#CD32 Networking
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Would it be possible to network a CD32 with another amiga not only as a CD
player but as a node? (being it is a full A1200). It would seem to be a waste
if it was hooked up to another amiga only for its CD capabilties. Also it would
be interesting if one would be able to use ,say , an A500 for the Keyboard,
Hard & floppy disks and the CD32 for the AGA and 020. It would likely be
cheaper than getting a A1200 being there are all those A500's (Like mine) out
there. So you hardware developers out there, think about!
**May the Guru never visit your workbench!**
// Joe Costa
\X/ (1.3 Hermit)
There are many problems with trying to network a stock CD32,
significantly worse than with a CDTV. Mostly, the CD32 has no
hardware to even potentially use for networking other than a serial
kludge through the keyboard port (and that would be quite slow) and
the expansion bus (which would be relatively expensive).
The best bet for what you are interested in would be the computer
expansion unit which should soon be available for the CD32. For most
intents and purposes, it turns a CD32 into a CD1200.
— Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing
— INTERNET:dale@iam.com
I see what you mean Dale, but wouldn't it be intersesting if you could
treat the whole CD32 as a scsi device (If a scsi could be made to use
the CD32's expansion slot) so any SCSI capable Amiga could run all
its functions. Altough older ROM's probably wouldn't like working
with 3.0… Well just dreaming, but I've seen the impossible many
times in my Amiga's life and so who knows?? The A1200 kit for the
CD32 sounds promising, and its a point that escapes the attention of
all the non-Amiga magazines, after all you can't run a wordprocessor
or a database on a 3DO or a Jaguar…
Yeah.
At last some poeple all of the CD32!!!!.
I think I will be hanging out around here from now on.
Dodger