Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!umix!tardis!ronin!mike From: mike@ronin.cc.umich.edu (Michael Nowak) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: TOPS works with the 2000 w/BridgeBoard! Keywords: macintosh ibm amiga tops appletalk 2000 bridgeboard Message-ID: <420@tardis.cc.umich.edu> Date: 26 Dec 87 05:30:55 GMT Sender: usenet@tardis.cc.umich.edu Reply-To: mike@ronin.cc.umich.edu (Michael Nowak) Organization: University of Michigan Computing Center, Ann Arbor Lines: 36 Awhile back, I saw a posting asking about which IBM cards worked with the Amiga 2000/BridgeBoard combo. Well, we can add another one to the list: the TOPS card. This card, along with the software, allows the IBM side of the Amiga to act as a file server for an AppleTalk network. Additionally, the IBM side can use file servers that other Macs or PCs have published. This means that Macs can use the MS-DOS partition of an Amiga hard disk to store programs and data and execute the programs too. In addition, the IBM side of the Amiga can store data and programs on a Mac hard disk. It also means that you can interchange files very easily from Mac to Amiga to IBM disks. Once you get the file to the IBM side of the system, you use AREAD/AWRITE to convert it to an Amiga file. Tops is a distributed network file system which allows each workstation to act as a file server and/or client while still allowing the owner to use the machine (i.e. it doesn't turn your machine into a dedicated server). My brother and I tried this with a 2000 w/20M IBM hard disk, a MacPlus with a 20M SCSI drive and a Mac 512 with a floppy. Required hardware included a TOPS card for the Amiga, along with the BridgeBoard, 3 AppleTalk boxes plus connecting cabling. Required software included 1 PC TOPS disk and 2 Mac TOPS disks. Note: Standard disclaimers: I am not affliated with Centram West. I just thought it was interesting... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In Real Life: Michael Nowak Via Internet: mike@ronin.cc.umich.edu Via UUCP: uunet!umix!ronin.cc.umich.edu!mike Working for but in no way representing the University of Michigan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------