zofka@cernvax.UUCP (zofka) (10/14/88)
Hi Folks, Some questions about Ameristar Ethernet Board... I have now for one month the Ameristar Ethernet board for my Amiga 2000 and it works fine. BUT. Currently there is only a client side implementation of FTP TFTP and NFS and Telnet emulates only VT100. My questions are: Does anybody have some technical documentation about these card (I tried to ask to Ameristar people but no reply for the moment), a documentation about the low level programmation of the card (libraries, list of low level calls, how to create a packet or anything so...). I have some problems (maybe my fault). I cannot make a Path on a NFS volume during startup-sequence. It works fine by hand but not in the startup-file. Strange isn't it ?. NFS is not working as fine as expected. When I try to FTP on a IBM/VM/3090 node, it hangs and the only way to continue is to CTRL A-A... If I TELNET on a IBM/VM/3090 TCP/IP node, impossible to get a full page window (line mode only and without any echo!). This is because I need a 3270 emulation but without any doc. to how to program the card, I can't program my own emulator... A solution ??? When will come a upgraded version of the software ? I need a server side implementation of all these things to use amigas in a network environment without the need of a Vax or a Sun... I need also DECNET protocol. I can develop something but no documentation about anything... Why ? AMERISTAR, ARE YOU READING THIS ? WHY SO MUCH SECRET ABOUT YOUR CARD ? IT WORKS WELL BUT THE SOFTWARE IS NOT WELL ENOUGH... WHY DON'T YOU REPLY TO MY MAIL ? Milan zofka@cernvax.UUCP zofka@cernvm.BITNET milan on BIX
paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci) (10/19/88)
In article <846@cernvax.UUCP> zofka@cernvax.UUCP () writes:
->Hi Folks,
->
->Some questions about Ameristar Ethernet Board...
->
->I have now for one month the Ameristar Ethernet board for my
->Amiga 2000 and it works fine. BUT. Currently there is only a client side
->implementation of FTP TFTP and NFS and Telnet emulates only VT100.
->
->My questions are:
->
->Does anybody have some technical documentation about these card (I tried
->to ask to Ameristar people but no reply for the moment), a documentation
->about the low level programmation of the card (libraries, list of low level
->calls, how to create a packet or anything so...).
Ameristar also has available a Socket library. This may be what you want.
->I have some problems (maybe my fault). I cannot make a Path on a NFS
->volume during startup-sequence. It works fine by hand but not in the
->startup-file. Strange isn't it ?. NFS is not working as fine as expected.
I don't understand this at all. I have no problem setting a an NFS path
during startup and I do nothing special, just the standard stuff. Furthermore
I have been using NFS close to two years and everything works fine for me.
->When I try to FTP on a IBM/VM/3090 node, it hangs and the only way to
->continue is to CTRL A-A...
Again, I have no problem with FTP. Perhaps there is something wrong with
your network connection.
->If I TELNET on a IBM/VM/3090 TCP/IP node, impossible to get a full page
->window (line mode only and without any echo!). This is because I need
->a 3270 emulation but without any doc. to how to program the card, I can't
->program my own emulator... A solution ???
To my knowledge, so far TELNET and RLOGIN only support VT100 terminal
emulation. Lots of times I also wished for Tektronix 4014 emulation,
but as you say, it looks like you will have to write it yourself. This
should be possible using the Ameristar Socket library. I certainly
would not expect Ameristar to get in the business of terminal emulation.
->When will come a upgraded version of the software ? I need a server side
->implementation of all these things to use amigas in a network environment
->without the need of a Vax or a Sun...
As I understand, the server side will be coming sometime in the future, but
not soon.
->I need also DECNET protocol. I can develop something but no documentation
->about anything... Why ?
Don't know about DECNET.
->AMERISTAR, ARE YOU READING THIS ? WHY SO MUCH SECRET ABOUT YOUR CARD ?
->IT WORKS WELL BUT THE SOFTWARE IS NOT WELL ENOUGH... WHY DON'T YOU
->REPLY TO MY MAIL ?
->
->Milan
->
->zofka@cernvax.UUCP
->zofka@cernvm.BITNET
->milan on BIX
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ARPA: paolucci@snll-arpagw.llnl.govjim@b11.UUCP (Jim Levie ) (10/21/88)
Well there is a problem with the AMERISTAR ftp, It will work correctly with a BSD system, Suns included, but it will hang when talking to an IBM or microVAX running VMS and the CMU software. The problem is that the Amiga version is too picky about the returned status codes. This results in the remote host thinking that the transaction succeeded and the Amiga thinking that it failed, volia lockup!. There are a few other problems with the telnet and rlogin support that showed up when we upgraded our Suns to 4.0 also. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Jim Levie REMTECH Inc Huntsville, Al The opinions expressed above are just that. Ph. (205) 536-8581 email: uunet!ingr!b11!jim -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Jim Levie REMTECH Inc Huntsville, Al The opinions expressed above are just that. Ph. (205) 536-8581 email: uunet!ingr!b11!jim
belanger@micomvax.UUCP (Robert Belanger) (10/21/88)
Where can I get information for that ameristar ethernet board mail, e-mail, phone, etc... Thank you very much Robert Belanger =============================================================================== Philips Electronics Ltd. Robert L. Belanger 600 Frederick Philips Blvd Advanced Development Group St-Laurent, Quebec, CANADA ECHO project H4M 2S9 (514)-744-8200-2495 Eternity is very long!! Especially in the end!!! E-MAIL: philabs!micomvax!belanger "Je me laissai fondre comme un suppositoire dans le derriere du 'Moonshine Bowling'", Francois, Au clair de la lune. ===============================================================================
paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci) (10/23/88)
In article <263@b11.UUCP> jim@b11.UUCP (Jim Levie ) writes:
->Well there is a problem with the AMERISTAR ftp, It will work correctly with
->a BSD system, Suns included, but it will hang when talking to an IBM or
->microVAX running VMS and the CMU software. The problem is that the Amiga
->version is too picky about the returned status codes. This results in the
->remote host thinking that the transaction succeeded and the Amiga thinking
->that it failed, volia lockup!.
One problem that I am aware that causes a lockup between the AMERISTAR board
and VMS systems is if the VMS systems are using trailer packets (if you
don't know what they are talk to your network administrator). Currently
the AMERISTAR software does not know anything about trailer packets, so
what happens is that during an FTP transaction, the transmission starts
out with normal packets, but then the VMS side switches to trailer packets
for efficiency when transmitting large amounts of data. This results in a
lockup. Note that this does not occur with telnet or rlogin because
the packets here are small, and it only occurs occasionally with NFS
depending on the size of the data requested. The fix is to turn off
the trailer option on the VMS side and everything will then work fine.
By the way, Suns as well as other machines recognize trailer packets,
but don't use them themselves, so you don't have a problem with them.
->There are a few other problems with the telnet and rlogin support that
->showed up when we upgraded our Suns to 4.0 also.
I have been using a Sun 4.0 for quite a while now and the only problem
that I am aware is with telnet. The problem prevents you to login into
the Sun.
->=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
-> Jim Levie REMTECH Inc Huntsville, Al
-> The opinions expressed above are just that.
-> Ph. (205) 536-8581 email: uunet!ingr!b11!jim
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ARPA: paolucci@snll-arpagw.llnl.govrobert@trwind.UUCP (Robert W. Snyder) (10/25/88)
Robert Snyder > > Where can I get information for that ameristar ethernet board > > mail, e-mail, phone, etc... > > Thank you very much > Robert Belanger > Ameristar Technologies 47 Whittier Ave. Medford, NY 11763 (516) 698-0834 -- Robert Snyder Disclaimer -- nobody claims dis, but me TRW Information Networks Division 23800 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance CA 90505 USENET: {ucbvax,ihnp4,sdcrdcf}!trwrb!trwind!robert ARPA: robert@trwind.TRW.COM Ph 213-373-9161