Short: Parallel Line IP SANA2 Device Driver
Uploader: balzer@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
Type: comm/net

NAME
       PLIP - A Parallel Line IP SANA2 Device Driver

OVERVIEW
       PLIP  is  a  network device driver conforming to the SANA2
       standard.  It allows linking of  two  Amigas  using  their
       parallel  ports.   Transfer  speed is around 40 kbyte/sec.
       The complete low level transfer protocol is integrated  in
       the  device driver, including port arbitration handshaking
       and interrupt driven reads.  Although the transfer process
       itself is cpu intensive, the device needs no cpu resources
       when no transfer is in progress.

       PLIP is intended as a low-cost networking solution,  since
       the  capabilities  of  the  parallel hardware are somewhat
       limited.  However, it gives much better results than  SLIP
       and leaves the serial port free.

REQUIREMENTS
       You  will  need   at   least kickstart and workbench V2.04
       (37.175)  to use PLIP. Also some SANA2 compliant  network-
       ing  protocol  (like  Envoy or AS225R2) will come in handy
       :-).

HISTORY
       V38.5
        - fixed CRC check
        - added information window
        - some protocol fixes

       V38.7
        - changed hardware type to 13 (official PLIP ID)
        - added configuration mechanism