172mikowski%pooh.dnet@GW.WMICH.EDU (11/23/88)
Hello again, Does anybody out there have any idea as to if there *IS* a LAN card or setup for the Mega ST's, or if there will ever be one developed? Also, if there is no chance of finding a card to go inside the Mega's, whatever happened to MOSES PromiseLAN, or Atari's networking setup? What do users in Europe do if they want to link Mega's together in an office environment? Also, does anyone know of a way to set up the SLM804 to emulate more than just the DIABLO 630? I'm trying to get Wordperfect to work nicely and the DIABLO emulator does not handle a large portion of the features found in WordPerfect. On another note, I would like to WARN all potential users of Wordperfect and the SLM804--DO *NOT* USE WPSPOOL.ACC WHEN YOU ARE USING THE DIABLO630 EMULATOR! The accessory seems to eat into the same area in memory that is used by the emulator which forces you to reload the emulator if you want to print anything with Wordperfect. Bernard J. Mikowski x87mikowski@gw.wmich.edu bernard_mikowski@um.cc.umich.edu Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI (yep, Kalamazoo--just ask Elvis!)
avy@yugas.UUCP (Avy MOISE) (11/27/88)
In article <8811222103.AA06776@gw.wmich.edu>, 172mikowski%pooh.dnet@GW.WMICH.EDU writes: > > > > Hello again, > > Does anybody out there have any idea as to if there *IS* a LAN card > or setup for the Mega ST's, or if there will ever be one developed? Also, > if there is no chance of finding a card to go inside the Mega's, whatever > happened to MOSES PromiseLAN, or Atari's networking setup? What do users > in Europe do if they want to link Mega's together in an office environment? > Yes we just received the first 8 prototype boards of our TAXI controller board. TAXI stands for The Atari eXtended Interface. The TAXI board will plug into the Mega's expansion slot, or be driven through the Atari ACSI interface. Some of the features are: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Full Ethernet interface (thin is builtin, thick requires a transceiver box) 1 Full (true) SCSI interface independent of the Atari ACSI interface. 8 Full duplex serial lines (RS232-C compatible) 2 Centronics/parallel printer interface 1 MC68000 processor (when used as standalone configuration). 128K dual ported DRAM + 64/128K EPROM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This board can be incrementally configured as an Ethernet controller, 2-8 channels serial cross point switch; with or without parallel or SCSI interface. If you have any further questions you may contact -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FutureDOS R&D or Tyler Ivanco 1207-120 Torresdale Avenue, ISTS (Institute for Space and North York, Ontario, Terrestrial Science) Canada, M2R 3N7 York University, Tel: (416)736-0321 North York, Ontario, (ask for Avy) Canada, M3J 1P3 Tel: (416)736-2100 ext 7765 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- uucp: avy@yunexus!stpl tyler@yunexus!stpl bitnet: FS300013@YUSOL FS300022@YUSOL -- Avygdor Moise, York University. (C.R.E.S.S.), Petrie Bldg. Rm 340, 4700 Keele St., North York, Ontario, Canada. M3J 1P3 UUCP: ...!yunexus!yugas!avy Tel:1 416 736-5359