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- Short: Null Modem Sim V1.0 - Networks Emulators
- Author: fw@well.com (Frederick H. G. Wright II)
- Uploader: fw@well.com (Frederick H. G. Wright II)
- Version: 1.0
- Type: comm/misc
- Requires: Any Amiga
-
-
- Null Modem Simulator
- --------------------
-
-
- General description
- -------------------
-
- This driver simulates pairs of serial ports interconnected by null-modem
- cables. It can be used for testing comm programs and network software, but
- the primary motivation was to allow linking network software on an emulated
- computer (e.g. Mac emulated by FUSION) to Amiga network software.
-
- NOTE: This is a true null-modem simulation, not a simulation of two modems
- connected to each other as in nullmodem.device.
-
- The ability to network in this fashion provides a number of benefits,
- albeit not at blinding speeds:
-
- 1) Emulated and Amiga-native network software can share the same dialup
- link.
-
- 2) Ethernet cards that don't work correctly under the emulation can be used
- via the Amiga's network software.
-
- 3) Third-party serial cards that don't work correctly under the emulation
- can be used via the Amiga's network sofware.
-
- 4) The native serial port can use Miami's built-in driver, which tends to
- work better than serial.device or any of its replacements.
-
- 5) Incompatibilities between the emulation's Ethernet support and Open
- Transport on an emulated Mac don't preclude using Open Transport on the
- Amiga's Ethernet.
-
-
- Features
- --------
-
- Sufficiently compatible with serial.device for most applications.
-
- Fully NSD-compliant.
-
- Supports up to 32768 simulated links.
-
- Capable of transferring at high speeds when applications use large
- IORequests.
-
-
- System requirements
- -------------------
-
- Any Amiga. The driver should be compatible with all CPUs and OS versions.
- However, CPUs with caches require V36 (2.0) or later.
-
-
- Files in this archive
- ---------------------
-
- nullser.README This file
- nullser.doc Documentation on installation and use
- nullser.device The driver itself
- Hosts.bin Sample host name file for the Mac
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- PGP signature for entire archive
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- Copyright (C) 1999 Frederick H. G. Wright II <fw@well.com>
- Intact archive freely distributable for noncommercial use.
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 768 392 48.9% 05-Mar-99 18:04:56 Hosts.bin
- 2128 1509 29.0% 05-Mar-99 17:33:44 nullser.device
- 1990 952 52.1% 05-Mar-99 18:25:14 nullser.README
- 18748 7853 58.1% 06-Mar-99 17:21:04 nullser.doc
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- 23634 10706 54.7% 19-Mar-99 14:49:46 4 files
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