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From article <1992Dec31.212754.1@seb.se>, by s19184@seb.se (Michael Evans):
> 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).
> 
> 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.

Not workable because the bidirectional parallel port commo is entirely
different.  You would do better to look to the Mac ethernet boxes that
can be put on the SCSI bus (assuming you have an ACSI<->SCSI Host
Adaptor - but why bother with a network without one?)

> Is this anything more than an old man's wild ideas?

No, I think that with the Falcon's SCSI bus, the Mac ethernet box
makers might be persuaded to make the necessary software available for
all STs.  Here's hoping.

Bob Pegram
> 
> /Mike
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