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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: DGB on December 29, 2002, 09:41:28 PM
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Does anybody out there remember PARNET? I used it years ago more or less as a novelty. Now I have an application that I think would put it to good use. I still have it and the special parallel cable. Maybe someone has improved on it since I played with it. As I remember you could control another Amiga from the Amiga you are operating. I seem to remember being able to access drives and run programs remotely. If this is so then I think I could really use it now. Any thoughts out there on this or am I just showing my age?
Dave
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DGB wrote:
Any thoughts out there on this or am I just showing my age?
Dave
That sounds about right. I still have the cable in the bundle that runs around the room, and I still ocasionally use same. You can run programs remotely provided you have the nessessary drivers on the Amiga you are using. You can run file mangment from a remote computer, and yes, access drives. I remember one demo I did where the Club 500 was searching my 1200's hard drive and I was accessing the A500's CD rom.
Parnet, still one of the best free networking packages out there. :-)
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Parnet, still one of the best free networking packages out there. :-)
Tesral,
Do you know if there have been any improvements on parnet or what the last version # was? I need to look at the one I have to see if it does have a version # on it. Do you know if the drivers you mentioned are with the parnet program? Maybe someone else will know what they are.
I want to link two 2000's together that both have GVP combo cards in them. Since the combos have extra parallel ports on them I was thinking of using them as dedicated PARNET ports thus leaving the other palallel port available for printers.
If possible I want to be able to operate and see what is happening on my second 2000 from my primary 2000. Because of the other monitors involved with the toaster I jut dont have room for another monitor. I can use a keyboard/monitor A/B switch but it would still be great to have the second 2000 under control.
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Hi,
You might want to checkout ProNet it can use a Parnet
cable its available on Aminet at comm/net/ProNET34.lha
heres an excert from the readme
ProNET is an easy-to-install and efficient low-cost network system similar
to ParNet. The most important use is sharing devices like hard disks,
floppies and CD-ROM drives between computers in the network.
If you like it I would also download comm/net/ProNET-C.lha
a GUI front end for Pronet
I use Pronet with a Parnet cable to connect my 2 Towered A1200s with
no problems
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Hi Dunx,
Thanks a lot for the tip. I'll take a look at it. Apparently you like Pronet better. Are there some advantages?
Dave
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Pronet is a bit more flexible on how you set up shared drives and stuff.
I can't remember exactly, but you might use a differently wired cable from a Parnet one??
Parnet also seemed to have a problem when executing files which were stored on the remote machine, it would often bring up packet error requesters. There was a patch to stop that which kinda helped.
I have all the Parnet software here if you need it, I often use it when working with old machines. Not overlay fast, it's about 16k/sec.
Cheaper than ethernet though.
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@Dunx:
You're right, just checked and Parnet/Pronet do use the same cable.
Sorry, I was thinking of SANA II peer to peer networking who's parallel cable is different.
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Heh, can ParNet or ProNet be setup up to use the host machines TCP/IP stack? That would be alot cheaper than buying another NIC.
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Be sure to check out http://www.graner.net/parbench.htm if you go with ParNet...