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- From: aeg03@rrz.uni-koeln.de (Jan T. Kim)
- Subject: Re: Ethernet for the Atari ST ?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.181900.190226@rrz.uni-koeln.de>
- Reply-To: kim@vax.mpiz-koeln.mpg.dbp.de
- Organization: Regional Computing Center, University of Cologne, F. R. Germany
- References: <BxI0Ft.MHD@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 18:19:00 GMT
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- In <BxI0Ft.MHD@dcs.ed.ac.uk> scgk@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Simon Kinahan) writes:
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- > I have been wondering recently whether there is an Ethernet card or suchlike
- >available for the ST.
- > I have been discussing networking with freinds recently and I assumed there
- >would be come kind of ethernet interface available but I have checked all the
- >magazines and I cannot find one.
- > This strikes me as odd especially as ethernet intefaces are available for
- >everything else under the sun.
- > Is there is any reason why the ST should be an exception.
-
- No, absolutely not. There are at least three ethernet adapters
- for the Atari ST/STe/TT computers, namely:
-
- PamsNet: This ethernet based Atari network allows you to network
- up to 127 Atari computers. There are three versions of the
- adapters, one for ACSI, one for the Mega Slot and one for the VME
- slot. PamsNet uses a special network protocol, but TCP/IP and a
- gateway to Novell are available. An unique feature of PamsNet is
- the availability of a server for a VAX under VMS, which allows
- transparent access to the VMS filesystem over the network.
- BioData: Another ethernet based Atari network. I don't know if
- there are other adapters than those for ACSI for BioData. TCP/IP
- is available, and since BioData is also available for DOS PCs,
- they can be integrated without any problem.
- Riebl Card plus: I mostly know about this one from the net. It
- seems that the network software associated with the Riebl card is
- slow and flaky, but it seems to be the only ethernet card for
- Ataris for which technical documentation is publicly accessible.
- A group at the TU Wien has developed a TCP/IP package for the
- Riebl card.
- It seems that a main difference between ethernet boards for the
- Ataris and boards for PCs is that the Atari boards tend to be
- available only as a package with hard- and software, and the
- technical information is not available to everyone. At least
- PamsNet requires you to sign a non-disclosure agreement before
- they give you programming manuals and such, as far as I
- understand things.
-
- I hope you can use this info. We have PamsNet here, feel free to
- mail or to post if you're interested in additional information.
- Of course, I'd love to get into contact with other PamsNet users.
-
- Greetinx, Jan
-
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