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Subject: Re: tcp/ip for amiga
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Date: Thu, 17-Sep-87 18:07:48 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 17 18:07:48 1987
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> I have been thinking about this approach, too.  It seems useful to
> embed TCP (and UDP?) in the filesystem.  For example,
> 	type <tcp:10.0.0.51/13

	Yes, Ameristar supports opening IP/UDP/TCP this way.  For
	example:

		inet:tcp/10.0.0.51/13
		inet:udp/10.0.0.22/100

	for tcp connections, MODE_{NEW/OLD}FILE sets whether you're
	active/passive.  The stuff I originally wrote was a shared
	library, but I decided to switch over to a handler so that
	user programs could do Open/Read/Write/Close as if the network
	was just another file.
	

> I agree that it might not be possible to model all of TCP's semantics
> this way.  Note that BSD sockets provide an incomplete but still useful

	Ameristar supports BSD style socket interface, also.  Not in
	general release, yet (~4 alpha testers have socket stuff now)..

> 
> Then there's a NFS device: perhaps mount each remote machine?
> So 
> 	copy c:foobar to cholla:/usr/rogerh/amiga/archive
> copies a file to a server's disk.  If this works, some of us
> might be faced with a decision: hard disk or network interface?
> What model does Ameristar present to the user?

	Right.  One volume per remote mounted machine:partition.  For
	development, I used to use a hard disk + NFS, but lately (and
	probably UNTIL I can get Commodores FFS + real fast SCSI iron)
	I use only NFS.  Really flies when loading 300K+ NeWS binaries..
	Of course if you have a room full of Amigas or you want to share
	files off'n a Vax or Sun somewhere, you definitely want NFS.

> 		Roger Hayes
> 		rogerh@arizona.edu
> 

		Rick Spanbauer
		SUNY/Stony Brook

PS.  I've said it before, and here it is again: I'm am definitely
     biased in matters Ameristar - I do development for them..