bjames@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU (Binoy James [890904]) (02/25/91)
Hi folks, I've got an A3000 and a B2000 sitting near each other. I need suggestions for some interesting stuff I can do between the two. I intend to get Dnet and play but what can I do in Dnet ( examples would be nice!). How about stuff like remote debugging (ie: running a program on the 2000 and seeing the code on the 3000 step through each line of code. I saw this being done between two pc's with Turbo Assem/Debugger) Any other interesting/neato stuff that people have found out, I'll be really interested in. (Wow, nice english huh?) Bin
aaron@stat.tamu.edu (Aaron Hightower) (03/05/91)
In article <1423@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU> bjames@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU (Binoy James [890904]) writes: >I've got an A3000 and a B2000 sitting near each other. I need suggestions for >some interesting stuff I can do between the two. I intend to get Dnet and play >but what can I do in Dnet ( examples would be nice!). How about stuff like >remote debugging (ie: running a program on the 2000 and seeing the code on the >3000 step through each line of code. I saw this being done between two pc's >with Turbo Assem/Debugger) > I would suggest that you download PARNET 2.0. This version of PARNET is compatible with the Amiga3000/WB2.0 and is very nice for using two Amigas in a "fileserver" fashion. Basically what it does is creates a new device called NET: that provides a link to the logical devices on the other machine (IE work:, dh0:, sys:, df0:, etc. etc. etc.) You can load, save, store, read write, and/or anything else to and from NET: just like it were part of the machine. It is also two way in that you can access any device from any machine. As an example, I have my Amiga 1000 hooked to my Amiga 3000. I boot from a floppy on my 1000, and then I type "CD NET:WORK" and I am then on the work: partition of my Amiga 3000 hard drive. :-) I can then use it just like I would if it were a hard drive on the Amiga 1000 itself. >Any other interesting/neato stuff that people have found out, I'll be really >interested in. (Wow, nice english huh?) > >Bin I use my 1000 system as a test machine. I can compile my programs on the 3000 and use the fast processor for all the number crunching. Then I can test on the Amiga 1000 (good becuase it ensures that the code will run on a slower processor okay). If the Amiga 1000 crashes, it will not bring down my Amiga 3000, and I still have my edit screens for my source code in the same place. It is also useful when two people are working on the same project becuase you don't have to switch floppies to get the latest version of some code. Other applications I have seen PARNET used for include backing up hard drives to removable (those 44MB SyQuest thingies) hard drives, copying large quantities of data from one machine to another without having to take the machine apart (to insert a hard drive or something). I don't know, but I love this program. The closest thing I have seen for a PC would be just a file copying program. I think that this fileserver is much much nicer than having to run some program that takes over the machine. PARNET is very nice and very transparent and VERY VERY well programmed! Later, Aaron Hightower (aaron@stat.tamu.ledu)