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Article #6685Re: Ethernet Adaptors
From: Doctor Padds
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 14:57
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 14:57
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Julian Warren (jwarren@tazzy.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: I bet you've all noticed how outrageously expensive Amiga ethernet adaptors
: are - whilst for PC and for Macs there are cheap parallel port and SCSI
: port adaptors available. When these manufacturers are contacted they just
: say Amiga?????
: All that is required is the writing of a SanaII device driver (way beyond my
: capability) and these low cost devices would then be within the grasp of the
: Amiga community.
: An example supplier is Focus Enhancements, of MA. USA, (phone 617-938-8753
: fax 938-7741). This company sells Mac SCSI to ethernet adaptors.
: There are a wealth of cheap PC parallel adaptors out there.
: Has anyone found something that I havent?
: --
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: \XX/ Only Amiga might have just | jwarren@jules.junct9.royle.org
: possibly made it happen! | jwarren@tazzy.demon.co.uk
There is a board called the GG2+ which is a bridgeboard for the Amiga that allows PC NE2000's to be used with Sana-II devices etc al. It even allows PC parallel/serial/IDE cards.
-PAdds
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Doctor Padds actually uses the name : Jonathan O'Connor
M.D. of B.S.A. Ltd CD Developers.
padds@bsa.co.uk & padds@cix.compulink.co.uk
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11015b,765e5f226e00b1f4 X-Google-Attributes: gid11015b,public X-Google-Thread: 106d72,765e5f226e00b1f4 X-Google-Attributes: gid106d72,public X-Google-Thread: 104e68,765e5f226e00b1f4 X-Google-Attributes: gid104e68,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-07-22 01:04:52 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!uknet!infocom.ukmail.NET!scorpion!padds From: padds@scorpion.bsa.co.uk (Doctor Padds) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking,comp.sys.amiga.emulations,demon.ip.support.amiga Subject: Re: Ethernet Adaptors Message-ID: <1994Jul21.145711.1782@scorpion.bsa.co.uk> Date: 21 Jul 94 14:57:11 GMT References: <19940718.420678.91B8@tazzy.demon.co.uk> Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.networking,comp.sys.amiga.emulations,demon.ip.support.amiga Organization: B.S.A. Ltd Lines: 32 X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 210694BETA PL0]