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From: gray@labc.dec.com.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: NFS on the amiga, or, Amiga does this already
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Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 00:06:57 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul  9 00:06:57 1987
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    	Pehaps one of the individuals who have had the opportunity to
    	use the Amiga NFS package from Ameristar could describe the
        implementation details specific to the Amiga.
                     
        Specifically, it would be of interest to hear how the NFS
        remotely mounted filesystems are (1) managed and (2) accessed
        via the Amiga Workbench interface.  Also, given that the
        current advertisments from Ameristar indicate that their
        product now runs in the Amiga 2000; what kind of support
        is already present in NFS for a M68020 CPU upgrade (into
        the 86-pin co-processor slot on the A2000 or the Turbo
        Amiga upgrade for the A1000.)  What is the effective
        throughput of their Ethernet interface?  In other words,
        how effective is the Amiga Workbench/NFS environment for
        performing high-level (user transparent) distributed
    	processing?
    
        Note that a recent issue of Mac World (May, 1987 or June, 1987)
    	indicated that Apple has announced it is licensing NFS from
        SUN for the MacIntosh II!  If my memory serves me, I believe
    	it is to run under AEX, the new Apple Unix System V.2 port
    	for the Mac II.
    
    	What I would like to see is an Icon interface to NFS (the AEX
    	system is not icon-based) in a low-end workstation (