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From: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: NFS on the amiga, or, Amiga does this already
Message-ID: <312@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: Fri, 3-Jul-87 10:56:56 EDT
Article-I.D.: louie.312
Posted: Fri Jul  3 10:56:56 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 4-Jul-87 13:25:38 EDT
References: <1521@botter.cs.vu.nl>
Reply-To: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich)
Organization: University of Delaware
Lines: 24
Keywords: NFS, multi-tasking envy, Macintosh
Summary: Amiga does what Mac wants to do

I have already had one (very polite) letter from someone at
Apple telling me why no one really cares about NFS, NFS 
users are a drop in the bucket, etc. 
   Then i see this on comp.sys.appletalk:
In article <1521@botter.cs.vu.nl> jim@cs.vu.nl (Jim van Keulen) writes:
>We have a UNIX environment (SUNS's, VAX'es) here with Ethernet (TCP/IP).
>We also have MacIntoshes and AppleTalk, so questions arise
>about connecting these systems.
>More specifically: "Can UNIX machines and MacIntoshes communicate,
>can UNIX machines be used as file servers for MacIntoshes". 
>What (public domain) software is available and how can get it.

   Once again: Amiga does this now, has been doing it for a while,
and it works. I sure hope Commodore is going to pick up on this!
It is just as important as slick graphics to my way of thinking- that 
is, if C= is really serious about selling to Nasa (who use suns)
and 'real world' companies. How about a cheap ether board like
the ones we hear rumors about for PCs? 
   Also note that there are now appletalk/ether gateways (a 
friend of mine built one here at udel). Amigas can talk appletalk!
ron
P.S. BTW, note also that not just Amiga fans read this list!
-- 
Ron Minnich