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From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
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Subject: Re: Ethernet board & TCP/IP board questions
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Date: 6 Jun 91 22:15:09 GMT
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In article <1991Jun6.182854.28273@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> yurkon@CYCVAX.NSCL.MSU.EDU writes:
>In article <1991Jun2.135559.7521@news.media.mit.edu>, masaru@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Masaru Sugai) writes...
>> I'm seriously thinking about home network environment for my Amiga. I have
[...]
>> (3) Can I rlogin/telnet/ftp to AmigaDOS from UNIX side ? [As AmigaDOS
>>     is a true multitask OS, this should be a cake.]
>
>No.  Only the other way.  They don't seem to see this as being usefull.  Perhaps
>if enough people ask they will change their minds.

Correction: no rlogin/telnet to the Amiga, but you can ftp and rsh to
the Amiga. Actually, this privides a very convenient security leak: ftp
to the Amiga and cd to a NFS-mounted volume: wide open at that point.

Anyway, seems C= thought that rshd and ftpd would suffice... :^(
Maybe when the library documentation becomes available they will be written.

>>Upgrade plan
>> (6) What are pros and cons of AmigaDOS as a platform instead of AmigaUNIX ?
>>     I believe AmigaDOS servers outperforms on the corresponding UNIX ones,
>>     if they are programmed properly, 

This would be a hard one for me also, but I think that if I already had
a local unix box (you had a NeXT, correct?), then I would opt for
AmigaDOS with X11. This combination provides opportunities that two
unix boxes connected don't seem to provide. Besides, there is enough PD
stuff out there to get a fairly unix-like environment running on the
Amiga.

>>Misc.
>> (8) Are there any PDS which I can take advantage of from my investment ?
>>     [ I heard both AmigaNOS and Amiga-X11 require TCP/IP software, but I'm 
>>     noy sure of the exact requirement.]

Not PD, but you might want to contact GfxBase about options :^)

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