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
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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)