{"id":29,"date":"2020-09-02T03:30:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T03:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stateoftheark.ca\/Pages\/Joes\/?p=29"},"modified":"2020-09-02T03:30:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T03:30:37","slug":"plipbox-and-miamidx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stateoftheark.ca\/Pages\/JoesWP\/2020\/09\/02\/plipbox-and-miamidx\/","title":{"rendered":"PlipBox and MiamiDX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/td>The PlipBox is a budget ethernet adapter for the Amiga that plugs into the parallel port. While far from the fastest, it offers about an 8 to 10 times speed increase over using serial. I found an .ADF image that would take 8 to 10 minutes to download over serial (19200 was the maximum reliable speed I could get), would be transfered in about a minute and a half over the plipbox. The total cost for the hardware was under $20 for the arduino nano, and the network shield.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Constructing the PlipBox<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you\u2019ve built the hardware, and have the firmware loaded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the command line:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
copy plipbox.device devs:networks\/plipbox.device<\/code>  echo \"NOBURST\" > sys:Prefs\/Env-Archive\/sana2\/plipbox.config<\/code><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My PlipBox would not run with out the NOBURST parameter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MiamiDx Install<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Original Source<\/td>Local<\/td>Description<\/td><\/tr>
http:\/\/aminet.net<\/a>\/<\/a>comm\/tcp\/MiamiDx10cmain.lha<\/a><\/td>MiamiDx10cmain<\/a><\/td>MiamiDx TCP Stack<\/td><\/tr>
http:\/\/aminet.net\/comm\/tcp\/MiamiDx10c-MUI.lha<\/a><\/td>MiamiDx10c-MUI<\/a><\/td>MiamiDx User Interface<\/td><\/tr>
http:\/\/eab.abime.net\/showthread.php?t=16697&highlight=miami+keys<\/a><\/td>MiamiDXKeys<\/a><\/td>Activation Keys<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From the command line:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
lha x MiamiDx10cmain.lha ram:
lha x MiamiDx10c-Mui.lha ram:
lha x MiamiDxKeys.lha ram:<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Open Ram Disk on the desktop, and the MiamiDx folder inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Run Install_MiamiDx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the command line:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
copy #?.key#? miami:<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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MiamiDx and PlipBox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  • Launch MiamiDX<\/code><\/li>
  • Select Hardware<\/code> Tab and click New<\/code>:
    • In Select Hardware Type<\/code> pick Ethernet<\/code><\/li>
    • Enter a name for the hardware, e.g. Name: plipbox<\/code><\/li>
    • Keep Type: SANA II<\/code><\/li>
    • Pick plipbox.device: Driver: devs:networks\/plipbox.device<\/code><\/li>
    • Confirm with Ok<\/code><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
    • Select Interfaces<\/code> Tab and click New<\/code>:
      • Pick Interface Type: Ethernet<\/code><\/li>
      • Pick Interface connection: LAN<\/code><\/li>
      • Select your hardware: plipbox<\/code><\/li>
      • You can either configure your Amiga statically or with DHCP: Select static<\/code> or dynamic<\/code> in IP Type, Netmask Type, Gateway Type<\/code>. Enter your network parameters in static mode. (You will need to move the slider next to gateway to \u2018un-gray\u2019 the box to make an entry)<\/li>
      •  Multicast: disabled<\/code>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
      • In Databases<\/code> Tab select Table DNS servers<\/code> and add your static DNS server IPs (if you don\u2019t use dynamic DNS via DHCP)<\/li>
      • Do not forget to save your settings with Amiga+S or Menu: Settings -> Save<\/code><\/li>
      • Now you can go online with your new interface plipbox<\/code><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        You can test your interface is talking with the network with miamiping:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        cd miami:
        miamiping 192.168.x.x<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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