dillon@POSTGRES.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) (09/19/89)
This is it! Well, binaries at least.
The binaries for John Toebes / Doug Walker's NET: running over
my parallel port network (ppn) code is going to the moderator.
The project will benefit those people who have two Amiga's and
only one HD, and want their 'other' Amiga to be able to access that
HD instead of collect dust. In simple terms, you string a custom
cable between the parallel ports of the two Amiga's and then use
the NET: binaries provided to remotely mount any volume from the server
machine.
I'll include an example boot sequence and mount list as well as
instructions on how to make the cable and run ppn/NET:.
The current software only works between two Amiga's and you can't
cross-mount. Future releases will work in a real 'network' enviroment...
i.e. more than two Amigas. Also, you can't use the parallel port for
a printer while the network is connected, sorry.
Throughput is 16KBytes/sec+ to a remotely mounted HD (faster if you
have a faster HD, mine are real slow). Raw network throughput is
28KBytes/sec.
-Matt
papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (09/20/89)
In article <8909190922.AA22723@postgres.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@POSTGRES.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes: > > The current software only works between two Amiga's and you can't > cross-mount. Future releases will work in a real 'network' enviroment... > i.e. more than two Amigas. Also, you can't use the parallel port for > a printer while the network is connected, sorry. Finally I'll find some use of my old A1000. Matt, do you have provisions for allocating/deallocating the parallel port, so one can interleave printouts and NET access? -- Marco Papa 'Doc' -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= uucp:...!pollux!papa BIX:papa ARPAnet:pollux!papa@oberon.usc.edu "There's Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Diga and Caligari!" -- Rick Unland -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
kms@uncecs.edu (Ken Steele) (09/20/89)
In article <8909190922.AA22723@postgres.Berkeley.EDU>, dillon@POSTGRES.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes: > > This is it! Well, binaries at least. > > The binaries for John Toebes / Doug Walker's NET: running over > my parallel port network (ppn) code is going to the moderator. > I will be looking for it, as well as the Toebes/Walker NET: that was also sent to the moderator. BUT, will I ever actually see it in comp.binaries.amiga? It has been a l...o...n...g time since anything has been posted. I know that the moderator has another life/job. However there have been similar queries in the past on the status of c.b.a. What is producing the dearth of postings? This is not a flame, just a request for information. Ken -- Ken Steele Dept. of Psychology kms@ecsvax.[bitnet || UUCP] Mars Hill College kms@ecsvax.uncecs.edu Mars Hill, NC 28754
kms@uncecs.edu (Ken Steele) (09/20/89)
In article <8909190922.AA22723@postgres.Berkeley.EDU>, dillon@POSTGRES.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes: > > This is it! Well, binaries at least. > > The binaries for John Toebes / Doug Walker's NET: running over > my parallel port network (ppn) code is going to the moderator. > I will be looking for it, as well as the Toebes/Walker NET: that was also sent to the moderator. BUT, will I ever actually see it in comp.binaries.amiga? It has been a l...o...n...g time since anything has been posted. I know that the moderator has another life/job. However there have been similar queries in the past on the status of c.b.a. What is producing the dearth of postings? This is not a flame, just a request for information. Ken -- Ken Steele Dept. of Psychology kms@ecsvax.[bitnet || UUCP] Mars Hill College kms@ecsvax.uncecs.edu Mars Hill, NC 28754
bradch@microsoft.UUCP (Bradford Christian ms1) (09/22/89)
This really sounds awsome! I have a question that may be of general interest, though. How far apart can the two Amiga's be? My Amigas are in two different rooms and I'd need at least 50ft. of cable (and that would take some serious work). (I strung cables for speakers between these two rooms and used over 100ft to avoid cutting holes, etc.) If 50ft of cable won't work, I guess I'll just have to rearrange the furniture! This stuff sounds too good to pass up. Thanks, BradCh