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- Path: news.uni-c.dk!inet!perjac
- From: perjac@inet.uni-c.dk (Per Jacobsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Miami - a new TCP/IP stack for Internet access
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Date: 13 Apr 1996 02:54:24 GMT
- Organization: The Shadows' Parking lot
- Message-ID: <4kn510$34v@news.uni-c.dk>
- References: <kruse.53115772@america.com>
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- Holger Kruse (kruse@america.com) wrote:
- > This is the first preliminary announcement regarding Miami, a new TCP/IP
- > protocol stack for Internet access by modem.
-
- Oh goodie :)
-
-
- > The current Amiga Internet situation from my point of view:
-
- >[amitcp]
-
- > - it has many features that most users do not need (e.g. gatewaying,
- > very extensive configuration)
-
- > - it is rather difficult to configure
-
- Yup, it's nerdware for the people at caltech, not the Joe Average :)
-
-
-
- > Now about Miami:
-
- > Miami is an attempt to make Internet access on the Amiga as easy as
- > possible. Simple (mostly automatic) configuration has been my primary
- > goal throughout the design and implementation of Miami.
-
- About time someone did. You should clean up sir.
-
-
- > There are *no* configuration files to create or edit *whatsoever*. All of
- > the settings are stored in a single IFF file, allowing you to have multiple
- > distinct configurations for different Internet providers.
-
- Bliss!
-
-
- > Please DO NOT send email about
-
- > - MUI as the GUI engine. There is no other GUI engine that even remotely
- > offers the features MUI does, and the decision to use MUI is final.
-
- Ok, i'll say it here then. Please make sure you make the interface
- properly, I'm tired of slopply MUI programs where the interface gets
- scaled down to using a topaz 4 (four!) font, making the display totally
- unreadable. I've been considering registering AmiFTP, but each time i
- click on the register button i reg screen comes up and its in topaz/4 and
- totally unreadable and i think..."No thanks"
-
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