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From: HELLER%cs.umass.edu@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA (Stride 440 User)
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Subject: Ethernet for the 1040ST???
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Date: Sat, 16-Aug-86 17:53:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 16 17:53:00 1986
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I have a hardware question about Atari 1040ST's:  Does there exist an
Ethernet interface for this machine? And if so, what software is available?

My interest is this:  I am contemplating getting a small computer for use
"at the office".  This means I'll mostly be using the machine as a smart
terminal (with some local editing).  Normally I'd just connect the RS232
port to one of the VAXen (or a terminal server) I use at work, but the
serial ports on the VAXen are being phased out in favor of Ethernet-based
terminal servers (fewer wires need be strung and less dependencies on
particular VAXen).  We have two DECserver-100's in the office where I work,
but all of their ports are in use.  There are several available Ethernet
drops available (via a DELNE).  If it were posible to put the Atari on the
Ethernet directly, I would get much faster file transfer (10Megbit!), than
with the DECserver-100's, as well as access to ANY of the machines on the
Ethernet (only limited by whatever protocol(s) the software for the
Ethernet interface handles). We run several different Ethernet protocols:
DECNet between VAXen running VMS & Ultrix, ChaosNet between the LISP
Machines (and some of the VAXen running VMS), TCP between UNIX machines
(SUN's, HP's, VAXen running Ultrix and some of the VAXen running VMS),
DEC's LAT protocol (between the terminal servers and the VMS and Ultrix
VAXen).

				Robert Heller
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