A500+ Internet

[Jiffy]

As mentioned before, it is nice from a technical perspective, but that's about it.

Browsing the web on my well expanded A1200 (68060, 64 MB) is no fun at all. Amiga browsers don't work nicely with modern web standards, while the Amiga itself is simply to slow (even with turboboards and graphics cards) to make browsing the web an enjoyable experience.

FTP works much better, as does e-mail. Browsing is a no go for me.

[Jiffy]

I am not really into connecting my A500+ to a PC (through a null modem) and then share Internet resources like that. I like the idea of connecing the A500+ to an 'old' hub more. However how would I connect my A500+ to the hub? As much as I know my A500+ does not have any place where to connect a telephone wire!

The only realistic option if you want to use ADSL/cable is a null modem cable. A500 networkcards are rarer than hen's teath.

There are some (very) rare hubs with which you can use a null modemcable to connect to it.

Again, from a technical perspective it can be an interesting project, but I wouldn't call it fun to use in the real world. Browsing the web with an Amiga is a pain, even when heavily expanded. Let alone a humble A500(+) with a plain 68k @ 7 Mhz.

Otoh, you can also browse the web on a C64... ;-)

[Jiffy]

I never saw any in fact. Do you know of any. I am just interested to see where they fit.

I never saw one for real, only in pictures, but they do exist and connect to the A500's expansio port. Which makes connecting your GVP HD8+ impossible... :-)

Ok, I understand now - the null modem connects to the hub and the hub connects to the ADSL modem right? or?

Right. But even then it is not guaranteed to work: even if you can find a hub with an RS232 port, you should check if that particular hub has a connection to guide the signal from RS232 to the RJ45 connectors. Many hubs with an RS232 connector just use it to edit the settings of the hub itself, without being capable of transferring data to and from the RJ45 connectors.

I do not know if i'll manage to do it. However I have my laptop to browse the internet. All I want is the see it work and maybe send some email or two ... with the title; I am sending this from my A500+

E-mail will work nicely (albeit a little slow on a 68k), as does FTP, IRC and some other internetstuff. To be short: browsing the web sucks on any Amiga, the rest is ok.

If you have trouble locating an adequate hub (which would not be strange), connecting your Amiga to a pc with a null modem cable and use the pc as a sort of router/server is much easier to do and gives the same results in the end.

My A1200, 2000 & 3000 are all connected to my LAN and this works quite nicely. All of them use a 'real' ethernet card, which is very easy to set up.