masaru@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Masaru Sugai) (06/09/91)
First of all, I really thank folks for their useful information. Here goes a summary of replies for previous posting with my opinitions. + Ethernet board A2065 comes with BNC(thin) and AUI(thick) connectors. Standard setting is for thin etherent, but jumper switches change it easily. + TCP/IP Software AS225 is a subset of TCP/IP commands found in UNIX. Amiga NFS supports only client side, so it is impossible to share Amiga disks. Neither rlogin nor rsh into AmigaDOS is available yet, but strange to say, ftp is possible. A guy pointed out that CLI is not ready for socket, but I know I can use CLI from serial port with proper driver. I guess AmigaDOS could handle same scheme like pty in UNIX, but this is only a wild speculation. Other guy told me there are potential security holes due to the lack of userid in Amiga. AmigaUUCP has its own passwd file, and Amiga TCP/IP package might require similar authenticifation measures in future. + Development Kit I am disappointed to know that AS225 is an end-user package. So far network library is available from GfxBase as a part of "X11 Development environment". As the source code of BSD networking software is freely available to anyone, we could expect bunch of TCP/IP application in a short time if CBM sold socket library in BSD or TLI (Transport Layer Interface) library in SYSV at a reasonable price. With the UNIX standard networking libraries, Amiga would be the best and most affordable platform for networking as well. + Upgrade Plan 3000UX is absoletely a better deal than upgrading from bare A3000, if I would like a full-fledged TCP/IP utilities ranging from libraries to applications including X11. But UX seems to be less stable and does not coexist with DOS at present. UX 2.0 would improve things dractically, but little on the latter. + Wish list to CBM I would like to see a CBM's networking software development kit which might have been available through CATS. Amiga offers the most affordable multimedia platform in the market, but without sound networking facilities it is difficult to eat into lab environment. 3000UX might be a way to go, but at present, we cannot take advantage of exisiting 3rd party hardware. I'm dreaming of an Arexx communicating over network through TCP/IP port. Such implementation is really nice as most of vendors support Arexx, and I believe it unleashes lots of interesting possiblities especially in lab environments. -- -- Masaru Sugai:Use disclaimer. CIS 72050,2141:NeXT + A3000 = money-eater NEC Corporation:sugai@ccs.mt.nec.co.jp DORMANT:hardwired logic,machine language MIT R.Affiliate:masaru@media-lab.media.mit.edu: "Silicon on Sapphire" by CLASH
dlarson@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dale Larson) (06/09/91)
In article <1991Jun8.222958.9863@news.media.mit.edu> masaru@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Masaru Sugai) writes: >only client side, so it is impossible to share Amiga disks. Neither rlogin >nor rsh into AmigaDOS is available yet, but strange to say, ftp is possible. We provide rsh, rcp and rshd (the rsh server (which is also an rcp server)). -- "Always hopeful, yet discontent Dale Larson, He knows changes aren't permanent -- Amiga Network Development but change is" dlarson@cbmvax.commodore.com