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From: mark@fusion.MV.COM (Mark Thompson)
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Subject: Re: Networking Pentium and Amiga
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David Roth <david.roth@bahianet.com> asks way too many questions:
> 1. Is it possible to network the Pentium system to an Amiga 3000?
Yes
> 2. what do I need
Ethernet adapters on both systems. TCP/IP and NFS software on both systems.
There are numerous options for both. But I would warn anyone against
considering the NT-NFS code from Process Software if you are using the
Amiga AS225 NFS software. Process has been trying to get it to work for
nearly a month and has thus far failed dismally. Its unfortunate since
this is the least expensive NFS code for NT Alpha.
> 3. Will I be able to access a CD-ROM drive hooked to the Pentium from
> the Amiga?
Yes, although there are some limitation compared to having the drive directly
connected to the Amiga.
> 4. Will I be able to access a 1 Gb hard drive hooked to the Amiga from
> the Pentium?
No, not unless you find some NFS server software for the Amiga (there isn't
any currently available that I know of). Of course everything will work fine
going in the other direction however.
> 5. Are serial and paralel ports shareable?
Of course not.
> 6. If I buy another Pentium in the near future, will I be able to add it
> to the network?
Almost completely trivially, far more easily than adding the Amiga. C= was
absolutely braindead when it came to networked (they saw no reason for it).
> 7. Will I have to buy one copy of LightWave for each machine or is there
> a network option? What if the network is multi-platform?
You will have to have seperate copies for each platform. As for running LW
across multiple similar platforms, I'm not sure how thats handled in the
shipping version. I can do it in my beta version, but it doesn't require
a dongle either.
> 8. Will render distribution software like Plantation be able to work on
> a multi-platform environment?
Why not ask them. Probably not the current release.
> 9. Do I have to dedicate one computer as a network server?
No. I have always considered this a stupid idea for small networks. Full
peer to peer networking makes so much more sense. But because there is a
lack of NFS server software for the Amiga, you will likely end up working
in that mode anyway. And you will probably keep all your LW files on one
system that is shared with the rest. But there is no reason why all data
must be kept on one server.
> 10. Will I be able to save frames directly from LW PC to the hard drive in
> the Amiga?
No, for the reason I mentioned above. But there is no need to. Save it to
the PC disk. Then the Amiga can access it as though it were its own disk.
What you lose is the ability to save directly to the Amiga PAR.
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* Mark Thompson (603) 424-1829 *
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