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- From: ens@ccu.umanitoba.ca ()
- Subject: Re: TCP/IP for the ST and LAN Server
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- Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
- References: <1992Dec30.175909.2268@zooid.guild.org> <1992Dec31.212754.1@seb.se>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 10:55:17 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- In <1992Dec31.212754.1@seb.se> s19184@seb.se (Michael Evans) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec30.175909.2268@zooid.guild.org>, kovarski@zooid.guild.org (Mark Kovarski) writes:
- >>
- >> Has anyone out here experiemented with TCP/IP for the Atari ST. I remember
- >> seeing a file on a german FTP site that was called, I believe, TCP_IP.LZH.
- >> How does it implement TCP/IP? Is it done via the RS-232 port? What I want
- >> to eventually do is to network my PCs with the Atari that I have.
-
- >I have been thinking about the same thing. I know there are Ethernet
- >cards for various ST-models in Germany, but I think that most of them
- >are for Megas (ie expansion bus machines).
-
- They have ACSI boards too but the prices are outrageous.
-
- >The thought that struck me the other day (it did not hurt ;-) was that
- >there are many "pocket" LAN adapters available for portable PCs. These
- >plug onto the parallel port and supply a Token Ring or Ethernet
- >(Thinwire or 10BaseT) connection.
-
- >Now an ST could not use the PC drivers which are supplied with the
- >adapter, but the hardware could be of use even for my old 1040 STF.
- >Has anyone looked at what is required to drive one of these adapters,
- >and worked out what would be required to drive it though the ST
- >parallel port instead?
-
- A better way would be to use a MAC SCSI-ethernet board with an
- ICD ACSI-SCSI connector. This would be faster, but the same
- problem with lack of software drivers exists. Now if you
- could get software only from the German companies at a reasonable
- price...
-
- Werner
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