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- From: willw@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (William Waring)
- Subject: Re: DNET, UUCP - HELP! [please read]
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.045958.756@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
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- References: <1992Dec31.111016.3492@mercury.unt.edu>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 04:59:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.111016.3492@mercury.unt.edu> jbw@ponder.csci.unt.edu (WEST JASON BRUCE) writes:
- > I have been using VLT and doing everything off my Unix system - but my
- >Unix system really sucks. I would like to have clients and software on
- >my Amiga side. I have a 14.4k modem - but only a 2400 baud dial-up and an
- >A3000 with 2.4.
- >
- >* What is DNet? What do I need to use it? How much does it cost? What are
- > it's advantages?
- >
- >* What is UUCP? What do I need to use it? How much does it cost? What are
- > it's advantages?
-
- Put simply, DNet is a primitive semi-network that can be setup over a
- modem link amiga -> unix or amiga->amiga. It allows you to use one
- connection (The modem) to establish multiple links to the other machine.
- Put even more simply, you can have upto 64 shells running at the same
- time, all doing their jobs, instead of having one going over a normal
- terminal. Each terminal is in it's own window on workbench. For example, I
- can have one terminal open downloading FTP stuff, one on IRC, and the
- other reading news and the other posting email... I've done that on many
- occasions. The other good thing is that Dnet uses a client/server
- relationship. You can add clients and servers to dnet to add
- functionality. IE, If you add the sintlink client to unix, you can use
- AmigaIRC which is a BRILLIANT fully intuitionalised IRC chat program which
- can be used with Dnet. Using another client/server, youj can transfer
- files invisably in the backround while you still use dnet.,. That is handy..
-
- The only minus for using Dnet is that you have a 2400 connection,
- and it would be quite slow over that sort of link due to the multiple
- connection overhead.. I'd look for at least 9600 (What I use - is very
- acceptable) before using it.
-
- As for UUCP, it stands for Unix to Unix Communications protocol
- and is basically a way of shuffling filex arround the net - usually net
- mail or other things.
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