zofka@cernvax.cern.ch (milan zofka) (05/24/91)
Hello,
I use ethernet boards and software for two years now.
The Ameristar Software was not very good but working.
The beta version of C= was not very good but working.
The release 1.0 of C= is not very good but working.
Nothing is working fine but all is working.
I sent a list of bugs to C= but no reply for now (2 month)
My questions: does C= sit on Unix and does not upgrade their very
buggy AmigaDos IP software ?
does C= imagine that they will sell Amigas without
a solid network software to professional market?
does C= think about their SANA architecture or was it
only an idee?
I have a A3000UXD and few A2000 with ethernet. The only machine that
can really use ethernet is my A3000 under Unix.
rcp rsh ftp telnet rlogin are buggy under AmigaDOS
socket library is quiet undocumented (I asked C= to explain me how
to ask IP if a connexion is pending without having to accept() but
no reply for two month)
C= has a lot of work with their Unix and V2.0 developments but
networking is one of the MOST important subject if you want to sell
machines to professional market (imagine PC's without Novell today).
PLEASE SEND ME THE ACTUAL STATUS OF NET DEVELOPMENTS.
Milan ZOFKAjseymour@medar.com (James Seymour) (05/26/91)
In article <5405@cernvax.cern.ch> zofka@cernvax.cern.ch (milan zofka) writes: > [stuff deleted] > socket library is quiet undocumented (I asked C= to explain me how > to ask IP if a connexion is pending without having to accept() but > no reply for two month) > Assuming C-A's socket library has it, the call you're looking for is select(). If you didn't already know this, reference documentation (i.e.: manual pages) is not going to teach you (at least not very effectively) and vendor-supplied user guides are frequently poor. This is why authors, publishers, and bookstores make money selling books like "UNIX Network Programming" by W. Richard Stevens, which I suggest you obtain a copy of. It has very extensive explanations and example code on all aspects of programming for Berkley sockets. Also, all of the example code in the book is available somewhere on the net. I hope this helps. -- Jim Seymour | Medar, Inc. ...!uunet!medar!jseymour | 38700 Grand River Ave. jseymour@medar.com | Farmington Hills, MI. 48331 CIS: 72730,1166 GEnie: jseymour | FAX: (313)477-8897
elg@elgamy.RAIDERNET.COM (Eric Lee Green) (05/26/91)
From article <5405@cernvax.cern.ch>, by zofka@cernvax.cern.ch (milan zofka): > I use ethernet boards and software for two years now. > My questions: does C= sit on Unix and does not upgrade their very > buggy AmigaDos IP software ? > does C= imagine that they will sell Amigas without > a solid network software to professional market? > does C= think about their SANA architecture or was it > only an idee? I suspect that networking is one of the issues that Commodore is looking to address now that 2.0 is (almost) out the door. At least, it seems to me that there's a number of flaws with the current Amiga IP software, flaws that you so concisely mentioned :-), and the people who work for Commodore aren't idiots. I suspect that with 2.0 almost out, they'll finally be able to put the time and effort into the Internet software that it deserves. -- Eric Lee Green (318) 984-1820 P.O. Box 92191 Lafayette, LA 70509 elg@elgamy.RAIDERNET.COM uunet!mjbtn!raider!elgamy!elg Looking for a job... tips, leads appreciated... inquire within...