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From: rsb584@leah.Albany.Edu (Raymond S Brand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Senior Project......
Summary: token ring
Message-ID: <1277@leah.Albany.Edu>
Date: 18 Nov 88 20:01:21 GMT
References: <5435@louie.udel.EDU> <5004@garfield.MUN.EDU>
Organization: his computer
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In article <5004@garfield.MUN.EDU>, derick@garfield.MUN.EDU (Derick Linegar) writes:
> In article <5435@louie.udel.EDU> BPJ0%LEHIGH.BITNET@ibm1.cc.lehigh.edu (Binoy James, Lehigh University.) writes:
> >Hi guys,
> >
> >I've a creative question for you.  I'm considering my senior project
> >and I've reached two conclusions.  One I want to use my amiga and two
> 
> 
> Here's an idea for you. Find a way to produce a CHEAP version for more
> than 2 amigas to be networked together. I am talking of building
> a device that hangs of a serial port which with the proper software 


Connect pin 7, GND, of all the machines together. Then connect pin 2 of machine
A to pin 3 of machine B, pin 2 of machine B to pin 3 of machine C, ... , pin 2
of machine N to pin 3 of machine A. What you now have is a token-ring, just add
machine addresses and drivers.


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