Subject: Amiga Networking Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Part 2/2
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Date: 2 Feb 1995 23:01:45 GMT
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Summary: Answers to both generic and Amiga specific networking questions.
  It covers both hardware and software questions. It should be read by anyone
  that has a network related question before posting it to 
  comp.sys.amiga.datacomm or comp.sys.amiga.hardware  news groups.
X-Last-Updated: 1995/02/02

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73.   WAN-shopping


74.   WAN-shopping

------------------------------------

Shopping for the right level of WAN connectivity can be difficult.

SLIP and PPP may offer a more cost effective method of accessing
commercial services than a standard dial up service while also  providing
access to archive and WWW servers.  You have to run the  cost comparisons
yourself to see. O'Reilly & Associates, Inc publishes  a good book that
offers some good ideas for doing cost comparisons. It  is called
"Connecting To The INTERNET" an O'Reilly Buyer's Guide. Another book to
look for is "Connect your Amiga!" by Dale Larson of   IAM  . I'm sure there
are other books as well. 

Time to head to the bookstore ;-)


75.   WAN providers

--------------------------------------

To get a fairly current list of WAN providers you can check your local
bookstore. Most books on the Internet contain lists of WAN providers.

To get a more current list you can use electronic mail to get a copy of
Peter Kaminski's PDIAL list.   Send a message with "Send PDIAL" as  the
subject line. Send the message to  info-deli-server@netcom.com Or you can
subscribe by using "Subscribe PDIAL" as the subject line. You will then
automatically get any updates to the list.

PDIAL is also available from the news.answers  FAQ archive .


76.   G04

--------------------

 What is a server?

A server is a computer which acts like a library for files, and programs.
It can also be set up to allow users to change the information as well.
Several programs and protocols exist for creating a server:  Appleshare,
NFS, Xwindows, FTP, news, gopher, WWW,  DCE, SQL,   and user written
applications.   

Appleshare and NFS make remote disks seem like local disks. Thus  allowing
a group of users to share disk space and information if so  desired.  

Xwindows is a device independent network terminal package which  supports a
graphical user interface.  It can be thought of as an display  server.  The
application can be run on one machine and the display  served to any
Xwindow device on the network. If  Excel had a X  window version it could
be run on a Mac or PC and  the display could  be on any Xwindow device
anywhere on the network.  It could even be  displayed on an Amiga using
 X11R4  .   

FTP server software allows you offer a portion or all of your disk drive
for remote access. Unlike Appleshare or X windows you cannot run
applications remotely. FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and file
transfer is all that it does.  It does provide a binary mode of transfer so
that you can copy applications to your local hard drive or ram and then
run them.

News, gopher, and WWW are special servers for information which  require a
client software package to access.  They can be thought of  as network
databases.  These are explained in other sections.    G07 


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76.   G04

SQL is standard query language and DCE is distributed computing
environment. SQL and DCE can be used in vendor or user written
applications to create or access multiple database servers.  This allows
the programmer to distribute the load across several machines. Also it
allows for more seamless integration of data from several non-similar
computer systems in a transparent manner to the user. For example,  very
few executives want to FTP to three or four machines to pull  together the
information for review. They tend to like to click on a   weekly report
button and have the program do all the work.   Since SQL and DCE are
standards the weekly report program is  somewhat shielded from hardware
specifics or changes.


77.   G05

---------------------

What is an archive?

A computer site which advertises and stores a large amount of public
domain and share ware software and documentation.


78.   G06

---------------------

What is a mirror?

Some archives are heavily used and therefore must be supported by  multiple
sites which are often located very far apart.  Each site should  ideally
have identical information available therefore they are mirrors of  each
other.  When one site gets a new file it must be mirrored to the  other
sites usually using FTP.


79.   G07

---------------------

What are Gopher, WWW, and WAIS?

Three kinds of network information servers. Each more powerful than  the
next, but with some interconnectivity.  Each server requires a client
application to allow the user to access the information.  For Example, a
Mosaic client can access all three servers.  The main purpose of these
client/servers  is to help a user navigate the Internet to find information
and files.

Gopher is a menu  utility which simply uses FTP for retrieving files from
archive sites.   Gopher also uses a search utility called Veronica for
aiding users in finding files in the gopher archive sites. Veronica can  do
keyword searches whereas Archie can only search for file names.

WAIS is Wide Area Information Server which provides information  lookup
services to libraries and databases on the Internet. A simple  WAIS client
allows the user to select databases to search from a list.  The user then
provides keywords to search for, and the WAIS client   allows the user to
view any matches found. This is cumbersome once  the list of databases
grows into the thousands.  Screenfull after  screenfull of database names
scroll by.

As of March 16, 1994 future versions of WAIS server & client library  will
be known as ZDist NOT freeWAIS.  freeWAIS is based on the  older version of
the search and retrieval protocol Z39.50-1988.  The  newest version of that
protocol Z39.50-1992 is NOT backwards  compatible. 

Since both versions will be around for awhile, a name change for the
server/client software libraries had to be established. Both freeWAIS  and
ZDist are maintained by CNIDR. Kevin Gamiel is the contact.  

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79.   G07


It should be noted that the Z39.50 protocol is a standard which is NOT
published or maintained by CNIDR, but is publicly available.  Z39.50-1992
is the protocol of choice for many other network based  information search
and retrieval applications besides WAIS. 

Much more info is available thru Mosaic by searching  on CNIDR,  WAIS, or
Z39.

WWW is world wide web and uses  http  and  html  to make its  hypertext and
multimedia services available to mosaic and  Amosaic   clients over the
Internet. WAIS support is being added to Mosaic.   Mosaic offers WAIS an
effective interface and WAIS offers Mosaic an  effective search engine.

All three of these servers use the TCP/IP protocol, and all have both
public domain and commercial versions of the clients.


80.   G08

---------------------

 What are Mosaic, html, http, and browser? 

Mosaic is a hypertext based multimedia interface for browsing the
Internet, thus it is referred to as a browser. Mosaic is the name of the
browser created by NCSA for Xwindows, Macs, and Windows. In the  last year
several other browsers have been created for the various platforms. Some
are free and others are commercial.

 Amosaic  is developed by public domain effort for the Amiga. Although it
may not have all the toots and whistles of the other  browsers, it is free!
Also, it was started after the others and thus has to  play catchup.
Development of all of the browsers has been slowed  down because they are
all dependent on  html  and  http  which are in  a state of change.

The browsers are primarily used to access the thousands of World  Wide Web
(WWW) servers, but can also be used to access WAIS,  Gopher, and  others.
They enable the user to click on hypertext links  which will automatically
use the network services such as FTP to  retrieve the information pointed
to by the link regardless if it is text,  sound, or graphics.  They utilize
shareware and public domain viewers  and players of the users choice to
play the sounds or to display the  pictures or animations. Thus the browser
is a point and click front end  to a wide array of other software.

Navigating the Web can be a challenge due the enormous size, but  there are
several tools that make it easier.  The simplest tool is the  usage of a
common naming convention for the main WWW servers. Most large organizations
have their primary server named www.  For example, NASA's primary server is
called www.nasa.gov.  Microsoft's server is called www.microsoft.com. Can
you guess what  NewTek's server is called ?

Once you know the name of the server, it is very easy to create the  URL
which the browser needs to make the connection.  URL stands for  Universal
Resource Locator which is just a scheme for specifying the  type of link to
make, to which host, and optionally which file. To open  NASA's front door
(primary home page) just use the Open URL menu option and type:
http://www.nasa.gov    This says make an  http   connection to
www.nasa.gov. Since no file was specified it will get the  default home
page for that server.

Other navigation tools include search utilities, the what's new page,  and
indexes by category or subject.  Most of this is explained on line.  Just
go explore.


 html 


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80.   G08

 http 


81.   html

------------------

html stands for HyperText Markup Language. Html is used to build  WWW pages
which can be accessed locally or served to the world  using a WWW server
running  http .  Html files are ASCII text files. The html commands are
included with the text and are interpreted by  the browser rather than
shown. Html commands include page  formatting and URL links. Universal
Resource Locators (URL) are the  links between this page and other pages
throughout the WWW. Any  page you view with a browser can be saved locally
as an html page.  These files can be edited locally which allows you to cut
and paste  interesting links into your own html page of favorite links. 

Although studying how other web pages are built can be helpful, it is  not
the best way to learn proper html. As stated earlier html is in a  state of
change. Therefore what works on one browser may not work  on another
browser which uses an earlier version of html. CERN wrote  the original
HTML and HTTP. NCSA wrote Mosaic and added features  to html. Version 2.0
is the current version of html, and version 3.0 is  nearing completion.
There are numerous online documents describing  html, but for the basics
take a look at "A beginner's Guide to HTML."  For other sources of info on
html check out the WWW FAQ at
http://sunsite.unc.edu/boutell/faq/www_faq.html


82.   http

------------------- 

http is the protocol that is used between the client (browser) and the
server (WWW).  The client submits a request for a particular URL, and  that
server responds with the appropriate file or information. In order to  make
html pages on your machine available to others your machine  must run an
http server software package. Http server software is  included in the
Amosaic archive for the Amiga. Since html is ASCII  text, you can build
your pages on the Amiga and allow any platform  with http server software
to serve them for you to the WWW.


83.   G09

--------------------

What are Veronica and Archie?

Archie is the older of the two search tools. A user submits a query to
Archie or Veronica and they search their database for the location of
files or programs. Veronica is associated with the Gopher servers.

Both require TCP/IP at some point.  Although both can be queried by
electronic mail.   

There is an Archie client available for AmiTCP via anonymous FTP  from
ftp.demon.co.uk  in the  /pub/amiga/amitcp directory.


84.   G10

-----------------------

What is news? 

NEWS is a global BBS run by everyone and no one. I will describe it briefly
here, but see the  NEWS FAQ  for details.

NEWS is made up of broad topics called news groups, to which   people can
post or respond to posts. Anyone can create a new post,  but new  news

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84.   G10

groups are added based on an email voting system. A  few groups are
moderated, but most are not.   NEWS  is available via  usenet, the
internet, and some commercial services.  Almost NOBODY  carries ALL the
news groups. User access is through a news reader  application that
accesses a news server.  There are many variations of  news readers.
Several for the Amiga can be found on  Aminet  and  Fred Fish .

 GRn  by Michael Smith is one.

Arn by Roland Bless (rob@spirits.ka.sub.org) is  another.

NEWS began life on a college campus and then became the USENET  news as it
spread to other college campuses and beyond via  UUCP .  Today it is also
carried across the Internet using the NNTP application  over TCP/IP.  The
links between servers are set up manually by news  server administrators
and the links are called news feeds. A lot of the  feeds come and go, since
they are done on an informal basis. 

GRn in combination with  INetUtils  allows you to access news over  either
NNTP or UUCP.

85.   G11

------------------------

 What is a Set top?

A twinkle in some entrepreneur's eye.  It will most likely occupy the
__TOP__ of your television __SET__. Some call it Interactive TV.  Some call
it info-pliances.   It could possibly bring the internet to your home via
cable TV or phone  lines, but more than likely it will only bring limited
expensive services.

AT&T says, "YOU WILL."     I say,  "I AIN'T YET."

A recent newspaper article listed the following companies as  competition
for IBM in the set top market:   General Instrument,  Scientific Atlanta,
3DO, and Nintendo.   NO mention of HP, Sony,  SEGA, or Commodore.
Hmmmmmmm.


86.   Software-Specs

================

Specifications for Amiga Networking Software



 AmigaELM 

 AmigaNOSFlavors 

 AmiTCP 

 AmigaUUCP 

 Amosaic 

 AS225 

 DECnet 

DNET

 ENLAN-DFS 

 Envoy 

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86.   Software-Specs


 GRn 

 INetUtils 

 netser.device 

 Offline-Orbit 

PPP.device

 Termite  

 TIN 

 TorqueWare (TM) 

 VLT 

 X11R4 

87.   AmigaELM

--------------------------- AmigaELM by Andreas M. Kirchwitz.

elm-fan@zikzak.in-berlin.de

AmigaELM is available on  AmiNET   and is an electronic mail utility for
 UUCP  that allows you to read and post mail through a remote unix  mail
box.  It can also be setup to run without UUCP on the Amiga. 

AmigaELM 4 (4.159) was just announced in c.s.a.announce  Announcements are
archived on Aminet so I won't repeat the text here.   AmigaELM is
shareware.

It works with MetaMail which is also on Aminet. MetaMail handles a lot  of
different MIME message types.

You should also pick up a copy of  INetUtils  from  Aminet . It has a  SMTP
client which is suppose to work with AmigaELM. SMTP is the  Simple Mail
Transfer Protocol or the Send Mail To People protocol as  my friend calls
it.  SMTP is a defined standard for email over the  TCP/IP protocol and
therefore is widely used on the Internet.     This SMTP client is not
suppose to require a remote mailbox.


88.   AmigaNOSFlavors

------------------------------------

AmigaNOS and AmigaNOSGW are Amiga ports of the PD TCP/IP  package for
MS-DOS called "ka9q". Note that there are MANY  versions of "ka9q" which
tends to make them somewhat unstable,  since they have so many variations.


AmigaNOS is a program that will allow one to participate in the Internet
(or any TCP/ IP network for that matter) via one of two dial-up TCP/IP
protocols: SLIP or PPP. It also works with HAM radio equipment.

Both programs are a single, integrated "package" of the required  TCP/IP
protocols (e.g.; TCP, IP, UDP, etc.) and some TCP/IP  applications/commands
(e.g.; Finger, Telnet, Ping, SMTP). Though the  required file structure may
seem daunting at first, it is actually simpler  to set up than is AmiTCP.

Both AmigaNOS and AmigaNOSGW are very close in capability and  can be
considered equal, in general, for TCP/IP.   The main  differences between
the two versions is that Graham Walter's version,  AmigaNOSGW, comes with
an external Gopher client program and  has an ARexx port.

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88.   AmigaNOSFlavors


The following data, from the Feb. '94 AmigaWorld article "Net Gains" ,  by
Jim Dutton, provides a brief listing of the major functions of the two
Amiga TCP/IP packages.


AmigaNOS (V2.9p)

- John Heaton

- Public Domain (available from 130.88.200.4 via anonymous FTP)

- requirements: modem

- provides full TCP/IP "protocol stack/suite" plus applications

  * FTP, TELNET (ANSI: pseudo DEC VT100), Rlogin

  * SMTP (client & server)/DIGGER, POP2 (client)

  * TCP/IP/UDP, NNTP,  RIP/RSPF/ARP, SLIP/PPP

  * FINGER, Mailbox/Chatnode

  * TTYlink,  ECHO/DISCARD/PING, HOPCHECK, Route, Message 

- amenities: mem,shell,pwd,cd,dir,help files via Less,internal 

multitasking,  extensive and easy to invoke statistics

- drawbacks: no SANA-II support; opens serial.device in Exclusive  mode


AmigaNOSGW (V6)

- Graham Walter

- Public Domain (get it by anonymous FTP from newgate.demon.co.uk)

- requirements: modem

- provides full TCP/IP "protocol stack/suite" plus application hooks

  * FTP, TELNET (ANSI: pseudo DEC VT100), Rlogin

  * SMTP (client & server)/DIGGER, POP2 (client)

  * TCP/IP/UDP, NNTP,  RIP/RSPF/ARP, SLIP/PPP

  * FINGER, Mailbox/Chatnode

  * TTYlink,  ECHO/DISCARD/PING, HOPCHECK, Route, Message 

 - amenities:  internal multitasking, external clients, ARexx port,

  Gopher client (requires AmigaGuide) which can also do some WWW

- drawbacks: no SANA-II support; opens serial.device in Exclusive  mode


Gopher (V1.7)

- Graham Walter

- Public Domain (get it by anonymous FTP from newgate.demon.co.uk)

- requirements: AmigaNOSGW (V6), AmigaGuide

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88.   AmigaNOSFlavors


- provides a GUI based/hypertext Internet Gopher client

  * request Gopher servers for files and/or services that they have

  * supports some World Wide Web files (eg; HTTP)


89.   AmiTCP

---------------------

Versions 2 to 3.0b2 of AmiTCP are GNU-ware  versions of  TCP-IP  for the
Amiga. It will work with SLIP or ethernet cards. For more details see the
 AmiTCP FAQ 

Version 4.0 is now commercial. A demo version is available on   Aminet .
The commercial version is available from the original authors  the Network
Solutions Development Inc. (NSDi).  For ordering  information send an email
message to info@nsdi.fi which contains the  text "SEND AMITCP ORDER" in the
body of the message.

NSDI can also be contacted by sending email to amitcp-group@nsdi.fi  or
postal mail to  NSDI, POB 32, FIN-02151 ESPOO, Finland, Europe. or by FAX:
+358-0-452 1998

They also have a Web page which can be reached off the Amiga home  page of
Mr. Witbrock.


AmiTCP can be a bear to install, but if you read ALL of the docs it  should
go easier.  Especially the  AmiTCP FAQ  written by Mike Meyer  and Neil
McRae.


90.   AmigaUUCP

--------------------------

AmigaUUCP is a port of Unix to Unix CoPy   UUCP  to the Amiga. It allows an
Amiga to participate in the USEnet network. It has it's own  UUCP FAQ 

There are actually several versions of UUCP for the Amiga. I've lumped it
all here to make it easier on me. As I sort it out I may divide it into
more informative nodes.

Parts of UUPC (a version of UUCP by John Gilmore) were ported to  the Amiga
by William P. Loftus in 1986. After developing a system that  worked for
him, it was taken over by Matthew Dillon, who (along with a  cast of
dozens) developed it into a full-fledged  UUCP  package. Matt maintained
AmigaUUCP (often called DUUCP) from 1988 until 1992.

In 1992, Matt had the press of other obligations; and after the release  of
AmigaUUCP v1.16, turned the buglists over to Michael B. Smith.  Michael is
in the process of releasing AmigaUUCP v1.17. v1.17beta  has been available
freely for some months (currently at update #4).

After Matt quit working on UUCP, Kai 'wusel' Siering also started on a
version of UUCP based on AmigaUUCP v1.15. It has most of  the v1.16
enhancements as well as other features.

91.   Amosaic

--------------------

!!!!!!!!!  News Flash !!!!!!!!!!!!

Version 1.3 of AMosaic is now available so some of this stuff is dated.


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91.   Amosaic

The Big News for 1.3 is that it supports proxies so that you can talk
through a firewall router. To do so you must set some environment variables
on the Amiga.  Here is a list that Stefan posted:

open a shell window and type:

Setenv WWW_file_GATEWAY   http://proxy.domain.foo.bar/

Setenv WWW_ftp_GATEWAY    http://proxy.domain.foo.bar/

Setenv WWW_gopher_GATEWAY http://proxy.domain.foo.bar/

Setenv WWW_http_GATEWAY   http://proxy.domain.foo.bar/

Setenv WWW_news_GATEWAY   http://proxy.domain.foo.bar/

Setenv WWW_telnet_GATEWAY http://proxy.domain.foo.bar/

Setenv WWW_wais_GATEWAY   http://proxy.domain.foo.bar/

where proxy.domain.foo.bar should be replaced by the domain name of your
WWW proxy gateway.

!!!!!!!!!

Amosaic is a freeware version for the Amiga  of NCSA's Mosaic. A hypertext
based multimedia interface for accessing the Internet.

AMosaic allows you to browse and retrieve files using a point and click
interface. With a single mouse click you can retrieve and view a text
file, a picture, or an MPEG movie. Or you can download the most  recent
version of your favorite program from one of the archive sites. Use one of
the many search utilities, and ride the wave of pointers to  sites all
around the globe! They don't call it the World Wide Web (WWW)  for nothing
;-)

Amosaic is available via FTP from max.physics.sunysb.edu or via Mosaic from
the Amiga home page by Witbrock. Amosaic is also available on  Aminet  in
the /comm/net directory.

It requires MUI,   AmiTCP  or  AS225r2   TCP-IP software, and some  sort
of internet connection to access remote information.  Also due to
datatypes it currently requires AmigaDos 3.0  

See the product specific section  AMosaic(AM)  for more hints!

92.   AS225

---------------------

AS225 by     Commodore Business Machines 

CBM only released version one which is known as AS225r1. AS225r2 is and
will be released by third party developers.


AS225r1 Compatibility:  NFS - TCP/IP software for the Amiga is compatible
with  all models of the Amiga.  Allows connection to Internet, DDN  and
other networks supporting TCP/IP and UDP/IP protocols. Works with the A2065
and Ameristar Ethernet Adapters.

AS225r1 Network Functions: rlogin  (client only), rloginVT (client only
VT100 terminal emulation), rsh (client and server, but no interactive
shells),  NFS client, telnet (client only), ftp (client and server), finger
(client  only), ping, arp, netstat, rcp (client and server), route,
showmount  


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92.   AS225

 AS225r2 

93.   AS225r2

-----------------------

AS225r2   release 2 of AS225  TCP/IP protocol

It is under active development again by third parties. Stay tuned for more
details as they become available.


!!!!!!! News Flash !!!!!!!

CPR has released a version of AS225r2. It is my understanding that
InterWorks is also working on a version which will be different than the
CPR version. I can't say more, since I've not seen either product. As I
said before: stay tuned.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

94.   DECnet

-------------------

TSSnet DECnet by  Thunder Ridge, Inc. 

Now your Amiga can become a Phase IV end node in a DECnet  network!
Communicates  over the Amiga serial port as well as  Ethernet.  Fully SANA
II compliant so other protocols which support  SANA II such as TCP/IP can
run concurrently on the same ethernet  card.    Both Ethernet and serial
connections provide multiple  concurrent Virtual Terminal sessions on any
other nodes on the  network, using the DECnet CTERM facility.  VT100
terminal emulation  is provided, or use your favorite VT compatible Amiga
terminal  program such as  VLT .


Supports X windows, allowing you to run VAX DECWindows  applications, as
well as X clients running on other Amigas or any node  supporting X over
DECnet.  

NCP, Network Control Program lets you intuitively control all aspects  of
your node's connection including line speed, buffers, statistics, and
security.

NetMail allows full mail access to DECnet networks.

NFT, Network File Copy enables you to copy, list, print, rename,  delete,
type and submit command files across the network.

Task to Task Communications provides an AmigaDOS device for  communicating
with tasks on other DECnet nodes.  Full documentation  is included for this
easy-to-use programmer's interface to TSSnet.

FAL, File Access Listener allows other DECnet nodes to access your  Amiga
directly.  Full username/password protection is available.

95.   DNET

-----------

DNET is a networking protocol which allows Amigas to talk to Amigas or a
unix box over a serial line. There is a version for each case, and they are
available on Aminet.

I have never used it, but folks tell me it works. If one end is connected
to the Internet, then DNET allows you to access the Internet via the remote

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95.   DNET

machines TCP/IP protocol. This is somewhat similar to TIA, but probably
different. Like TIA it supports multiple tasks concurrently over the serial
line.

96.   ENLAN-DFS

-----------------------------

ENLAN-DFS by  Interworks 

Amiga peer to peer networking software
 and DFS ( Distributed File System )
   Description:

The Distributed File System (DFS) allows complete sharing of devices,
directories, and peripherals (including printers). With this setup
centralized backup is a possibility.  Network resources appear on the
client as local devices. ENLAN-DFS supports the Workbench interface,  icons
and all and is SANA II compatible.

Security features:

Provides password and read only support for public resources.

Provides node level username and password if desired.

Requirements:

AmigaDOS 2.04 or higher. Approximately 456KB of disk space.

compatible with   A600, 1200, 2000, 3000, or 4000

compatible with the following ethernet cards:

   ICard ,  Lan Rover ,  A2065 ,  A4066 , or  Hydra 

Requires 1.5 MB of ram minimum, more for serving multiple systems

MSRP  for 5 node license  $349

97.   Envoy

-------------------

Amiga Envoy Available from  IAM 

Amiga peer to peer networking

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! News Flash !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(December 29, 1994)

Intangible Assets Manufacturing Announces


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   Amiga Envoy 2.0


a new version of the tightly integrated peer-to-peer networking software
for the Amiga from the workbench of IAM software engineers Heinz Wrobel
and Dale L. Larson.

New features:

Support of AmigaOS 2.04 DOS packet types (including notification and
record locking), support for removable media, enhanced reliability and
robust recovery, localization, AmigaGuide documentation, and more.

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97.   Envoy


Availability:

Amiga Envoy 2.0 is available as an upgrade to any Amiga Envoy user,
regardless of where they purchased their original Envoy.  The upgrade
price is US$25, which includes ground shipping world-wide (add US$5 for
Priority Mail or air). To upgrade in the US, send proof of purchase with
check, money order, or Visa/MC number to IAM.  Elsewhere, contact your
local distributor.

The list price of Amiga Envoy remains US$59.95.

Envoy 2.0 Requires Workbench 2.04, Kickstart 2.04, 512k RAM, SANA-II
compatible networking hardware. 

Workbench 3.1, 1MB or more of RAM and HD recommended.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


 Envoy-Description 

 Envoy-REQUIREMENTS 

 Envoy-COMPATIBILITY 

 Envoy-AVAILABILITY 

 IAM-Developers Info 

98.   Envoy-Description

------------------------------------

Amiga Envoy is the Amiga peer-to-peer networking software  developed by
Commodore's Amiga Networking Group. Included  applications enable connected
Amiga computers to share hard disks,  CD-ROMs, and printers transparently.
Amiga Envoy also provides a  simple messaging interface (API) for the easy
development of reliable  network applications.

To make Amiga Envoy available to end-users immediately, Intangible  Assets
Manufacturing has licensed Amiga Envoy from Commodore.  IAM has produced a
manual written by Dale Larson, one of Amiga  Envoy's original designers.
The manual eases you through the set up  and use of a simple network.
Additional documentation will be  available (at an additional charge). It
will explain how to internetwork  with Amiga Envoy, how to develop software
for it and how to use its  security features.

Technical support is provided through electronic and physical mail and  by
answering questions in such public forums as UseNet's
comp.sys.amiga.datacomm, on CompuServe, and on Bix.


99.   Envoy-REQUIREMENTS

----------------------------------------------

Envoy requires:

Workbench 2.04, Kickstart 2.04, 512k RAM, SANA-II compatible 

networking hardware (see compatibility)

RECOMMENDED

Workbench 2.1 or later, Kickstart 2.1 or later, 1MB RAM, Hard disk  with
300k free in SYS:.



                                - Page 44 -

99.   Envoy-COMPATIBILITY


100.  Envoy-COMPATIBILITY

-----------------------------------------------

Any SANA-II networking hardware may be used with Envoy, including
Ameristar A4066, AmigaLink, ASDG LanRover, Commodore A2065 or  A2060 and
SLIP (serial port).

Additional NON-IP, SANA-II compatible networking protocol stacks  may be
run at the same time as Amiga Envoy over the same  networking hardware.
AS225r2 is the version of Commodore's TCP/IP  package which is compatible
with Envoy (through SANA-II  compatibility and close cooperation regarding
IP packets).


101.  Envoy-AVAILABILITY

----------------------------------------

Available now  from Amiga dealers or order direct from  IAM 

List Price: $59.95 (2-user)


102.  IAM-Developers Info

---------------------------------------

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR DEVELOPERS

Developers of any Amiga networking products or networking  compatible
products are encouraged to contact Intangible Assets  Manufacturing
regarding inclusion of their products in the forth coming  "Amiga
Networking Handbook."  We want to make sure that Amiga  users can find out
about every networking product that they may need. We hope to do this by
publishing information on all of  the products that are available.

Applications developers can also contact IAM for information  concerning
consulting and documentation services or licensing Envoy  for use in your
applications.


103.  GRn

----------------

GRn   Gadtools Read news

GRn  is a news reader program which was originally designed to work  with
AmigaUUCP V1.08. Now it will work with AmigaUUCP V1.08-1.17,  wUUCP,
various ports of C News (including wCNews), AmigaNOS via  AREXX scripts,
NFS mounted news spools and NNTP in at least four  flavors (DNet, serial
port, AmiTCP, and AS225r2). GRn integrates with   INetUtils .  Both GRn and
INetUtils are available on  Aminet 


104.  INetUtils

-----------------------

INetUtils


INetUtils is copyrighted, but freely distributable up to version 1.4 The
author will make future versions commercial which will include a  major
update to GRn and will include the long awaited GMail.

The author *strongly* recommends that you read the man pages. Do  NOT
blindly install V1.4 over an existing installation. You will regret it if
you do so according to the author. 

                                - Page 45 -

104.  INetUtils



 IU-Author 


 IU-Description 

 IU-New Features 

 IU-Requirements 

 IU-Availability 

 IU-Price 

 IU-Distributability 

 IU-Support 

105.  IU-Author

---------------------


Michael B. Smith

mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us

POB 6791

Charlottesville, VA 22906

USA


106.  IU-Description

---------------------------

INetUtils is a series of programs designed to allow an Amiga running
AS-225 beta 2.0 software (i.e., socket.library capable) or AmiTCP 2.2  (or
above) to interact and operate as fully functioning members of an  IP
network, including the global InterNet.

Note: IU 1.4 was qualified against AmiTCP 3.0b2, NOT 4.0.

!!!!!! News Flash !!!!!!

Michael Smith says IU 1.4 will work with AmiTCP 4.0

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


The utility programs consist of:

        SMTPd : an SMTP daemon

        SMTPpost : an SMTP posting program

        SMTPExpand : an SMTP aliases expanding program

        NNTPpost : an NNTP posting program

        NNTPXfer : an NNTP article transfer program

        newgroup : a maintenance program for use with NNTP

        GetActive : an NNTP active file transfer program

                                - Page 46 -

106.  IU-Description


        AmiPOP : a POP message handler

        Sabot : A newmail activity program



The following man pages are included:

        SMTPd.man

        SMTPpost.man

        SMTPExpand.man

        NNTPpost.man

        NNTPxfer.man

        GetActive.man

and describe the operation of each program.







To install INetUtils, see the document named INSTALL included in this
archive.  Do NOT blindly install V1.4 over an existing installation!

For basic help in getting SMTPd running, the following heavily  commented
script is also included:

        StartSMTPd

AmiPOP and Sabot were developed by Scott Ellis  (sellis@ucssun1.sdsu.edu)
and all communication regarding them  should be directed to him. Separate
documentation regarding them is  included in the AmiPOP and Sabot
archives.

To properly utilize the NNTP capability requires an NNTP aware  newsreader
and a mailreader. The 'G' package is presented to meet  this need. 

 GRn  is Gadtools Read News, which can properly read and post with
articles via NNTP directly or read with the local directory setup by
NNTPXfer, and post directly using NNTPpost. Documentation is  available in
AmigaGuide format (GRn.guide). GRn is currently at  version 2.1. A
commercial version (3.0) is also available.

!!!!!!!!!! News Flash !!!!!!

GRn2.1a is now available. The "a" version supports AmiTCP 4.0+.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GMail, Gadtools Mail, is available as a commercial product.

According to Mike, AmigaElm and the DMail from AmigaUUCP are  quite
satisfactory for reading mail.

107.  IU-New Features

---------------------------------------------

Too many to list. Read the man pages. If you don't, you'll regret it.


                                - Page 47 -

107.  IU-New Features


108.  IU-Requirements

-------------------------------------------

AmigaDos 2.0 or higher

INetUtils comes in two flavors: one for  AS225r2  and one for  AmiTCP 
version 2.2 or above. You must have one or the other of these  protocols,
and you must get the correct cooresponding archive. 


109.  IU-Availability

---------------------------------------

INetUtils V1.4 is available on  AMINET 

Dir Name: /pub/aminet/comm/net

File Name: 

        IU-14-as225.lha

        IU-14-amitcp.lha


110.  IU-Price

-------------------------------------

Vesion 1.4 of INetUtils is freeware. Donations are welcome. A  commercial
version, with enhanced feature content, is also available.


111.  IU-Distributability

---------------------------------------------

INetUtils is Copyright 1992 - 1994, by Michael B. Smith. All Rights
Reserved.

INetUtils 1.4 is freely distributable as long as no modifications are  made
to the archives or their contents.


112.  IU-Support

-----------------------------------

Support is available directly from the  IU author  via electronic mail.


113.  netser.device

----------------------------

netser.device a shareware package for AmiTCP

For 2 devices $25,  4 devices $35, and unlimited $50

author is Sam Yee    samy@sfu.ca

Works with any amiga. Only requires 50k or Ram. Requires WB 2.04+, and
AmiTCP 3.0+

More info later.

!!!!!!!!!!!! News Flash !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Jan 1, 1995)


                                - Page 48 -

113.  netser.device

Sam Yee announces:

Telser version 1.0

telser.device is a modem simulator over a telnet connection.  It  inteprets
and simulates basic modem commands so that you can use  your
telecommunicaions (comm) programs  over a telnet connection. In other words
your comm program thinks it is talking to a modem.  Terminal emulation,
file transfers, etc. are all handled by your comm  program.  Connecting to
a host is as simple as typing "ATDT  abc.edu,23" or even simpler if you add
"abc.edu,23" to your comm  program's phonebook.

telser supports the most common Telnet negotiation commands and  options.
For example, you may elect to notify the remote host on  changes to your
terminal emulation type, and window size.  An intuitive  "gadtools"
graphical user interface is supplied to control your telnet  connections.
You also have the option to automatically connect to a  host after starting
up your comm program.  Instant logins at the click of  a button!

telser can run in host mode, which means it would accept incoming  calls.
This feature allows you to set up a "multi-line" bbs over the  internet!

Telser is capable of unlimited device units, which means you can have
unlimited incoming and outgoing connections.  Telser supports both  TCP/IP
packages on the Amiga namely AmiTCP (tested with V3.0b2  and V4.0) and
AS225r2. 


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


114.  Offline-Orbit

---------------------------

Offline Orbit by Janne T. Siren  ( jts@krk.fi)

Available on  Aminet   as Freeware  ( try the comm/util dir)

An offline message reader supporting QWK, WWF, OMEN, and SOUP  message
formats.

Requires:

 * WB 2.04+
 * 2 Mb Ram recommended


115.  PPP-device

PPP.device by Holger Kruse

kruse@cs.ucf.edu

ind00389@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu

ppp.device is a shareware package. The unregisterd version is on Aminet.

The registered version provides much better speed.


More details later.

116.  Termite 

----------------------

Termite  a  modem Telecomunications package by  Oregon Research  MSRP:
$49.95

                                - Page 49 -

116.  Termite 


Features:

* Supports the XPR libs

* supports 300 to 115,200 BPS

* supports multiple line BBSs

* AREXX support

* Call logging

* AmigaGuide Online help

* Style guide compliant

* Font and screen sensitive displays

* multi-tasking chat window to prepare text before sending it

* phone book, text macros, and configurable button bar

* RIP driver available upon request



Requires:

* WB 2.0+

* 1Mb ram+

117.  TIN

----------------

TIN  by Mark Tomlinson  (mark@garden.equinox.gen.nz)

A newsreader which as of version 1.2 PL 3 supports NNTP. Version 1.3 is
probably out by now.

More later.


118.  TorqueWare (TM)

----------------------------------

TorqueWare (TM) by  AugmenTek   is a means of developing and  running
parallel programs over a network of Amigas.  It provides six  simple C
functions to handle the job of distributing data and execution  across the
network.  A graphical user interface allows for compiling  and linking
locally or remotely, setting up the runtime environment, and  running the
program -- but this can also be done manually. A hypertext  user's guide
and tutorial are provided.  Instructions for using the Amiga  as client to
a computational server running on a Silicon Graphics or  Mac using
TorqueWare form Torque Systems, Inc., are also provided.

TorqueWare is an implementation of the Linda parallel programming  model.
Data are placed in a global data space that is accessible to all
processes, whether they run locally or across the network.  One can  wait
for data to appear, read it, or remove it from that global data  space. C
functions can be run as separate tasks on either one  computer or multiple
computers, and these remote functions access  that global data space.  The
global data space is content-addressable.

TorqueWare hides communication details, such as the nature of the

                                - Page 50 -

118.  TorqueWare (TM)

underlying communication mechanism, from you.  It supports different
computers by handling byte ordering.  TorqueWare attempts to keep  all of
the computers busy if  there is enough work.

As a programming utility, TorqueWare provides an operating system
independent way of multiprocessing.  Applications include network
rendering (RayShade 3.0 already allows for Linda),  news or database
filtering, image processing, and audio processing. An example of code
using TorqueWare versus socket programming can be found on   Aminet  under
biz/demo/netprog_txt.lzh

TorqueWare requirements: SAS C 6.x,  AmigaDos 2.04 or higher, and network
hardware for  multiprocessing.

MSRP for base development system $100

MSRP for general TCP/iP networking $150 per cpu.

Educational and quantity discounts available.

119.  VLT

--------------

Valiant Little Terminal      by   Willy Langeveld    

A terminal emulator providing both Tektronix and DEC emulation. This little
jewel has been around for quite awhile. It is available on Fred  Fish and
Aminet. 


120.  X11R4

--------------------

X11 Release 4  server and library by  GfxBase, Inc. 

GfxBase provides both a server so that you can run x clients on your
Amiga, and a development library so that you can write x clients for  your
Amiga or other x windows system.

 X11R4.3 Color Server 

 X11R4-Dev Libs 

 X11-product Availability 

121.  X11R4.3 Color Server

-----------------------------------------

The X11 R4.3 server supports: 

- Up to (NTSC)1440x482 (568PAL) resolution. 

- Overscan, genlock, interlace, superhires, productivity, a2024 all
supported.

- Superscreens up to 2560x2560 scrollable under 2.0

- Up to 32 colors (lowres).

- AGA support: 256colors/16M

Local Clients: 

olwm(OpenLook) twm(Tab Window Manager) bitmap, xfd, xfontsel,


                                - Page 51 -

121.  X11R4.3 Color Server

xcalc, xmag, xsetroot, xsol, plus many more.

xpr (X printer program) supports all standard X devices plus supports

Amiga printers via the Amiga printer device mechanism.

Fonts: X11R5 fonts are included in this release.

 X11-Compatibility   Optional  color gfx cards   X11-Requirements 

122.  X11-Compatibility

-----------------------------------

Software support

----------------------

network support:

Commodore  AS225  (tcp/ip)  Thunder Ridge TSSnet ( DECnet ).

OS support:

Requires WB1.3 or later. Works better with 2.0. And best with 3.0

Coexists with Native Amiga Operating System, and works under  Intuition in
its own pull down screen.

Hardware Support

-------------------------

input support: 

international keyboards supported, Recommended 3 button mouse.

Compatibility with all models of the Amiga,

  A1000,A2000,A500,A2500,A3000,A3000T,A1200,A4000,A4000T.


123.  Optional  color gfx cards

---------------------------------------------------

Optional X11R5 for color graphics cards support

 - GDA1 from GfxBase

 - PicassoII

 - 1600GX from Ameristar


124.  X11-Requirements

-------------------------

Requires minimum 1M of Ram for Server, more for local clients.

Requires 7M Harddisk, 15megs for standard installation.


125.  X11R4-Dev Libs

----------------------------------------------------

-------------X11 Release 4 Development libraries---------------------


                                - Page 52 -

125.  X11R4-Dev Libs

Specially modified to work under AmigaDOS with SAS/C 6.51

Libraries:

        Xlib,Xaw,Xext,Xt,Xmu,oldX,Xau, BSD sockets

Includes:

        X11 Release 4 standard include files

Some sample source and lmkfiles for learning X11 on the Amiga.

X11 programs on unix machines can be ported right to the Amiga. Develop X
applications on the Amiga and know they can be ported to Unix platforms.


126.  X11-product Availability

------------------------------

products available from Amiga Dealers or  GfxBase, Inc. 

--------- List Prices ---------------

software:

 X11R4:  $395/$90

 X11tk: $250/$45

 XView: $250

 X11 Local development system: $475/$100 

  (does not include support for  as225/TSSnet)

 mwm motif window manager: $99

 Complete X11R4/with motif development system: $795.00

Hardware:

Boing 3button optical mouse, bought with X11, $75.00

GDA-1 hires graphics card 1024x768 256/16M colors $595.00


127.  Hardware-Specs

=================

Specifications for Amiga Networking Hardware

 A2065 

 A4066 

 AmigaLink 

 Ariadne 

 GG2-Bus+ card 

 Hydra 

 ICard 

 ISDN-Master 

                                - Page 53 -

127.  Hardware-Specs


 LAN Rover 

 QuickNet 

128.  A2065

-------------------

A2065 by  Commodore Business Machines 

Function: Full ANSI 802.3 type Ethernet protocols over either Type A
(Thick Ethernet) or Type B (Thin Ethernet/Cheapernet) connections.
 The  32K onboard RAM Buffer provides shared RAM between  Am7990 processor
and the Amiga.

Card Type: Amiga bus (100 pin), Autoconfig Interface Specs: 15 pin  female
"D" connector for Type A (Thick Ethernet)  networking with 100  nodes per
segment Female BNC coax connector  for Type B (Thin  Ethernet/Cheapernet)
networking with 30 nodes per segment.

Speed:    10Mbps CSMA/CD interface DMA data reading and writing to  shared
RAM Card Size: Full size Amiga board


129.  A4066

-----------------

the A4066 by  Ameristar   replaces the A2065 ethernet card by  Commodore.
The A4066 supports 10BaseT Thin, and Thick ethernet. It is SANA II
compatible and should support the AS225r2 software as  well as  DECnet  at
the same time.


130.  AmigaLink

-------------------------

AmigaLink is a floppy port based networking solution which is SANA II
compatible.  It will work with any Amiga with a free floppy port including
CD32 with the expansion module, and a floppy with a pass thru port.

Transfer rate: 450,000 bits per sec (~ 45KB/sec)

Max cable length: 100 meters (~330 feet)

cable type: RG-58U 50 ohm co-axial 

Cable connector: BNC and floppy port connector

Max # of computers: 20

Included Protocol: Network Operating System

optional Protocol: Envoy, or any SANA II compatible protocol

Supports remote printing using the Commodore CMD program.

Requirements: kickstart 1.2+, Workbench 1.3+, 512k ram

Recommended: Workbench 2.0+, 1MB+ ram, hard drive

SRP:

AmigaLink Starter Kit $259.95 

        20 software licenses and hardware for 2 nodes


                                - Page 54 -

130.  AmigaLink

AmigaLink Single node $124.95

            hardware only, no cable.


131.  Ariadne

-----------------------------

Ariadne by  Village Tronic 

A SANA II compatible zorro bus ethernet card with two parallel ports.

Supports 10base-2 (thin ethernet, coax) and 10base-T (Twisted pair)

Socket for boot rom

hook up to two additional amiga to the paallel ports with Liana (Envoy
with a cable)

 A  32kbyte cache to support cpu

Includes Envoy and SANA II driver for ethernet and parallel ports


132.  GG2-Bus+ card

=============

The GG2 Bus+ by  Software Results Enterprises   lets you add
IBM-compatible hardware to your Amiga.  The most common additions  are
extra parallel and serial ports, and _network_ cards.

The GG2 Bus+  is NOT a 486 bridgecard, and does NOT run windows,  it merely
allows you to access less expensive PC cards.

 GG2-HW Compatibility 

 GG2-PC drivers 

 GG2-SW Compatibility 

 GG2-Requirements 

 GG2-Availability 

133.  GG2-HW Compatibility

--------------------------------------------------------------

The GG2 Bus+ supports almost all non-DMA AT-compatible (8 MHz  bus capable)
PC plug-in boards.  This includes such popular items as  internal modems,
multi-I/O boards, IDE hard drive controllers,  non-DMA ethernet boards, VGA
boards, A/D boards, etc.  Access to  the PC cards is at full Amiga Zorro II
bus speed unless wait state  support is turned on.


134.  GG2-PC drivers

------------------------------------------

PC drivers included with GG2 Bus+ are:

 ibmser.device        

 A replacement serial device for internal modems and multi-I/O
 cards.  Includes automatic use of the 16550 FIFO buffer when  
 available.  Support for up to 4 serial ports at once,
 equivalent of COM1-4.


                                - Page 55 -

134.  GG2-PC drivers

 ibmprint.device

 A new parallel output-only driver for printing through IBM LPT
 compatible parallel ports on multi-I/O cards.  Support for up
 to 3 printers at once, equivalent of LPT1-3.

 ibmIDE.device

 A driver program to allow the use of IDE, RLL or MFM hard drives.

 NE1000.device  and NE2000.device

 These are SANA-II ethernet drivers for Novell NE1000 and

 NE2000 boards and compatibles.

NE1000 is  8 bit card, 8K memory

NE2000 is 16 bit card 


135.  GG2-SW Compatibility

------------------------------------------------------- GG2 Bus+

  Since the Ethernet drivers are  SANA II  compliant, you can use your
GG2/Ethernet combination with all of the popular network packages,  such as
 Envoy  (from IAM),  AS225r2  (from Commodore) and   AmiTCP  (available via
ftp from Aminet sites).  

Commodore's AS225r1 is *not* a SANA-II networking package, and  will not
work with an Ethernet card on a GG2 Bus+.

!!! Oxxi's Novell Netware Client software is *not* a SANA II networking
package and will not work with an Ethernet card on a GG2 Bus+. !!!

CrossPC and PCTask  software PC emulators are aware of the GG2  Bus+ and
will let you use IBM-compatible hardware from inside the  emulation.  Among
other IBM peripherals that have been successfully  operated are, ROM
programmers and PC-television cards.


136.  GG2-Requirements

----------------------------------------------

The GG2 Bus+ occupies one Zorro II slot aligned with an PC-AT slot in  an
Amiga 2000,  A2500, A3000, or A4000.  It has essentially the same  form
factor as a Commodore bridgeboard.  You will need at least one  additional
open PC-AT slot for your plug-in PC card.  The GG2 Bus+  requires 1
Megabyte of available AUTOCONFIG memory space to  correctly map all of the
PC memory locations.  All address and data  lines to the PC bus are
buffered to avoid loading-down Amiga bus  lines.

Most of the software requires 2.04 or higher.  The actual device drivers
themselves (ibmser.device, ibmIDE.device...) will probably work under
Amiga Dos 1.3, but the support programs (like SwitchControl and  SerPrefs)
don't.


137.  GG2-Availability

-----------------------------------------

GG2 Bus+ is   $119.95 USD

All sales are being handled by  Software Results Enterprises ,  so there
are no distributors in any countries.
 



                                - Page 56 -

137.  Hydra


138.  Hydra

------------------

Hydra   by   Hydra Systems 

Ethernet cards for the Amiga 2/3/4000. 

Did have a model for the A500.

A SANA II driver comes with the new boards or is available from the vendor.
The driver is called hydra.device, and  V1.33 even works with the old v1.0
boards.

Has thin wire connector (BNC) and a thick wire connector (15 pin D).

139.  ICard

-------------------

ICard by  Interworks 

A 16 bit  ethernet card for the A1200's PCMCIA slot.

Provides 10BaseT and 10Base2 ethernet connectors.

Provides SANA II driver for compatibility with any SANA II compatible
network protocol  including Interworks  ENLAN-DFS 

MSRP $299


140.  ISDN-Master

--------------------------

ISDN Master by  BSC   in Germany

Has German manual.  Price is approx $600.

Works with any Amiga with a zorro bus because it is a zorro II card.

!!!!!!!!!! News Flash !!!!!!!!!!

Alan BERNEY wrote an excellent review of the ISDN Master. Look for it on
Aminet in the directory that contains the c.s.a.review postings.

The best news I saw in the review is that the board supports standards for
multiple countries including the US. Not all countries have been tested,
but it is good to see more than one supported.



!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Features:

------------

* Autoconfig

* Transfer up to 7500 cps

* Answering machine ( sorry, no voice-mailbox)

* settings for phone and answering machine


                                - Page 57 -

140.  ISDN-Master

* parallel telephone and data calls

* three user conference

* Uses less CPU time than a modem

* Hayes-AT set

* isdn.device is compatible with serial.device

* 64 byte FIFo ram buffer

* 2 * B-channel and 1 * D-Channel (S0-connection)

* S0 considerable

* ISDN and Euro-ISDN support

* D port monitor

* passiv card

* Audio-Inline with digitize audio

Requirements:

-------------------

* kickstart >= 2.x

* 1 Mb Ram minimum, prefer 2 Mb

* recommend 68020 or higher

141.  LAN Rover

------------------------

LAN Rover by  ASDG     LAN Rover is now called EB920.

A thin wire ethernet card for Amiga 2000,3000, and 4000. It is a full
length Zorro II card and comes with  SANA II  drivers and  supports
adjustable interrupt settings and network address roms.

Being SANA II compatible means it will support all the major network
protocols available for the Amiga. 
  More info in a future release of FAQ


142.  QuickNet

-----------------------

QuickNet (TM)  Fast peer-to-peer networking system for the Amiga

by  Resource Management Force 

Authors: Neil Dugan, Daniel Koch, and Norman Pakes

A hardware and software solution for networking Amigas to Amigas. Zorro II
card which supports thin ethernet. Other versions may be  available by
now.


 More info when it is available to me.





                                - Page 58 -

142.  Manufacturers


143.  Manufacturers

 For Additional information on Products and Vendors consult

"AC's Guide for the Commodore Amiga" at your local Amiga dealer or 

newsstand or contact

 AC's Guide  

 c/o PiM Publications 

 P.O.B. 2140

 Fall River, MA 02722-2140

 phone: (800) 345-3360

 Ameristar 

 ASDG 

 AugmenTek 

 BCS 

 Canadian Prototype Replicas 

 Commodore Business Machines 

 CSA 

 GfxBase, Inc.  

 Hydra Systems 

 IAM 

 Interworks 

 Oregon Research 

 Oxxi 

 Progressive Peripherals 

 Resource Management Force 

 SCALA, Inc. 

 Software Results Enterprises 

 Spectronics 

 Thunder Ridge, Inc. 

 Village Tronic 

144.  Ameristar

----------------------

     Ameristar products are distributed by 

     Creative Equipment International (CEI)


                                - Page 59 -

144.  Ameristar

      5555 W. Flagler St

      Miami, Florida  33134  USA

      Phone (305) 266-2800


145.  ASDG

-----------------

    ASDG, Inc.

    925 Stewart St.

    Madison, WI 53713

    Phone (608) 273-6585

    Fax (608) 271-1988


146.  AugmenTek

------------------------

   AugmenTek

  3606 S. 180th St. C-22

  SeaTac, WA 98188-4339

  USA

  Phone: (206) 246-6077

  email:  augmentek@acm.org


147.  BSC

--------------------


 BSC buroatuomation
 Lerchenstrasse 5
 W8000 Muenchen 50
 Germany

 Telephone: +49 89 357 130-0
 FAX:       +49 89 357 130-99


148.  Canadian Prototype Replicas

------------------------------------------------

          Canadian Prototype Replicas

           PO Box 8, Ontario, Canada 

          (519) 884-4412


149.  Commodore Business Machines

------------------------------------------------

For Historical Purposes:

          Commodore Business Machines

          1200 Wilson Dr., West Chester, PA 19380

           (215) 431-9100, (215) 436-4200


                                - Page 60 -

149.  Commodore Business Machines


150.  CSA

---------------

CSA

Computer System Associates, Inc.

Stephen Riker, Director of Sales and Marketing

    CSA

    7564 Trade Street

    San Diego, CA 92121

    PH:(619)566-3911

    FAX:(619)566-0581


151.  GfxBase, Inc. 

------------------------------------------------

Contact Dale Luck at 

 GfxBase, Inc.

 PO Box 360814

 Milpitas, Ca. 95036-0814

 Phone: (408) 262-1469 

 FAX: (408) 262-8276 

for more info or more complete literature.


152.  Hydra Systems

-----------------------------

Hydra Systems

Wyndrushe House

Red Land, Kenilworth

Warwickshire

England CV8 1PB

Tel/Fax: +44 203 473333


153.  IAM

--------------

IAM

voice: (610) 853-4406

fax: (610) 853-3733

Direct postal mail to:


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153.  IAM

     Intangible Assets Manufacturing

     828 Ormond Avenue

     Drexel Hill, PA  19026-2604

     USA
             Direct electronic inquiries to:

        info@iam.com -- a robot with less info than the IAM web pages

        sales@iam.com -- to get info or to place an order

        corections@iam.com -- for any errors you find in 

                "Connect Your Amiga!"

        envoy-help@iam.com -- get envoy support here (include serial
number from your IAM disk in your request for support

        envoy-bugs@iam.com -- report bugs here

        registration@iam.com -- use email instead of mailing a card

        francais@iam.com -- for all French language email for IAM

        italiano@iam.com -- for all Italian language email to IAM

        dale@iam.com -- Dale L. Larson

        jan@iam.com -- Janet McIlvaine

        mikec@iam.com -- Michael Colligon

        dosioc@iam.com -- Claudio Dosio


154.  Interworks

-----------------------

   Interworks

   43191 Camino Casillas 

   Suite B2469

   Temecula, CA 92592-3714

   phone: (909) 699-8120

   FAX:  (909)-699-8279

155.  Oregon Research

---------------------------------

Oregon Research

  16200 S.W. Pacific Hwy., Suite 162

Tigard, Or 97224

ph: (503) 620-4919

fax: (503) 624-2940

Internet: orres@teleport.com

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155.  Oregon Research


Genie: ORA

CompuServer: 71333,2655


156.  Oxxi

 ------------------------------------------------

 Oxxi

 P.O. Box 90309, 

 Long Beach, CA 90809

 Phone:   (310) 427-1227


157.  Progressive Peripherals

  ------------------------------------------

         Last Known address for 

         Progressive Peripherals & Software

          464 Kalamath Street, Denver, CO 80204

          (303) 825-4144, (303) 893-6938 (FAX)

Apparently out of business. Anyone with information on the disposition  of
their product line pleas provide  FEEDBACK 


158.  Resource Management Force

------------------------------------------------

Resource Management Force Pty Ltd

 70-74 may street

St Peters NSW 2044

Australia

Tel: +61 2 550 4244

fax: +61 2 550 4284

email:  cbmaus!rmf!danielk@rmf.adsp.sub.org


159.  SCALA, Inc.

------------------------------

  SCALA, Inc.

  12110 Sunset Hills, Dr. Ste 100

  Reston, VA 22090

  phone: (703) 709-8043


160.  Software Results Enterprises

-------------------------------------------------

  Software Results Enterprises

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160.  Software Results Enterprises


   2447 N. 4th St., Ste. B

  Columbus, OH 43202-2706

  phone: 614/262-9146 (voice)

  fax: 614/267-2683

   sales@kumiss.infinet.com

  support@kumiss.infinet.com

Please use e-mail whenever possible.  It leaves more time to develop
products.

Also be sure to ask for the GGII Bus+ FAQ which goes into  more specifics
than is practical in this FAQ.


161.  Spectronics

 Spectronics Int'l USA

  34 E. Main Street #23

 Champaign, IL 61820

Phone: (217) 352-0061

Fax: (217) 352-0063

BBS: (217) 352-7627


Eddy Coopmans,  President


162.  Thunder Ridge, Inc.

 ------------------------------------------------

Thunder Ridge, Inc.

N9353 Benson Road

Brooklyn, WI  53521

          phone: (608) 455-1039

           fax: (608) 455-1317

           email:  73071.1356@compuserve.com


163.  Village Tronic

------------------------------

  Village Tronic

  Wellweg 95 

  D-31157 Sarstedt

  Germany

 Tel: +49/(0)5066/7013-0        Switchboard

 Tel: +49/(0)5066/7013-10        technical hotline

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163.  Village Tronic


 Tel: +49/(0)5066/7013-11        orders

 Tel: +49/(0)5066/7013-40        Mailbox

 Tel: +49/(0)5066/7013-49        Telefax


164.  Related FAQs

=================

 AmigaNOS-FAQ 

 UUCP FAQ 

 X11 FAQ 

 AmiTCP FAQ 

 Wiedmann's Amiga FAQ 

 DAK's Amiga FAQ 

 FAQ archive 

 NEWS FAQ 

 RFC 

 BDG to Internet 

 FTP FAQ 

 ZEN 

 Amosaic-FAQ 

 Connect your Amiga 

 misc 

165.  AmigaNOS-FAQ

-----------------------------

AmigaNOS is a serial port only version of TCP/IP. The AmigaNOS FAQ is
posted to comp.sys.amiga.datacomm   news.answers and comp.answers  news
groups.

and should be on the  FAQ archive  as...

  /pub/usenet/news.answers/amiga/AmigaNOS-faq


166.  UUCP FAQ

------------------------

The UUCP FAQ is posted to the news groups alt.sys.amiga.uucp,  alt.answers,
and to news.answers. It is available at the  FAQ archive   site.

167.  X11 FAQ

--------------------

X windows is such a big topic there is a FAQ dedicated to it regardless  of
vendor.  It is posted in multiple parts in comp.windows.x and  news.answers
news groups which means it is available from   FAQ archive  

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167.  X11 FAQ


You can send submissions to   faq%craft@uunet.uu.net

BTW,  uunet.uu.net is one of those cross over points between the  USENET
and the Internet.


168.  AmiTCP FAQ

-------------------------

!!!!!! News Flash !!!!!!

The AmiTCP FAQ is now maintained by Mike Meyer and is available in  html
format so you can access it with Amosaic at

 http://contessa.phone.net/Atcpfaq.html              I think. ;}

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AmiTCP FAQ has been released by Neil McRae.  Look in the
comp.sys.amiga.datacom  news group for biweekly updates.  It is also an
officially accepted FAQ by the news.answers moderators.  Therefore it can
be found in news.answers, comp.answers, and in the  FAQ archive 


169.  Wiedmann's Amiga FAQ

---------------------------------------

  Jochen Wiedmann's Amiga FAQ

Can be found at  Aminet  sites in the 

  /pub/aminet/tex/docs directory

with the file name  AmigaFAQxxxxxx.lha

where xxxxxx is the date.

  send submissions to  

wiedmann@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de

or  Am Eisteich 9

    72555 Metzingen (Germany)

    Tel.  07123 / 14881

Mr. Wiedmann's FAQ can now be found on line using Mosaic. It is now part of
Mr. Witbrock's Amiga Home Page. It was converted to HTML from Amiga Guide
by Mr. Witbrock's AG2HTML.PL   perl script. The script is on line also.


170.  DAK's Amiga FAQ

--------------------------------

This document is a summary of information about  Science/School/UNIX
software for the Amiga.

Originally compiled-by: rfarmer@nyx.cs.du.edu (Richard Akerman)
 Now maintained-by: dak@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Donald A Kassebaum)

 This FAQ is cross-posted around the middle of each month to
 comp.sys.amiga.applications, comp.unix.amiga, comp.answers and
news.answers

 also available on  AmiNet  sites:

                                - Page 66 -

170.  DAK's Amiga FAQ


  /pub/aminet/text/doc/AmigaSciSchUnix.lha

The news.answers automatic archiving software will store a copy of  this
posting, available by anonymous FTP on


 rtfm.mit.edu [18.20.0.224]:

   /pub/usenet/news.answers/amiga/science-faq


171.  FAQ archive

-------------------------

You can find numerous FAQ's posted to the news.answers  news  group.  They
are also cross posted to *.answers for the specific news  group to which
the FAQ is related. For example this FAQ is cross  posted to the
comp.answers news group.  This makes it easier to find  related FAQ's.  

There are several FAQ's slanted towards new users, so instead of  flaming
someone try sending them the appropriate FAQ.

The FAQ's are updated periodically, and the older versions are  archived at
several sites. Both the current and the archived FAQ's are also available
via Mosaic, and anonymous FTP in addition  to being available through the
news.

RTFM.MIT.EDU [18.20.0.224]  is one of the primary archive sites for
news.answers FAQ's and it supports anonymous FTP and email.  To  use email
send a message with "send usenet/news.answers/pdial" as  the message  to
mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu.  For more information send  "help" as the
message.

   Aminet   Fred Fish 

172.  Aminet

-------------------

Aminet is another archive site with many mirror sites.  In addition to
FAQ's you can find all kinds of Amiga  programs and files at an Aminet
site. They usually have a directory called /pub/aminet.  

 See the "All about FTP"  FTP FAQ   for details on using  anonymous  FTP to
access the archive.

Aminet hosts are

     USA (MO)     ftp.wustl.edu           128.252.135.4

     USA (CA)     ftp.cdrom.com           192.153.46.2

     USA (TX)     ftp.etsu.edu            192.43.199.20

     Scandinavia  ftp.luth.se             130.240.18.2

     Germany      ftp.uni-kl.de           131.246.9.95

     Germany      ftp.uni-erlangen.de     131.188.1.43

     Germany      ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de     130.149.17.7

     Germany      ftp.uni-paderborn.de    131.234.2.32

     Germany      ftp.uni-oldenburg.de    134.106.40.9


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172.  Aminet

     Germany      ftp.coli.uni-sb.de      134.96.68.11

     Switzerland  ftp.eunet.ch            146.228.10.16

     Switzerland  litamiga.epfl.ch        128.178.151.32

     UK           ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk        146.169.2.1

  Please use a mirror close to you! 

There are other amiga related FTP sites. You can use Archie or  Veronica to
locate sites that have a specific file you are looking for and perhaps
avoid overcrowding the mirror sites.


The Aminet Archive now has a Mosaic home page where the most  recent
uploads can by found and retrieved.  You can access it directly or from Mr.
Witbrock's Amiga Home Page. 


Aminet also offers a mailing list for info on the recent uploads. Just send
one of the following as the body of the message to
listserv@wunet.wustl.edu

subscribe aminet-daily site@domain 

subscribe aminet-weekly site@domain

where site@domain is your return email address. There are over 3000
addresses already on these lists.

A complete index of aminet files (over 600k) is located in the file
/pub/aminet/INDEX


173.  Fred Fish

------------------

Fred Fish is/was a floppy based archive of public domain and  shareware
software for the Amiga. Fred has begun to make the  archive available on CD
Rom as well.  Fred posts info on new CDroms  on the comp.sys.amiga.announce
news group.  Amazing Computing  Magazine also prints information about the
Fred Fish collection and  may be handling the floppy distribution in the
future.

The Fred Fish collection has been a valuable asset to the Amiga  community,
and I will be adding more info to this section in future  releases of this
FAQ.

The Fred Fish CD Rom is available from

     Amiga Library Services

     610 N. Alma School Road, Suite 18

     Chandler, AZ 85224-3687

     U.S.A.
     
     Phone/FAX: (602) 917-0917


174.  NEWS FAQ

-------------------------

The NEWS FAQ can be found at the  FAQ archive  or on the  news.answers or
comp.answers news group.  It explains some of the  history and  different

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174.  NEWS FAQ

incarnations of news servers and readers.

There are also specific FAQs for the INN news server and others.

Also there are specific news groups for those who wish to be
administrators of a news server. 


175.  RFC

--------------

RFC  Request For Comment 

These are good documents if someone wants to understand the  technical side
of the protocol.  They can be found online at a number  of sites by archie,
but they are officially available from just a few.

RFCs can be obtained via FTP from 

NIS.NSF.NET,                 NISC.JVNC.NET, 

VENERA.ISI.EDU,                WUARCHIVE.WUSTL.EDU,

SRC.DOC.IC.AC.UK,        FTP.CONCERT.NET,

DS.INTERNIC.NET,         NIC.DDN.MIL.

Details on obtaining RFCs via FTP or EMAIL may be obtained by  sending an
EMAIL message to "rfc-info@ISI.EDU" with the message  body "help:
ways_to_get_rfcs".  For example:

        To: rfc-info@ISI.EDU

        Subject: getting rfcs

        help: ways_to_get_rfcs

Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author
of the RFC in question, or to NIC@NIC.DDN.MIL.  Unless specifically noted
otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution.


176.  BDG to Internet

----------------------------

Big Dummies' Guide (DBG) to Internet  is available in Amiga Guide  format
on  Aminet .  It explains more about the history of the Internet, and some
of the same topics covered in this FAQ. If this seems like an  awful lot of
material to read, good because it is. You will NOT become  an expert over
night. 

So Relax, take a deep breath, and count to 10 often ;-)


177.  FTP FAQ

---------------------

All about FTP is a FAQ on the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) application  for
the  TCP-IP  protocol.  The FAQ is posted to comp.sys.amiga.misc,
comp.sys.amiga.introduction, and  the comp.sys.amiga.datacomm  news groups.
Thus it should be available on the  FAQ archive  site.

It should be read by anyone wishing to download files from  Aminet  or
anyone wishing to know more about FTP.

It is posted by umueller@wuarchive.wustl.edu



                                - Page 69 -

177.  ZEN


178.  ZEN

-------------

Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide

A booklet explaining the basic concepts of ideas behind using the
Internet. It explicitly avoids machine or OS specific commands or bias. 

The booklet is widely available, probably even from your service  provider.
It is also available via FTP from ftp.uu.net [137.39.1.9] in the  pub/zen
directory or you can use Archie or Veronica to locate a copy.


179.  Amosaic-FAQ

--------------------------

Clive Thomas has an Amosaic FAQ available from:

ftp.demon.co.uk:pub/amiga/info/Amosaic.FAQ.lha


180.  Connect your Amiga

-----------------------------------

"Connect your Amiga!"

A book by Dale Larson of  IAM 

ISBN 1-885876-02-5 

Deals with Amiga networking issues in much greater detail than is  possible
in this FAQ. It explains how to use the software and hardware  to  connect
to the internet, LAN's, BBS's, and commercial services.


181.  misc

-------------

miscellaneous stuff:

A domain name and host name can be had for free. Send email to
info@rs.internic.net


182.  Feedback

-------------------

Send corrections, updates and suggestions to:

norman@afas.msfc.nasa.gov

Richard Norman

ED36 

MSFC, AL 35812  USA


All submissions will be considered altuistic donations to the network
community's pool of public knowledge.

Send flames to yourself for not getting off your behind and writing a
better FAQ yourself.   Besides I'm still learning too! ;-)

