Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!gatech!udel!rminnich From: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Amiga Networking Message-ID: <2461@louie.udel.EDU> Date: 10 May 88 14:29:37 GMT References: <268@unocss.UUCP> Reply-To: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich) Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 20 Keywords:Amiga,Networking,re-invention,wheels,bricks against my head,rjgumby In article <268@unocss.UUCP> ca063@unocss.UUCP (Thomas Davis) writes: > This document describes the notes I have made on networking for the >Amiga. This shall describe the hardware necessary, the software >protocol, and problems. Folks, this stuff is real nice, but forward motion for the amiga requires that we stop re-inventing wheels. The BSD tcp/ip package is available for porting to the amiga, no one can sue you anymore, SUN's rpc is available, NFS is available, why on god's green earth are we defining new networking standards/packet formats/Address Res. Protocols/naming conventions/ad infinitum? TCP/IP SOURCE is freely available, all the new LAT-like boxes talk SLIP at 38.4, let's GO FOR IT! Louis Mammakos tells me he is going to do it, I want to try it this summer, but Thomas if you want get in touch with me and i will be glad to talk it over with you. The software is there for the taking! And it is good stuff- the same stuff 4.3 is using now! Same comments apply here as apply to supplanting (as opposed to supplementing) IFF. -- ron (rminnich@udel.edu)