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Offline GulliverTopic starter

Scsi network between PC and Amiga possible?
« on: October 31, 2010, 05:46:30 AM »
Is a scsi network between PC and Amiga possible? Is it possible to use TCP-IP over it?

If feasible, how should both systems be setup?

Any help in this matter is apreciated :)
 

Offline GulliverTopic starter

Re: Scsi network between PC and Amiga possible?
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2010, 08:26:20 AM »
I am trying to setup a Siamese RTG 2.5 system, to connect a PC with an Amiga.
Docs mention the scsi network possibility, in fact being faster than the ethernet one.

I have an A1200 with a BlizzardPPC 603e+, so I have a really fast scsi interface that easily outperforms any Amiga ethernet, well at least in theory. I also have an ordinary Windows 7 PC to which I can easily buy a suitable scsi adapter for this purpose.

The problem resides in the fact that I have never set up a scsi network, and besides the Siamese software, I would also like to use a TCP-IP stack every now and then between the two computers.

Am I asking too much? Or is this possible?

Thanks :)
 

Offline GulliverTopic starter

Re: Scsi network between PC and Amiga possible?
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2010, 05:30:42 PM »
Thank you for your answers so far. I am going to try to read that documentation, and see if somehow it is practical and usefull for my setup.

BTW, I have just noticed the Siamese software offers Picasso 96 drivers :)
 

Offline GulliverTopic starter

Re: Scsi network between PC and Amiga possible?
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2010, 10:26:39 PM »
@Zac67

A normal NIC should be pretty easy, but then performance will not be as good as scsi.
I can (in theory, guesstimate) use my ethernet at 1MB/s and my scsi at 10MB/s, not only that, but that scsi is low on cpu usage even when working at full speed.