CompuServe Thread

#Hard Drive Setup

6 messages in this thread
#44914From: Rick StevensApr 22, 1989 2:37 AM
Peter, what kind of net are the beasts on? ARCNet? Ethernet? Token Ring? (gaack!) Ameristar has an Ethernet package for the 2000. NFS and all that. Works well with DECNet and TCP/IP.
#44949From: Steve PietrowiczApr 22, 1989 10:05 AM
DECNet? As in Syndesis' DECNet implementation? Or does AmeriStar have one too?
#45099From: Rick StevensApr 23, 1989 3:40 AM
TCP/IP and DECNet will live happily on the same backbone. The AmeriStar board runs TCP/IP, I believe. If you have that support suite on your DECNet beastie, then they should talk.
#45124From: Steve PietrowiczApr 23, 1989 11:52 AM
Right….I was just wondering if you'd actually seen a implementation of DECNet running with the AmeriStar board.
#45244From: Peter SmithemApr 24, 1989 7:30 AM
We're using Novell's Netware 2.12 with thin Ethernet. Maybe when (if?) we upgrade to the version which supports Unix (or get the bridge set up to the thick Ethernet on our VAX) I could drop in an Ameristar board. Right now there's no way to talk to the Novell net from the Amiga.
#45284From: Claude OrtegaApr 24, 1989 8:11 PM
Pete, FYI, The AmeriStar board has both thick and thin connectors on it. You just change a jumper block on the board to select which one is active.