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From: billsey@agora.UUCP (Bill Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga networking puzzle
Message-ID: <1525@agora.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jun 89 03:30:37 GMT
References: <372@xdos.UUCP>
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Organization: Advanced Solutions, Hillsboro, OR
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From article <372@xdos.UUCP>, by doug@xdos.UUCP (Doug Merritt):
::the first place.  I was happy to see the announcement for an Amiga AppleTalk
::card; it'll get more Amigas into the art departments of the world (see? we
: 
: Hmmm. I missed that. By who, how much, which Amiga models are supported?

	It was CMI, with the CMInet card. We'll have versions for each
Amiga model, with the 2000 out first (should ship within three weeks,
we have the blank cards, just have to build them...) the 500 following
and finally the 1000. The card gives you an RS-422 Appletalk port, a
RS-232 serial port, a parallel printer port (not bi-directional...)
and optionally a SCSI port. For the 500 (And probably the 1000) there's
a memory port that's compatible with the Supra 2 meg board they did for
thier SCSI interface...
	For Appletalk support, you need a seperate software package.
The first level of software support (comes with the card) gives you
multiport device drivers and such. The second level of software (~$80
extra) gives you Appletalk between Amigas, some networking utilities
and support of the Laserwriter. There will be more software later with
even more Appletalk support. 

::we're just more interested in getting our work done than in having the "best"
::or "most efficient" network.
: 
: Probably true of everyone, although different folks have different
: standards (and budgets!)

	That's for sure! I'm just happy to see floppy disk type speeds from
NET:... Instead of 9600 buad.

: 	Doug
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