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- From: Aiirwalker@trashcan.mcnet.de (Marc Thielecke)
- Subject: Re: Which Zorro II Ethernet-card and which software
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- Date: Fri, 5 Jan 96 01:00:00 CET
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- Hello World !
-
- wblock@rapidnet.com (Warren Block) wrote on 04.01.1996:
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- WB> : I`ve planned to buy an Ethernet-card for my A1200 with a Zorro-II
- WB> : Bridgeboard-Expansion.
- WB> : Which one is the best ? Ariadne ?
- WB>
- WB> The Ariadne is good, but so are the others: 2065 (if you can find one),
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- In my hometown is just only one A2065 available.
- The Price is at 500 US $.
- That`s too much for one card, I think. :-)
- So I think I will buy two Ariadne.
-
- WB> Hydra, CEI's 4066, and others. Due to certain difficulties both I and
- WB> others have had trying to use the ASDG LanRover EB920 board with AmigaOS
- WB> 3.1, I'd stay away from it. For that matter, it's possible that any or
- WB> all of these boards may be unreliable in your expansion box, so it would
- WB> be best to try before you buy.
-
- My favourite Amiga-Store knows about that. If something don`t work, it goes
- back. :-)
-
- WB> : And what about the software ? Is Envoy still avaible ?
- WB> : Or is there any good software else ?
- WB> Envoy is available from IAM, and has been updated to rev 2.0. Remember
- WB> that Envoy only networks Amigas to Amigas; AmiTCP (or the other TCP
- WB> software whose name I can't remember) will be needed to speak to an
- WB> existing IP network.
-
- I thought to network at first my Amiga and a A2000.
- Later would come a dialup-connection to our University or
- an other Mailbox.
-
- So, Envoy is unable to network with a Linux ?
- And, what is the price of Envoy ?
-
-
- Bye, Marc.
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