Short: ParPC, for IBM clones, cut from the old parnet_complete.lha Author: BDAASP@URC.TUE.NL Uploader: tez@tezboyes.demon.co.uk Type: comm/net Text of original readme follows Announcement of PARnet-PC V0.4 on comp.sys.amiga.datacomm at 03-Sep-93 23:08:55: To who is interested in PARnet-PC without extra hardware: After some long night of programming, testing and debugging (and being afraid of burning CIA's), I managed to create a PARnet connection between a PC and an Amiga WITHOUT any special hardware. Only a slightly modified PARnet cable was needed. The previous versions of PARnet-PC were not quite user friendly, because a lot of soldering experience was needed to build the special interface. The advantages of the new version are: - It's easier to install. Only a PARnet-PC cable need to be made. This cable has on the PC side slightly different connections than on a standard PARnet cable (Read the documents carefully!). - The transfer rate has been increased with 250%. On my simple 8MHz XT, I achieved 5.6 kB/sec. It's still 'nothing' in comparison with a 115200 baud serial line, but PARnet-PC still needs a lot of optimizing. - The kernel code is shortened (more reada move instructions. The DISadvantages are: - Without the interface you can only connect 1 PC to 1 Amiga or 1 PC to another PC. Don't try more, otherwise it will result in 'smoking' CIA's in your Amiga. - It will ONLY work on BI-DIRECTIONAL parallel cards. CHECK THIS FIRST. Direct connections with other cards can BLOW UP your CIA's within a second. - I've still no source code to the NET: handler and NET: file system, so I was not able to port these. The only transfers can be done with TCP/IP, using the PARnet-PC packet driver (on the PC) and SPAR V37.X (on the amiga). Anyway, the description for the (old) interface hardware is still included for those who want to be sure about their CIA chips. Since PARnet-PC is BUGware and only interesting for developers, it's no where available than on my FSP site (not FTP!) at: 131.155.2.49 port 6669. On this site are also SPAR V37.1 (The Sana-II PARnet device driver) and some other PARnet utilities. When someone has the source code to the NET: handlplease send them to me. Only THEN I can make a real PARnet file system on a PC (so you can do a 'copy NET:c/dos/command.com ram:' or whatever..). -Sven ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- S.A.Pechler BITnet : BDAASP@HEITUE51 Diederikstraat 66 Internet: BDAASP@URC.TUE.NL NL-5421 EX Gemert DECnet : TUERC5::BDAASP The Netherlands UUCP : ..!sun4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!rc5!bdaasp ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 1577 762 51.6% 01-Sep-93 18:34:28 hardware/docs/history.txt 3880 1840 52.5% 31-Aug-93 14:36:56 hardware/docs/parallel.doc 16039 5869 63.4% 02-Sep-93 00:04:12 hardware/docs/PARnetPC.doc 47634 11545 75.7% 26-Aug-93 20:01:32 hardware/docs/parpc.IFF 1726 879 49.0% 12-Aug-93 23:30:16 hardware/src/DUMP.C 1130 630 44.2% 12-Aug-93 23:30:16 hardware/src/GET.C 1712 858 49.8% 01-Sep-93 20:24:04 hardware/src/LISTEN.C 15 15 0.0% 12-Aug-93 23:32:18 hardware/src/MAKEDUMP.BAT 1043 377 63.8% 01-Sep-93 20:21:34 hardware/src/MAKEFILE 14 14 0.0% 12-Aug-93 23:32:20 hardware/src/MAKEGET.BAT 17 17 0.0% 12-Aug-93 23:32:20 hardware/src/MAKELIST.BAT 15 15 0.0% 12-Aug-93 23:32:20 hardware/src/MAKETALK.BAT 3420 1230 64.0% 12-Aug-93 23:30:18 hardware/src/PARDEV.C 948 406 57.1% 12-Aug-93 23:30:54 hardware/src/PARDEV.H 28544 8802 69.1% 01-Sep-93 22:13:18 hardware/src/PARKERN.ASM 31858 10074 68.3% 31-Aug-93 20:32:40 hardware/src/PARKERN.OLD 6276 2232 64.4% 12-Aug-93 23:30:32 hardware/src/PARVEC.ASM 1149 616 46.3% 12-Aug-93 23:30:18 hardware/src/TALK.C 12716 6813 46.4% 01-Sep-93 23:59:46 hardware/test/DUMP.EXE 9470 5809 38.6% 01-Sep-93 23:59:48 hardware/test/GET.EXE 12166 6527 46.3% 01-Sep-93 23:59:48 hardware/test/LISTEN.EXE 12794 6823 46.6% 01-Sep-93 23:59:50 hardware/test/TALK.EXE 9124 3601 60.5% 01-Sep-93 23:59:12 packet/bin/PARNET.COM 5351 3779 29.3% 02-Apr-93 02:05:14 packet/bin/slip8250.com 534 355 33.5% 02-Sep-93 00:10:54 packet/docs/BUGS.DOC 12799 5046 60.5% 12-Aug-93 23:21:44 packet/docs/COPYING.DOC 8774 3161 63.9% 02-Apr-93 01:01:40 packet/docs/EXE2COM.DOC 2809 1406 49.9% 12-Aug-93 23:20:24 packet/docs/HOWTOGET.IT 9324 3189 65.7% 12-Aug-93 22:14:18 packet/docs/INSTALL.DOC 2736 1231 55.0% 12-Aug-93 22:48:34 packet/docs/MANIFEST.DOC 7159 2907 59.3% 02-Apr-93 01:01:52 packet/docs/PACKET.DOC 39003 13297 65.9% 02-Apr-93 01:06:58 packet/docs/PACKET_D.109 1926 969 49.6% 01-Sep-93 20:39:28 packet/READ.ME 195 134 31.2% 02-Apr-93 01:01:36 packet/src/CHROUT.ASM 878 411 53.1% 02-Apr-93 01:01:36 packet/src/DECOUT.ASM 5311 2451 53.8% 02-Apr-93 01:01:38 packet/src/DEFS.ASM 615 310 49.5% 02-Apr-93 01:01:38 packet/src/DIGOUT.ASM 12150 4296 64.6% 02-Apr-93 01:01:38 packet/src/EXE2COM.C 12768 7541 40.9% 12-Aug-93 23:23:32 packet/src/EXE2COM.EXE 585 248 57.6% 02-Apr-93 01:01:40 packet/src/GETDIG.ASM 2015 835 58.5% 02-Apr-93 01:01:42 packet/src/GETNUM.ASM 33641 11360 66.2% 02-Apr-93 01:02:58 packet/src/HEAD.ASM 1654 620 62.5% 02-Sep-93 00:09:36 packet/src/MAKEFILE 2630 1010 61.5% 02-Apr-93 01:01:52 packet/src/OCCUPIED.ASM 14636 5264 64.0% 01-Sep-93 23:43:50 packet/src/PARNET.ASM 24973 7799 68.7% 01-Sep-93 23:44:14 packet/src/PARSUBR.ASM 26638 8798 66.9% 01-Sep-93 20:43:24 packet/src/PARSUBR.OLD 290 162 44.1% 02-Apr-93 01:02:06 packet/src/PRINTEA.ASM 642 275 57.1% 02-Apr-93 01:02:06 packet/src/PRINTNUM.ASM 204 132 35.2% 02-Apr-93 01:02:08 packet/src/SKIPBLK.ASM 9764 3648 62.6% 02-Apr-93 01:03:10 packet/src/TAIL.ASM 984 495 49.6% 02-Apr-93 01:02:10 packet/src/TIMEOUT.ASM 901 428 52.4% 26-Nov-90 22:50:50 packet/src/VERIFYPI.ASM 24468 16780 31.4% 20-Jan-92 14:35:54 packet/utils/dump.exe 1507 1070 28.9% 02-Apr-93 01:32:48 packet/utils/pktaddr.com 1671 1169 30.0% 02-Apr-93 01:31:18 packet/utils/pktall.com 856 706 17.5% 02-Apr-93 01:38:32 packet/utils/pktchk.com 2470 1632 33.9% 02-Apr-93 01:21:16 packet/utils/pktsend.com 1693 1231 27.2% 02-Apr-93 01:21:16 packet/utils/pktstat.com 6019 2123 64.7% 02-Apr-93 01:21:18 packet/utils/pkttraf.com 1224 875 28.5% 02-Apr-93 01:20:56 packet/utils/termin.com 2124 1517 28.5% 02-Apr-93 01:21:30 packet/utils/trace.com 5625 1814 67.7% 02-Apr-93 01:48:58 packet/utils/utils.doc 1668 910 45.4% 02-Sep-93 17:47:50 README.TXT -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 494481 197138 60.1% 08-Dec-94 04:26:46 64 files