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SLIP…

    17-Oct-92 20:07:53
Sb: #29298-SLIP…
Fm: Robert Sanders 71160,3670
To: Brian Cowan 73127,3543
>>What's SLIP?<< SLIP is Serial Line Internet Protocol. It's used for dial up connections between two CPUs running TCP/IP (TCP/IP is Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol and is how the Internet is connected). Via a SLIP connection, you can do the same commands that you could if there were a direct connection between the two machines. Of course, you had better have a fast modem for FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or RCP (Remote CoPy). I found this out because I connected my PC (running OS/2) and my Amiga together using TCP/IP, which happened to be the only inter-compatible LAN communication method available. That is, without buying another PC to act as a Novell File Server. Bob