Cheap networking here!
21-May-94 16:03:26
Sb: #147441-Cheap networking here!
Fm: Dale Larson 76702,654
To: Jonathan Hirschman 70274,2526
Arcnet's really not so bad. Especially not for the price.
I didn't ask them about a third machine. You'd need another copy of Envoy
(it comes in a 2-user pack) and another Arcnet card.
Envoy is Amiga only. If you want your PC and your Amigas to talk, you are
looking at TCP/IP or Netware. An NFS (filesystem) server for the PC will
run you about $500. Oxxi's netware client is a hog that won't cooperate
with other networking software, and the PC server will be expensive.
All of my AmigaOS Amigas use Amiga Envoy to talk to each other and TCP/IP
to talk to a Unix box and a PC (running OS/2).
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Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing