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From: martin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Martin Hunt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Ethernet on the Amiga
Keywords: SANA EtherNet 2065 AS225
Message-ID: <15225@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 17 Oct 90 21:27:05 GMT
References: <2503@ucqais.uc.edu>
Reply-To: martin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Martin Hunt)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <2503@ucqais.uc.edu> blubaugh@ucqais.uc.edu (Dr. Blubaugh) writes:
>
>    I've recently purchased an Amiga 2065 EtherNet card to go in my
>A3000 and was wondering if anyone has any experience with the beta
>AS225 software.  I'm trying to set up my Amiga as a print-server. (I
>know its not more useful than that :-)  I was wondering if the
>inet.library is documented anywhere.  I'd possibly consider a stab at
>writing NFS using it.  This isn't real high priority and maybe I can
>wait for SANA to be finished but I hear that Dale isn't doing SANA
>anymore and who knows when C= will get to it. (Well since they've
>already got the A4000 done and WB3.0 to hear some people talking :-)

Why write NFS when it is included with the TCP/IP software?
The Amiga will work fine as a print server so long as you don't
need to change the printer preferences.

>
>    Suddenly, everybody gets real interested in the Amiga when they see
>the A3000 and learn that it can network.  I guess that now that I'm
>nearly gone this school is finally considerring Amiga...
>
>-- 
>Dwight Blubaugh Ph.D.
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>Anybody want to hire a Ph.D. chemist with a computer background?????