#Heterogenous Networking!
25-Nov-94 17:03:58
Sb: #44281-#Heterogenous Networking!
Fm: Mark Sterling 74335,1677
To: Philip Tilson 100041,2632
TCP/IP software might be the answer. I'm pretty sure that shareware
versions are available for all three platforms. I'm not sure what "network
port" your Mac has but if it is an ethernet type then it could be done.
The one remaining issue would be the "funny" Mac file format. You might
need an additional piece of software to translate when moving files to and
from the Mac. I use such a setup at work to connect Amigas, PCs and a Unix
machine for file transfer and logon sessions. The two Amigas also run a
peer-to-peer network software package (Envoy). At home I have 2 Amigas
networked with Enlan-DFS 2.0 which is a very nice peer-to-peer system
based on Decnet protocol.
The FTP facility would handle file transfer although NFS would work
even better. With FTP you specify what file to "get" and where to "put"
it. Works OK for individual files. With NFS a drive or directory on
another machine would appear to be a just like a local drive which is MUCH
more convenient.
AmiTCP for the AMiga is here somewhere. But I don't think it has NFS.
AS225 from Commodore (commercial version) has NFS but I don't think it is
available at this time.
Goin' AP
…..Mark Sterling