Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool2.mu.edu!uunet!timbuk!cs.umn.edu!uc!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!vax1.mankato.msus.edu!stx From: stx@vax1.mankato.msus.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Subject: Re: Networking the Ami Message-ID: <1991Jan12.181805.1@vax1.mankato.msus.edu> Date: 13 Jan 91 00:18:05 GMT References: <1991Jan10.202026.1@vax1.mankato.msus.edu> <1991Jan12.052120.13419@CSUFresno.EDU> Organization: Mankato State University Lines: 40 Nntp-Posting-Host: vax1.mankato.msus.edu In article <1991Jan12.052120.13419@CSUFresno.EDU>, erick@CSUFresno.EDU (Eric Keisler) writes: (lots o intresting stuff deleted) > The documentation I recieved was a disk based pre-release version of the > manual. All I can say about it is *even* in this pre-release form the > docs look good. Apparantly they HAVE released it. I went down to my local amiga dealer and he had a full blown copy with docs. The documantation did look good at first glance. I didn't really have time for a second one. > > According to the docs and developer note included with the TCP/IP package, the > software is pretty much done - very few changes (if any) are planned. > > What puzzles me is that CBM *still* has not officially released it. It's > very solid. The hardware is done. So why the delay? > > > PLEASE NOTE>>> We're talking about *BETA* software here. So any problems or > shortcomings I mentioned will likely (most likely I hope!) not be in the > commercial release version. > > In closing, myself and a few other network 'gurus' have looked at these > products quite closely. We're impressed. From looking at the docs ( the amiga dealer didn't have an ethernet card) I would concur about the completness of the software. Now all I have to do is convince the people who control the money at this school to invest in amiga's! > Eric Keisler, University Computer Services Department of Art > CSU Fresno > erick@zimmer.csufresno.edu -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ stx@vax1.mankato.msus.edu Kevin Whyte Proud Owner of an Computer Services Box 45 Mankato State University Amiga 1000 stx@att1.mankato.msus.edu Mankato MN 56001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~