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- Short: CBM Installer kit w/ WB icon of ParNET
- Type: comm/net
- Uploader: dyson@sunfish.Physics.Uiowa.EDU
-
- This is a shortened (read edited!) version of the self-contained DMS,
- ParBENCH31.dms. This should be the same as the DMS file, but does not
- contain any of the misc AmigaDOS stuff to make the ParBENCH disk a
- self-contained, bootable floppy. DMS files are notorious for being
- corrupted and BIG!, so I have put together this version as a response to
- several requests.
-
- ParBENCH is a ParNET installation kit put together by Vernon Graner of
- Commodore Busines Machines. It uses the CBM Installer and is fully
- documented. ParNET itself is copyrighted by The Software Distillary and
- Doug Walker, John Toebes, and Matthew Dillon. The main improvements
- between this ParBENCH and the standard ParNET is the ease of
- installation and routine startup of the NET: device. This package
- contains a set of WorkBench tools to boot the network and fix up and
- display remote node icons, etc.
-
- Here is the original functionality statement from ParNET:
-
- The programs in this distribution allow a two-way network
- file system to be established via the parallel ports of
- two Amigas. A special cable is required to connect the
- parallel ports (see the file CABLE.DOC in this
- distribution). Once connected, the NET: file system
- behaves just like a disk device, allowing copies, reads,
- writes and so forth. It works with the workbench under
- both 1.3 and 2.0 versions of AmigaDOS.
-