Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!psuvax1!psuvm!uh2 From: UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: AMIGA NETWORKS Message-ID: <90323.142452UH2@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 19 Nov 90 19:24:52 GMT References: Organization: Penn State University Lines: 23 In article , darcy.otto@canremote.uucp (DARCY OTTO) says: >What I want the network to do is as follows. Using an Amiga 3000 or >Amiga 2000/030 as a centre, have a ring of five or six Amiga 500's or >dumb terminals. I want the terminals to be able to access the hard >disk on the hub, and be able to read and write the same file without >having sharing violations. Is there any such thing, or do I have to This should all be doable, though of course you don't explain exactly what you want, so your milage may vary. There are (or will be soon?) Amiga Ethernet products available, with the "standard" TCP/IP software running on top. This should give you very flexible remote login, file transfer, and file sharing. Amiga progras can open programs in either shared-read or exclusive-write modes, which should take care of your multiple access problems. If I were you, I'd try to make direct contact with Commodore Amiga's networking people, and hash it out with them. lee