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From: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels)
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Subject: Re: Mac and Amiga (Games--Macintosh vs A500)
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In article <1991Mar15.210028.23985@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:

> My definition of bogged down is, if I try to copy a 1 megabyte file and
>it takes 20-30 seconds.

OK, my networked is bogged down by definition.  However, we still use it.  I
do network mail, file service, network management, and the occasional network
game over it, and I don't have many problems.

> If I were in charge of setting up a lab full of networked machines
>the obvious choice would be Ethernet, hands down. (or AmigaNet for
>an Amiga only lab.)

I wish you luck on getting the funding.  Funny what budgeting restrictions do
to one's neatly spec'd out network of workstations.

>Why Ethernet? It's Fast, it's standard, and it's fairly universal.

Yep, and for most personal computers you just added a couple hundred $ to the
price.  With a printer cable I can set up a simple network between any two
Macs.