Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!jdickson From: jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Dickson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Easy Ethernet Suggestion! Message-ID: <1990Dec14.214558.29670@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: 14 Dec 90 21:45:58 GMT References: <1885@kluge.fiu.edu> <1990Dec11.162112.17852@cbnewse.att.com> <922@boing.UUCP> Reply-To: jdickson@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Dickson) Distribution: na Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Lines: 52 In article <922@boing.UUCP> dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck) writes: >>In article <1885@kluge.fiu.edu>, icbtl805@serss0.fiu.edu (Hamilton Davies) writes: >> Why hasn't anyone written or modified networking software for the >> Amiga to utilize one of the many 'pocket ethernet' tranceivers >> available for Laptop PCs? These Ehternet tranceivers plug into the >> parallel port and allow you to connect to a network. > >This would be a snap to do once the network software developers support >SANA. All one has to do is write a network-interface.device for that >hardware and the protocol stacks theoretically could start using it. > > >-- >Dale Luck GfxBase/Boing, Inc. >{uunet!cbmvax|pyramid}!amiga!boing!dale Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Easy Ethernet Suggestion! Summary: Expires: References: <1885@kluge.fiu.edu> <1990Dec11.162112.17852@cbnewse.att.com> <922@boing.UUCP> Sender: Reply-To: jdickson@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Dickson) Followup-To: Distribution: na Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Keywords: In article <922@boing.UUCP> dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck) writes: >>In article <1885@kluge.fiu.edu>, icbtl805@serss0.fiu.edu (Hamilton Davies) writes: >> Why hasn't anyone written or modified networking software for the >> Amiga to utilize one of the many 'pocket ethernet' tranceivers >> available for Laptop PCs? These Ehternet tranceivers plug into the >> parallel port and allow you to connect to a network. > >This would be a snap to do once the network software developers support >SANA. All one has to do is write a network-interface.device for that >hardware and the protocol stacks theoretically could start using it. > > >-- >Dale Luck GfxBase/Boing, Inc. >{uunet!cbmvax|pyramid}!amiga!boing!dale Hows SANA coming along? Any socket libraries available for it? Jeff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff S. Dickson jdickson@zook.gpl.nasa.gov whoops ^ jdickson@zook.jpl.nasa.gov