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- On Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 16:39:16 David Warner <dwarner@albany.net> writes:
- > There's another problem with using a null-modem setup...as far as I know,
- > there is not any File Server software available that will allow you to
- > mount another machines drives and access them directly.
-
- Actually, there are two options:
-
- Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP), and
- Point-to-Pointer Protocol (PPP)
-
- And as it would happen, there are SLIP and PPP drivers available for the
- Amiga that are SANA-II (Standard Amiga Network Architecture, I believe)
- compliant. That means that any of the network packages available for
- the Amiga that use SANA-II drivers (such as AmiTCP, Envoy, and others)
- can use these SLIP and PPP drivers. You should be able to find SLIP
- and PPP drivers for Windows; depending on the version they might even be
- included.
-
- SLIP and PPP are typically used in dial-up situations with a modem,
- but you can use them with null-modem cables. Just make sure that the
- proper handshaking lines are interconnected correctly.
-
- --
- Richard Addison
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