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In <1992Dec31.212754.1@seb.se> s19184@seb.se (Michael Evans) writes:

>In article <1992Dec30.175909.2268@zooid.guild.org>, kovarski@zooid.guild.org (Mark Kovarski) writes:
>> 
>> Has anyone out here experiemented with TCP/IP for the Atari ST. I remember
>> seeing a file on a german FTP site that was called, I believe, TCP_IP.LZH.
>> How does it implement TCP/IP? Is it done via the RS-232 port? What I want
>> to eventually do is to network my PCs with the Atari that I have.

>I have been thinking about the same thing. I know there are Ethernet 
>cards for various ST-models in Germany, but I think that most of them 
>are for Megas (ie expansion bus machines).

They have ACSI boards too but the prices are outrageous.

>The thought that struck me the other day (it did not hurt ;-) was that 
>there are many "pocket" LAN adapters available for portable PCs. These 
>plug onto the parallel port and supply a Token Ring or Ethernet 
>(Thinwire or 10BaseT) connection.

>Now an ST could not use the PC drivers which are supplied with the 
>adapter, but the hardware could be of use even for my old 1040 STF. 
>Has anyone looked at what is required to drive one of these adapters, 
>and worked out what would be required to drive it though the ST 
>parallel port instead?

A better way would be to use a MAC SCSI-ethernet board with an
ICD ACSI-SCSI connector. This would be faster, but the same
problem with lack of software drivers exists. Now if you
could get software only from the German companies at a reasonable
price...

Werner