Re: Ethernet and Amiga

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From: Jerry Heyman
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 19:03

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Noah I Rosenberg (integral@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu) wrote:

: The dorms I live offer a 10baseT ethernet connection in certain rooms. I'm
: considering living there again next semester, and I am being offered my
: choice of room. I'm wondering, is it worthwhile for me, an Amiga user, to
: get a room with Ethernet, i.e.:

: 	Is it possible to hook an Amiga to a standard 10baseT ethernet
: connection? I just talked to the fellow in charge of the network and he
: said, no, it's just for macs and PC's... but I've heard stories of Amiga
: ethernet cards and of amigas being connected to PC networks.. 

Yes.  You can do so without any problems.  You'll need to appropriate
software (AmiTCP) and the driver to talk to the Ethernet card.

: 	Is it feasible for me to do? I sure would like to have a 10mb/s
: connection (or however fast it is, better than 14.4 I'm sure) running into
: my Amiga. Has anyone else done this? IF so, what are the costs involved?

Its the price of the Ethernet card (new prices I've seen at ~$250, used 
prices - you'll need to check comp.sys.amiga.marketplace) plus the cost
of AmiTCP.  AmiTCP demo can be gotten off of Aminet...

: 	I could justify dropping like $300 for an ethernet card for my amiga
: better than I could justify dropping $500 for like an old 486..


: (I have an Amiga 1200 mx1230a/50/50 4Fast)

Don't know about an Ethernet card for the A1200.  Haven't seen any adds for
one.  The only one's that I'm aware of are for the A[234]000 machines with
Zorro II slots.

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