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Re: Connect Amiga to PC

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From: Matthew James Scott
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:00
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I used the serial version of Siamese and that worked well (I forgot about
that, it was so long ago!)
The RTG didn't work too well over serial but that was more due to a duff
video card on the PC than anything else!

Matt

Jens Kirk wrote:

> Frank Bunton wrote:
>
> > Anyone like to express an opinion as to the best way to link an amiga
> > to a PC?
>
> Personally I have ethernetcard in my Amiga... I've used a nfs deamon on
> the PC and is (normally) running a ftp server and samba server on the
> Amiga side. However if you do have the netcards I suggest you make a link
> with Siamese software and/or the Amiga forever package. I havn't tried
> them myself, but AFAIK they are better solutions. The Amiga would benefit
> greatly from the MiamiDX or AmiTCP Genesis if want a real network.
> Otherwise ... AmiTCP 3 is free and Miami is shareware I think (Very
> usable I think)
>
> Alternatives would be a special parallel link (faster than serial, but
> you need to build it yourself) or a simple serial null-modem (esp. if you
> got some kind of HS serial port on Amiga).
>
> Ethernet is in my opinion the best solution.

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