From: skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls)
Subject: Re: Is A2065 Ethernet adapter compat with A4000?
Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:46:41 GMT

In article <BxtnvB.85s@hermes.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de> markus@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de writes:
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>In article <pl159410.721603570@academ01> pl159410@academ01.mty.itesm.mx (Alejandro Garza Gonzalez) writes:
>> The title says it all. I heard that some Zorro II boards arent
>> too comfortable on an A4000, so the question is raised...
>
> The A2065 is a Zorro II card, but this should not be a problem for the A4000.
> Ok, it can't use the full bandwith then.
> I heard of several guys running the A2065 in an A4000 with no problem.
> This weekend i hope to test the card in an A4000, and will be able to tell
> more. My Amiga (2500 alike) is connected to the Internet with a 2065 right 
>now.

As a matter of fact, I am posting this right now from an A4000 equipped with
an A2065.  Everything works well and there has not been a single problem with
either the software or the hardware.  As for Zorro II boards not being 
comfortable in the A4000, I'd be interested to know what is meant by that.
I totally disassembled the A4000 the day I got it and the boards fit as well
as they did on the A3000.

Performance wise, the A4000 w/A2065 performs on par with the A3000 w/A2065.
I typically get 100-120k/sec from the hard drive and 150-180k/sec from the
ram disk.  While not quite as good as a Sun workstation, it is faster than
most 386 and 486 boxes around here.

>> Also, any suggestions on networking A2000/3000/4000s thru
>> ethernet with themselves and UNIX systems would be appreciated.
>
> Use the TCP/IP package for the Amiga, called AS225 (where ist the new release?!)
> there is no other way to connect the card to a Unox machine than that way.
> For instance you can use ftp, telnet, rlogin, nfs (client only) and more.
> Beware, Amiga has no multiuser-OS, there are no restrictions on the Amiga-side
> for users.

Actually, you can use a serial line and telecomm software.  A friend of mine
has his A500 connnected to a Sun 4 that way and gets good results.

> I really hope that the AS225 will be _heavily_ overworked, the software
> is ... not nice, tho it tend to be surprisingly stable.

What is not nice about it?  I have RLoginVT sessions going all day long and
use FTP several times each day with no problem.

> Go for WB3.1, network facilities included...

I can hardly wait.  :-)

>> Byers
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>> | Alejandro Garza / (83)38-46-86 / Monterrey, Mexico ::  ^^^^^;            |
>> | JanusMan- IRC ::  pl159410@academ01.mty.itesm.mx   ::  ('') ; (the hell?)|
>
> Ah, it's you, Janusman, havent' recognised your realname :)
>
> Markus
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Skip Sauls, Amiga Advocate
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