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From: d88-mbe@sm.luth.se (Michael Bergman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: COmmunication between Sun - Amiga, an idea?
Message-ID: <1010@tau.sm.luth.se>
Date: 16 Jun 90 16:50:28 GMT
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terry@helios.ucsc.edu (Terry Ricketts) writes:

>	Seems to me that the best solution would be to buy the Ethernet card
>from C= and their NFS software. Then you would have a good fast connection
>with all the other benefits that come from a network connection.

Oh, I agree. But I can't afford an ethernet card with NFS software and I can't
use that in an A500 anyway. So, your statement is rather meaningless.

>	The parnet is fine between Amigas, though it has some limitations. But
>you will have to create some complicated software for the Sun to run it.

Of course. That's why I wrote the article: to find out if it's possible.

>has that software done & is great for fast connections and file transfers, but
>doesn't come close to what a real network connection will give you.

Tell me something new...
A parallel connection would be much faster than a serial and that's was my original
thought.

Mike
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