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From: GWO110%URIACC.BITNET@brownvm.brown.edu (F. Michael Theilig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Apple vs. Commodore : Networking.
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Date: 3 May 90 12:40:55 GMT
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     Let's not forget the one big advantage of AppleTalk:  It's easy!
 Running cables is the only hard part.  The hardware comes standard,
 and lots of software supports it.  Sure it's slow.  Sure you can't
 boot off it.  But since when has industry cared about performance?

     I'd love it if there were two standard networks for the Amiga.
 One quick-and-dirty/cheap way, and one serious network.  We have the
 serious networks.

     I mentioned before CarrierNET, which has got to be the ultimate
 quick-and-dirty network.  I read a one page review.  Has anyone seen
 it running?  All it is is a plug to your serial port, and a plug to
 the wall.  Quick, dirty, and slow.  And cheap.

     I have a friend who is starting to like Macs because he can play
 a silly game on it that uses AppleTalk.  Net Trek, or something like
 that.  He doesn't like the Amiga because he used to live with someone
 who has his set up real bad.  Down because of virus' and couldn't get
 anything to work on it  (he never upgraded to 1.3, but that's another
 story).

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      F. Michael Theilig  -  The University of Rhode Island at Little Rest
                            GWO110 at URIACC.Bitnet

"To paraphrase Heinlein, He's a Stranger and a Strange Man."