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From: rick@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Rick Spanbauer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga as a smarter terminal
Keywords: dnet, NeWS, terminal
Message-ID: <2673@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
Date: 30 Apr 89 14:12:28 GMT
References: <31645@sgi.SGI.COM>
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
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In article <31645@sgi.SGI.COM>, gavin@krypton.SGI.COM (Gavin Bell) writes:
> I'd like to use a smarter terminal program-- Dnet would be great,
> X-windows or NeWS would be even better.  Has anybody found a public
> domain OR commercial solution?  I think I heard that Ameristar was
> selling a NeWS client for the amiga, but I can't find any
> advertisement from them.  

	We build a proof of concept prototype of NeWS 1.0 server + clients,
	but didn't bring the product out due to lack of demand and other
	factors in the Amiga market.  Dale Luck of Gfxbase has a very nicely
	done port of X11 for the Amiga.  You should contact him.

> --gavin  (gavin@sgi.com, or call me at (415)335-1024 )

	For plain ascii terminal work over SLIP you might also investigate
	the port of Phil Karns KA9Q Internet package that Ron Minnich
	did.  Phils package is very functional to begin with, and Ron
	did a nice port of it.

	Ameristar sells Ethernet boards + telnet/nfs/ftp, etc clients for
	the Amiga.  They can be reached at (516) 698-0834.  Or see the
	advertisements in the most recent Unix Review/Amazing Computing.

					Rick Spanbauer
					Ameristar