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From: ajp@io.org (Anthony James Paterson)
Subject: Re: Ethernet
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>Need some help here. I'm setting up a Ethernet for my 2 Amigas and SGI.
>Could anyone out there advise me on the type of network software to use
>on the Amigas. Are there any network on Aminet that I can use? I've already
>purchased two Hydra Ethernet cards and want to use my SGI for compositing my
> lightwave animations. Thanks in advance.
>
Hi Greg.
Pick up a copy of AmiTCP from Aminet and run an NFS server on your SGI. Amitcp
has an NFS client that will mount NFS exported drives on your SGI. It's the most
convenient and fastest way to share files between multiple platforms.
I use this setup to share files between my Pentium running Windows 95 and an
A4000. We used a similar set-up on Robocop and will do so again next month on