know anything about it? Is this a regular *ATARI* anouncement (which means it will be available somewhere in 1994) or is it serious this time? please, let me know if you heard *anything* (and I mean anything) about some of this!! greetings, Joep Vesseur e-mail: vesseur@fwi.uva.nl or: !hp4nl.nluug.nl!fwi.uva.nl!vesseur
cummins@d.cs.okstate.edu (John Cummins) (12/12/90)
In article <8476@star.cs.vu.nl> cb01@cs.vu.nl (Compiler bouw 91) writes: > >Can somebody please fill me in about the available networks >for atari ST computers? I've been working a while with a net 10 Mbps, $150 per node... LanTech Systems uses coax with bayonett connectors rather like IBM3270 coax. Allows sharig of hard-drives and printers and can be set up to make a machine on the network look like it's the sole user of a shared device. That's all I know... Hopefully someone can supply LanTech's address or phone number.... cummins@d.cs.okstate.edu
keithr@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (U.D.M.) (12/12/90)
In article <1990Dec11.200221.3659@d.cs.okstate.edu> cummins@d.cs.okstate.edu (John Cummins) writes: >In article <8476@star.cs.vu.nl> cb01@cs.vu.nl (Compiler bouw 91) writes: >> >>Can somebody please fill me in about the available networks >>for atari ST computers? I've been working a while with a net > >10 Mbps, $150 per node... LanTech Systems >uses coax with bayonett connectors rather like IBM3270 coax. >Allows sharig of hard-drives and printers and can be set up to >make a machine on the network look like it's the sole user of a shared >device. That's all I know... Hopefully someone can supply >LanTech's address or phone number.... > >cummins@d.cs.okstate.edu Lantech Systems PO Box R Billerica, MA 01821 (508) 667-9191 My church has been using Lantech for about 5 months to network 2 Mega 2s together. At first each Mega had a hard drive, but since the net has been working so well we took one of the drives off. Now we have a Mega 2 with a 85meg Toadfile as the host and a Mega 2 as a stand alone in another office. Lantech also includes a neat little desk accessory that allows you to use any printer on any node on the net. Works great for sending messages ;-) and there is also an e-mail utility. I am not connected with Lantech. I am just a happy customer. Keith keithr@icogem3.ICO.TEK.COM