Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!cfht.hawaii.edu!jwright From: jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Ethernet board & TCP/IP board questions Keywords: Ethernet, TCP/IP Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 91 09:02:01 GMT References: <1991Jun2.135559.7521@news.media.mit.edu> <22212@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: news@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu Lines: 52 martin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Martin Hunt) writes: >masaru@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Masaru Sugai) writes: >>TCP/IP software(AS225): >> (2) Can I rmount AmigaDOS file systems on UNIX partitions? Unix mounting remote Unix disks - yes Amiga mounting remote Unix disks - yes Unix mounting remote Amiga disks - no Amiga mounting remote Amiga disks - no >> (3) Can I rlogin/telnet/ftp to AmigaDOS from UNIX side ? [As AmigaDOS >> is a true multitask OS, this should be a cake.] rlogin into Amiga - no rlogin from Amiga - yes telnet into Amiga - no telnet from Amiga - yes ftp into Amiga - yes ftp from Amiga - yes >The Amiga may be multitasking, but it is not really designed to be accessed >by dumb terminals, so you can't do much if you rlogin'd into an Amiga. But we can't do anything if rlogind isn't provided. There are some useful things that can be done with just a cli. >No rlogin daemon is distributed, but someone on BIX wrote one. Any chance of this being made available outside of BIX? Please?? >>Development Kit >They are not currently included, but will be available soon. As a separate product? Freely available to AS225 owners? Freely available to anyone? >> (5) What is its interface like ? I haven't experienced TCP/IP other than UNIX >> platform. >The programmer's interface is sockets, just like Unix. The user's interface is not up to what is "standard" on unix systems. Too many things are missing. It is a tremendous beginning. It is better than anything you may find on a PC running DOS. >> (6) What are pros and cons of AmigaDOS as a platform instead of AmigaUNIX ? I have no desire to run Unix on my Amiga. But then I have Unix boxes coming out my ears. AmigaDOS stands on its own as a useful environment. -- Jim Wright jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp.