Amiga Networking
I am currently in the R & D stage of a major project, and would like some
feedback on a couple of thoughts/ideas I have have. Of course, the
AmigaUser Forum is the first place I thought of…
I would like to use Amiga computers in this project, and will start with
that as a given. I don't have to explain the reasons why this is so, at
least not in THIS forum 🙂
Problem 1: What is the current state of NETWORK support for Amigas,
HARDWARE-wise? The project would involve a minimum of two computers, with a
possibility of as many as eight. My current thought here is one Amiga as a
SERVER, with the others as CLIENTS.
Applications will need to access data storage on the SERVER, and perhaps
other clients. Access in this case means load executables, read/write files
load/save various binary images and usage of AmigaOS Release 2's record
locking.
Ideally, the SERVER should appear as an AmigaDOS device (NET: ?) to any and
all CLIENTS that are attached to it.
Comments?
Problem 2: Given a response to Problem 1, what are the SOFTWARE issues
involved? Is there native Amiga software to run the network? Is it
transparent (i.e. the NET: device mentioned above)?
Creating a major project using such software is difficult enough… are
there development tools available? Documentation?
Comments?
If you all can point me in the appropriate direction, thanks a lot! If you
just have some pithy coments and snappy repartee, also thanks!
PS – When can we expect a disk-less, boot-from-network Amiga Work Station?
Charles Conlow – via Whap!