English (little) manual by TROLL With additions (down below) by RF! To install LittleNet connect your harddiskST(1) with your second ST(2) using the midi interface (IN(1) -> OUT(2);IN(2) -> OUT(1)). Now copy LittleNet.ACC into the boot partitions of the two ST's. After this you install a drive N on both desktops and save the desktop-preferences. If you boot now again you could enter over drive N the drive of the other ST you've choosen before with LittleNet.You also can send messages... .. . MISTAKES: -After clicking drive N the bee did not left *install LittleNet on both compis ? *check midi cables (not longer than 15m) IN(1)/OUT(2) ; OUT(1)/IN(2) *other ST is offline -The two ST through bombs *don't write with two comps on the same drive at the same moment *open and close path's correctly *the software you run uses some system interrupts so that littleNEt can't work correctly. P.S.: LittleNet isn't very fast...but very cheap and very safe..:-) Additional info by RF: As mentioned by TROLL, Little Net isn't real fast but it *WORKS*! It is the easiest and safest PD networking environment I have ever seen. I've been using Little Net for about three months as of this writing (4/93) without any problem at all. I am networking a 4 meg MSTe (TOS 2.06) with a 2 1/2 meg 16 mHz 520 with TOS 1.04. The Network seems to be so fool proof that even when my son is running games I can still access his hard drive! What do I use the Network for? Since we both have complete systems, it certainly makes it easy to "stock" his hard drive with programs I have on my system. But listen to the other advantages: Through the Network, he can access anything on my hard drive. He can also access anything on my high density floppy drive!!! Think of it for a moment...he now has high density floppy capability without even having a high density drive!! In fact...even if he didn't have a hard drive he could use my MSTe internal drive!! The network lets you share periferals. A hard drive can serve two ST Systems, etc. And it works perfectly. Here are a few answers to the questions asked most: *How slow is it? When I run a program from *his* hard drive it loads into my computer just a bit slower than it would if I were running it from a floppy. The same is true when copying files from one system to another, it will copy just a bit slower than it would to a floppy disk. *Does Little Network make my ST run slower? Not at all. Little Net is an accessory like any other accessory and will not slow down your ST. *Why does it take longer to boot a program from the hard drive on the other system than it does off my own? The throughput of the MIDI cables is not terribly fast and that is where the slowdown in loading and copying occurs. Copying to and from your own system is still just as fast as it was before. *How far away can the other system be? I've tested it with midi cable runs up to 20 feet but in music applications midi cable runs of over 200 feet are not uncommon and the same type of data is successfully being transmitted. So, in theory, you can network with an ATARI system in another room or even another house! * I can't get it to work! Did you forget to install a drive "N" icon on your desktop? * I can't get it to work! Ok...listen up. Little Net is *NOT* compatible with any screen speedup programs like Warp 9 or Turbo ST. With these programs installed it may work in one direction only or not at all. So, my advice is to boot Little Net accessory without *ANY* other auto programs or accessories first...to get it working. Then add your accessories and auto programs one by one later to test for compatibiltiies. Most everything works with it except the screen accelerators. *I still can't get it to work! Make certain that the RSC file is in the same directory as the accessory is. *I can't figure out how to make it work! Dummy! Boot the accessory on both systems and make sure you have two midi cables connected between the computers. MIDI out on one computer going to MIDI in on the other and of course MIDI in going to MIDI out. You need two midi cables. Now call down the accessory and look at your options. On top you will want to set your computer to read/write, and make sure that you do the same on the other system for now. That controls what the other computer can do on your system. Set it to access Drive A (the default). This button sets which drive *you* wish to access on the other system. Close the accessory by clicking on OK (RETURN does nicely too). Now, when you double click on drive "N" on your desktop you will get the directory of drive A on the other system! Obviously a formatted disk must be in that drive. The other system can now access stuff on your drives in the same manner. You can also send messages back and forth by pulling down the accessory and transmitting a message. No matter what the other system is doing, the message will suddenly appear! When I first began using this program it was completely in German, all the prompts were in German and it was a bit of a bummer trying to understand what each thing was. So...after becoming used to the program and using it to great enjoyment, I finally did some hacking on my own and converted it to good old North American English. I sincerely hope that this helps someone else get as much use and enjoyment out if it as I am getting. RF