There are a number of ways to get your Amiga talking to another machine.

INTERSERVER

You can run a PC emulation to use MS-DOS and a null-modem cable to communicate with the PC. This is useful if the emulation allows you to access the Amiga drives from the PC side, allowing you to copy files across.

ETHERNET

Only for bigbox Amigas such as the A4000, and A1200's with the PCMCIA slot free. This can be connected to another Amiga, PC, Mac, or even the new PIOS system.

NETWORK PC

A recent development that connects to the Amigas parallel port mounting all of the PCs drives upon the Workbench screen.

PARNET

This creates an Amiga-Amiga connection through the Parallel port using a DIY cable. This mounts a new drive upon the Workbench called NET: where you can read the drives of the machine connected.

PC2Amiga

PC2Amiga is a freeware software-only package that forms the backbone of the commercial Network PC item mentioned above. The only difference being that you have to install the software yourself (not that difficult if you can copy files from one place to another) and make or buy an Interlink cable. I use this package all of the time for sharing files between the Amiga and PC.

SERNET

The same as the Parnet package mentioned above, but with a Serial cable.

SIAMESE SYSTEM

One of the most advanced hardware add-ons that you can get for your Amiga. It allows file sharing over a SCSI, Ethernet, and soon, a PCI system, as well as retargeting graphics to a PC monitor and more!

TCP Emulation

If you use a terminal emulation package on the Amiga, such as Miami, TermiteTCP, or AmiTCP, as well as an equivalent on the PC you can get them to communicate. This could be over anything from a serial cable to a network card.

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