Fast transfers to Amiga?

[lordv]

@Macca

I have a PCMCIA card which I can use. Where can I get drivers for this (are there any generic Amiga ones?)
And what software would I need to transfer between the two?

On Amiga, you'll need Miami (or any other tcp/ip stack) and samba client (called smbfs.lha) from aminet. On pc, win98/2k/xp with its built-in samba functionality will be enough.

Most pcmcia ethernet cards are supported by cnet.lha drivers from aminet. 3com may need another driver pack (also from aminet). Anyhow, you should just try your card... More, if you have A1200, you may need to insert into your startup-sequence 2 little utilities: CardPatch and CardReset (once more from aminet), which will fix PCMCIA reset bug.

Real speed will be near 400kB/s (kiloBYTES!) [on my 060/50]

[lordv]

@Macca

How do I browse on the PC side and what resources will I get access to (assuming I just click on the My Network Places)?

smbfs lets you mount any pc share as amiga disk, but if you need to browse your amiga from pc, you should install samba package on amiga (seek aminet for 'samba'). Amiga will then be visible as another computer with its shares on your pc.

[lordv]

What model both of you use, do you think it makes any difference?

Don't buy 3COM anyway! What about me, I use cnet cn40 - rather old one. Maybe the best thing is moneyback?