06 March 2002, 23:53 | #1 |
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The Siamese System, WTF?
Can someone please explain what this was all about
Came across this link while surfing the net and must admit I've never heard of this system. It's a method of combining a PC and Amiga in one, all the way back in 1996. Those who hate emulation on PCs could have been running the real thing. Sure would've saved desk space! Probably the best add on a PC owner could get in those days - an Amiga! It's blasphemy calling the Amiga and PC Siamese "twins" however. They're nothing alike.................. |
07 March 2002, 00:16 | #2 |
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Yeah, it was in Amiga Format quite a few times.
It was made by the same people who made the squirrel scssi interface (hisoft?). I think there were different versions of it. One that integrated a pc and amiga in the same case and one that just sort of networked them. Using the Siamese you were supposed to be able to use pc keyboards and mice and access the pc drivers and vice versa. They were very expensive though |
07 March 2002, 01:18 | #3 |
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I remember Amiga User International raved about this, although it didn't sell too well. It was made by HiSoft and I think it connected to the A600 and A1200's PCMCIA port. That was the way the two shared their drives IIRC. I'll try and dig out my old AUI issues when I next go home.
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Yeah, I have one of these units. Unfortunately, I have no PCI slot free to test it with. I am gonna try to get my other PC working this weekend and can maybe try it out, but I hear they are hard as hell to get configured.
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07 March 2002, 02:06 | #5 |
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I thought the Siamese system is a software system? You connect two machines (Amiga and PC) through ethernet (or serial, if you want it to be slow :P), and you can map Amiga screens onoto the PC... much like if the PC was an X Server.... seems to be nice, I never tried it because my Amga has no Ethernet adapter.
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can i make adfs in this way? do i need anything else to get this to work software/hardware? kinda strange, i was thinking about this the other day! |
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07 March 2002, 06:56 | #9 |
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Wow Twistin, you got a nice one there!
BTW Retro, I think PCMCIA and Cheap are incompatible terms Besides most amiga online shops say not all PCMCIA Ethernet cards work with the Amiga.... Do you have any recommendations? |
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Hmmm, I just bought a kind of No-Name PCMCIA and it works like a charm Recommendations would be a Fiberline 4680 PCMCIA, that one is tested and works for sure
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07 March 2002, 21:48 | #11 |
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14 March 2002, 06:32 | #12 |
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@Akira:
About 30 - 40 US$. Check this file on Aminet: http://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/aminet/a...cnetdevice.lha This is the device driver needed for PCMCIA network adaptors. It comes with a big list of cards that are supported/not supported. Keep in mind that the PCMCIA slot on Amiga computers does not reset the card properly (you have to turn off your machine to reset the PCMCIA card). Most people will tell you that you'll need to do a hardware modification to fix that. That's not true, get CardReset instead: http://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/aminet/a.../CardReset.lha @Djay: >> does really work? Yes. I've got two A1200 (and my A2000) connected this way. >> can i make adfs in this way? Yes. The but the Amiga needs top have a harddisk. and some FastRAM would be good too... >> do i need anything else to get this to work software/hardware? Once you have a TCP/IP connection established (that means the machines can "see" each other), you need software to transfer files. You could either use some Server/Client combination (FTP server on your Amiga, FTP client on your PC, or Telnet server/client). But the most common way is to use Amiga SAMBA, which lets you share drives between the machines (Windows has SMB support built in). |
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26 December 2013, 00:01 | #14 |
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Long since surpassed by VNC. Even on the Amiga There is a reasonable VNC server & headless capable client. Couple with amigaexplorer and it's pretty great for linking the two machines
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