Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.datacomm:178 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:5919 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!mintaka!ogicse!intelhf!agora!billsey From: billsey@agora.rain.com (Bill Seymour) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Token ring or apple talk Message-ID: <1991Jan29.233430.24723@agora.rain.com> Date: 29 Jan 91 23:34:30 GMT References: Organization: Open Communications Forum Lines: 31 In article rg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rick Francis Golembiewski) writes: : : :Does Anyone know if there are token ring or apple talk cards available :for the amiga? Basically the dorms here at CMU can attach to either :(there is 1 dorm with ethernet, but I don't happen to live there so :ethernet is useless for me). Any info is appreciated (I definately :DONT think that getting a Bridge board and an IBM card is a viable :solution). : :// Rick Golembiewski rg20+@andrew.cmu.edu \\ :\\ #include stddisclaimer.h // : \\ "I never respected a man who could spell" // : \\ -M. Twain // Depends on what you need to do over the network... I know of no Token Ring cards for the Amiga, but DigiFeX sells an Appletalk card. The only problem is that they don't have software to allow the Amiga to talk to a Mac, only a printer of another Amiga, over the AppleTalk port. If what you're looking for is a connection to the laser printer, or to your buddy's Amiga, it should be fine. If you need to share a hard disk with some Mac out there, no good. :-( I use the Appletalk port here at work, with two Amiga 2000s, a Fujitsu RX series printer and two Mac IIcxs. No real problems, except a tendancy to crash when trying to print when the printer is turned off... -- -Bill Seymour billsey@agora.uucp or billsey@agora.rain.com ***** American People/Link Amiga Zone Hardware Specialist NES*BILL ***** Bejed, Inc. NES, Inc. NAG BBS NES BBX BBS Home Sometimes (503)281-8153 (503)246-9311 (503)656-7393 (503)640-9337 (503) 640-0842