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The files contained in this drawer are not required for ParBENCH
or ParNET to function. They are placed here for the "power user"
who might find them interesting. The files included are:
1. ATN.LHA --- Amiga Turbo Network. This archive contains the shareware
competitor for ParNET. It allows up to 8 Amigas to be
connected VIA their parallel ports with a special daisy
chain style cable scheme. This version is a demo that
only allows transfers of 50k or less. Oh yes, the docs
are in german. Anyone have the time to translate them
and send them to me in english? :) I would like to hear
how this program worked for you as I never had the time
build the cable.
2. ParPC.LHA - This file was downloaded from the Deep Thought BBS (former
home of what was known as The Software Distillery and
is now the home of Home Brew Software). It is a set of
software for PC Compatibles and Amigas that allow the
standard Amiga ParNET to interchange data with
PC-Compatibles VIA a standard Amiga Parnet cable.
included is a schematic for building the interface for
the PC Compatible. This is a pretty major hardware job
and so far I know of no one who has built one for
testing. If you do, please drop me a line and let me
know how it worked for you. Also, this file is VERY
sparse in the documentation, but does include source code.
I was unable to find any information as to the
distributability of this file except in as much as it was
available on a public doamin BBS and was bundled with
ParNET which is freely distributable. If you know anything
more about the heritage of this file please contact me.
3. SerNET24.LHA- This is a serial version of ParNET that is supposed to
operate over Matt Dillons DNET software. I have been
unable make this work and would encourage someone who has
this working to inform me as to just how the heck you
got it to work! :) If I can find a way to make this
work I will include it in an upcoming version of ParBENCH
as an option. Any help would be appreciated.
4. NetMOUNT.LHA- This is a file culled from the Fred Fish colleciton it
seems to be a sort of Boot.Host replacement in that it
allows the activation of ParNET and the 'touching' of the
drives to occur automaticly. As I have not had a chance
to play with it, I include it here for experimentation.