Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!percy!cryo!billc From: billc@cryo.rain.com (William J. Coldwell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Networking (was: Letter to Commodore) Message-ID: Date: 17 Jun 91 01:39:07 GMT References: <177458@netw23.uucp> <22335@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1991Jun14.081836.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov> Organization: Cryogenic Software Lines: 28 In article <1991Jun14.081836.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov> kent@vf.jsc.nasa.gov writes: >In article <22335@cbmvax.commodore.com>, chrisl@cbmvax.commodore.com (Christian Ludwig - CATS) writes: >> >>> Networking is a biggie. I've heard, in one of the Amiga magazies, that >>>Commodore is developing the Standard Amiga Networking Architecture (SANA). I >>>think that they should, instead, call it Standard Amiga Networking Environment >>>(SANE). It can be marketed as "The computer for the SANE mind." Actually, last I saw, it was SANA2, or son of SANA. ;-). >I hope not, Amiga needs to push the TCP/IP and novell cards they already >produce for the Amiga. This is no time to come up with another new >"standard". The standard is more of a transparent interaction between network card manufacturers. So, you could route a packet back and forth between two different network cards without the remote Amiga actually knowing (or caring) how it is getting or sending the information. It's also better to come out with a standard before there is 50 bazillion network cards on the market. TCP/IP and Novell aren't the only networks available on the Amiga ;-). >Mike Kent - Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company at NASA JSC -- William J. Coldwell Amiga Attitude Adjuster Cryogenic Software 3-D Pro | Anim. Station | CA-650 CD-ROM | CMI PA/MPB | Interact AppleTalk Nexus HD/Aries | CSA 40/4 Magnum | RAMbrandt | Video Blender | DoubleTalk Internet: billc@cryo.rain.com UUCP: tektronix!percy!cryo!billc