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From: scott@NIC.GAC.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Supercomputer Experiment vs Amiga
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Date: 29 Sep 90 17:36:20 GMT
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	   [...]
	   "Admittedly,   Crandall's article   did not mention  a
	   networking  project,  codenamed Godzilla Supercomputer
	   Experiment,  that  should  give trouble   to Amigas in
	   their basic configuration.   So I have a question:  Do
	   any of your reader know if the networking capabilities
	   of the new Unix-based Amigas would permit their use in
	   such an experiment?"

	   Since I  do not  know  the answer, and I  want  to, I turn the
   question to  you.   If anybody know an   answer,  it  would be nice to
   answer to Mr. Coast.  If you don't want to write to CiP, I will, but I
   need an answer to the above first!

I believe that all that is needed is support for the remote execution via
the rexec call.  NFS would be nice, too.  Since we can safely assume
NFS (only IBM expects you to be amazed that their unix machine supports
NFS.  And windowed apps, too!), and rexec(3) is a trivial write more many
people familiar with unix and tcp/ip, . . . yes, I suspect the Amiga could
support it under its new unix.  If/when it comes out.

I guess I really don't see any reason why the Amiga couldn't support
it right now.  Amigas can do NFS already (can't they?), and, as mentioned,
rexec() is trivial . . .

scott hess
scott@gac.edu
Independent NeXT Developer	(Stuart)
NeXT Campus Consultant		(Not much, really)
GAC Undergrad			(Horrid.  Simply Horrid.  I mean the work!)