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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: AAACHIPSET on August 04, 2013, 03:46:19 PM

Title: parnet question
Post by: AAACHIPSET on August 04, 2013, 03:46:19 PM

i have pc network  setup between laptop an 1200 ..it works  ..i want to network my 2 1200s ..ive installed parbench  ..client host  etc  ..run the program ..no errors  just sits waiting for connection on both machines ..the cable  works  for the amiga/pc  parallel  setup  ..any reason it wouldnt work on a a1200  to a1200  setup ?  ..im  getting no errors  .snoopdos reports nothing  ..

Title: Re: parnet question
Post by: lost_loven on August 04, 2013, 04:11:29 PM

I believe the pc to amiga and amiga to amiga are different wiring of the  parallel cable.

Amiga to amiga

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=32&products_id=653

pc to amiga

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=32&products_id=247

lost

Title: Re: parnet question
Post by: AAACHIPSET on August 04, 2013, 04:24:33 PM

thanks  mate  ..ill have to find the other cable  ..i thought it might be  something like that ..

Title: Re: parnet question
Post by: AAACHIPSET on August 04, 2013, 04:53:20 PM

Quote from: lost_loven;743609

I believe the pc to amiga and amiga to amiga are different wiring of the  parallel cable.

Amiga to amiga

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=32&products_id=653

pc to amiga

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=32&products_id=247

lost

yes it was the cable..just found  my old  parnet cable  from my a500  a570cdrom days  ..worked first time on my 1200 ..only  shows  one drive on each machine  ..guess i gota  setup the cdtv  version  to use the cdrom ..
thanks again ..

Title: Re: parnet question
Post by: freqmax on August 04, 2013, 07:34:22 PM

Parallell port on Amiga and x86-PC is very different. Especieally the +5V pin from the Amiga can screw up things.

Title: Re: parnet question
Post by: omnicron10 on August 05, 2013, 08:04:04 AM

I never have tried this but I guess there is a SANA to Parnet driver.   You can see if you can run TCP/IP over it.  If one of the amigas is on the net and supports IP forwarding you could get the other on the internet with it.  Just use an IP subnet that your NAT router likes and it should be good to go.

http://aminet.net/package/comm/net/spar372

Also on the cdrom.. you just need to modify the drives that parnet will "share" and it should work. No need to use the CDTV version.. that might not work like you think anyway.

Title: Re: parnet question
Post by: AAACHIPSET on August 05, 2013, 04:40:32 PM

doesnt see any other drive  but dh0...how i alter that ..cdtv doesnt  work ..wanted to upgrade the 2nd 1200 to amigasys4aga ..that just crashes ..cant  get os3.5  to install
fails after the preinstall ..this machine  only  seems to like a basic 3.1  install  ..no cdrom attached  dont have  a  ide adaptor  for it...an a 8 meg ram expansion  with a faster 020 ..thats why using parnet ...an i miss the  indivision aga  on my main machine  ..so different  ..crap in comparison..