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- From: Darren Metcalfe <downinit@teleport.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: how to network two (or more) amigas....
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 09:42:46 -0800
- Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016
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- CC: Kimnach@lerc.nasa.gov
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- Greg L. Kimnach wrote:
-
- > i would like to use an amiga as a stand-alone system and as a "terminal" to
- > other remotely located amiga(s), and to be able to run
- > software which is loaded on the remotely located amiga(s). for example: i
- > would like to have my amiga 2000 in my room and my amiga 4000 (having the
- > toaster/flyer) to be located in another room, and i would like to have access
- > to the toaster/flyer from the a2000. (of course, i would also like to have
- > access to the a2000's par on the a4000 side when i'm located by that machine.)
-
- Enlan DFS from Interworks lets you control remote amigas through a shell. I think it
- also comes with a utility to display and work with the remote gui. Screen and mouse
- updates are rather slow, it's a neato feature but not very useable unless you have a
- 100Mbit connection.
-
- > and, eventually, i'd like to open a "ibm-clone session" on either amiga.
-
- Not possible AFAIK. The best you can do is a NFS server on the PC that will let you
- mount it's drives on the Amiga.
-
- --
- Darren Metcalfe
- downinit@teleport.com
-
- "I met myself in a dream, and I just wanted to tell ya,
- everything was all right, I'm beginning to see the light."
- - Lou
-