Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!rochester!PT!andrew.cmu.edu!jk3n+ From: jk3n+@andrew.cmu.edu (John Stephen Kalucki) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: ETHERNET/IBM TOKEN RING Message-ID: Date: Sat, 19-Sep-87 13:54:59 EDT Article-I.D.: andrew.YVIgHny00XM2c5Y05T Posted: Sat Sep 19 13:54:59 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 24-Sep-87 03:30:45 EDT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 34 I desperatly need to get either an Ethernet card or an IBM Token Ring card for my Amiga 1000 (512k, 2 drives, standard dreck). CM(U) was nice enough to wire every dorm room with three stylish boxes which can handle Ethernet or IBM's Token ring setup. I would like to be able to set up my Amiga as a "host" on the network here to do the following: Log in and use the CLI from other machines on campus. Call out from the Amiga to other machines on campus. FTP both ways from the Amiga (and it would be nice to FTP both ways from campus machines) The DataComm people here were very helpful, but I really need to find a supplyer of an Ethernet system (or Token ring) and the telenet/ftp type software for the Amiga. Token ring is really not an acceptable alternative unless it is drastically cheaper, only because after I leave CM(U) it will be practically useless. The only information I could find in only magazines listed an Ethernet card for $800, which seems (silly me?) to be quite expensive. No mention was made of software, and their phone wasn't answered the day I called. I don't know much about Ethernet stuff, but are controllers usually that complex? Any pointers/comments to/about people who supply the above / problems and donations of real estate in Manhattan would be greatly appreciated. I would especially like to hear about performance problems or ways to get ethernet really cheaply. I have heard of a kludge where you can build a cheap IBM PC slot, and plug in a rather inexpensive PC ethernet board... -John Kalucki