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From: hummel@s.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: high-speed file transfer
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Date: 15 Jan 89 21:58:00 GMT
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Written  9:32 am  Jan 13, 1989 by rick@sbcs.sunysb.edu in comp.sys.amiga:
In article <7200073@m.cs.uiuc.edu>, hummel@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:

>> Far and away the best solution has been Matt Dillon's DNET software.  I have

> Best is subjective :-)  People who have our stuff might be inclined to
> differ with your opinion!
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Best isn't subjective; it's context sensitive :-)  In the context that I was 
writing, I'll stand by my statement that
>> at standard serial line speeds (1200-19.2K baud).
DNET is the best there is.

Taking my statement (and, I believe, the original question) out of context 
(which you did), and disregarding cost, I'll agree that Ameristar produces a 
better solution.  As a matter of fact, the "up until last week" in my response
was a qualifier intended because I had just gotten the opportunity to use
Northwestern University's Ethernet'd Amiga lab to post another update to the
archive.  I had mentioned so when I posted an announcement of the update, but 
I didn't dwell on it this time.

Since you took my words out of context to plug your product, I really have few
qualms about airing a complaint about your NFS software: It fails to preserve
the case of files.  Now, I know that there is some question here because UNIX
is case sensitive and AmigaDOS isn't.  But if the local filesystem PRESERVES
case then a remote one should too.  In any case, you did a fine job on your 
software, but NFS is not an answer to the original poster's question.

My only regret: Mentioning the use of an MS-DOS machine.  It was irrelevant.
You would have had nothing to apologize about if you had selected that as your
straw man rather than DNET.  (Too bad you missed the RIGHT opening!-)

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