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From: dillon@POSTGRES.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
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Subject: ppn/NET: binaries sent to the moderator
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Date: 19 Sep 89 09:22:03 GMT
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	This is it!  Well, binaries at least.

	The binaries for John Toebes / Doug Walker's NET: running over
    my parallel port network (ppn) code is going to the moderator.

	The project will benefit those people who have two Amiga's and
    only one HD, and want their 'other' Amiga to be able to access that
    HD instead of collect dust.  In simple terms, you string a custom
    cable between the parallel ports of the two Amiga's and then use
    the NET: binaries provided to remotely mount any volume from the server
    machine.

	I'll include an example boot sequence and mount list as well as
    instructions on how to make the cable and run ppn/NET:.

	The current software only works between two Amiga's and you can't
    cross-mount.  Future releases will work in a real 'network' enviroment...
    i.e. more than two Amigas.  Also, you can't use the parallel port for
    a printer while the network is connected, sorry.

	Throughput is 16KBytes/sec+ to a remotely mounted HD (faster if you
    have a faster HD, mine are real slow).  Raw network throughput is 
    28KBytes/sec.

					-Matt