rreiner@yunexus.YorkU.CA (Richard Reiner) (01/05/91)
For a year or two now I've been using The $25 Network to connect two of our machines. It has faultless and fast, considering that it works over 115Kbps serial lines. Now, however, a situation has arisen which prevents me from using a serial port for the LAN. The $25 Network can't work over parallel ports (unless there is a new version which can -- please tell me!), so I'm looking for a replacement which can. The software in question needs to support transparent disk and peripheral sharing (printers, and optionally serial devices) over the net. Cost is an issue, but reliability, transparency, and robustness are more important. Size of the resident code matters too. Any pointers will be greatly appreciated. --richard
nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (01/07/91)
In article <19813@yunexus.YorkU.CA> rreiner@yunexus.YorkU.CA (Richard Reiner) writes:
Now, however, a situation has arisen which prevents me from using a
serial port for the LAN. The $25 Network can't work over parallel
ports (unless there is a new version which can -- please tell me!), so
I'm looking for a replacement which can.
Buy a few ARCNET boards -- they're only $65 quantity one, and they're supported
by Little Big Lan -- the successor to the $25 Network ("the $75 Network").
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I joined the League for Programming Freedom, and I hope you'll join too.rreiner@yunexus.YorkU.CA (Richard Reiner) (01/07/91)
nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes: >In article <19813@yunexus.YorkU.CA> rreiner@yunexus.YorkU.CA (Richard Reiner) writes: > Now, however, a situation has arisen which prevents me from using a > serial port for the LAN. The $25 Network can't work over parallel > ports (unless there is a new version which can -- please tell me!), so > I'm looking for a replacement which can. +Buy a few ARCNET boards -- they're only $65 quantity one, and they're +supported by Little Big Lan -- the successor to the $25 Network ("the +$75 Network"). Thanks for the suggestion, but one of the machines to be networked is a laptop with no slots. Thus the requirement that this thing work over parallel ports. --richard