Re: Back to the Ethernet adapter thread!

[wsmith@NOSPAM.ctron.com (Will Smith)]

On 19 Mar 1998 20:46:28 GMT, mkelsey@spam-net.eecs.wsu.edu wrote:

|>That would surely mean having a buffer on the Apple II interface card.
|>I am curious though what limitations we would face, would it even be
|>possible to interface the II with something like an SMC 16-bit card,
|>a Cabletron DNI E2100, or would we be stuck with an 8-bit WD80xx type
|>card?

i don't know if "stuck" is a good word...  bear in mind that the ][,
][+, and the //e are 8-bit machines, and the //gs is a 16-bit box.  if
we're looking at the ][ series AS A WHOLE, it would be better to worry
about getting an 8-bit card working, THEN use what we learn to get a
16-bit card working specifically for the //gs.....  gotta walk 'fore
you can run!  <g>

|>It seems like (logically) it would be easiest to use the 8-bit WD80xx
|>line.

for NOW...

|>Perhaps the best start would be to analyze some source code from Linux.

maybe, but Linux is geared for 32-bit machines.  we might learn a few
things (like what these drivers might involve), but we'd still have to
start pretty-much from scratch....

|>..... it surely would be in the best interest
|>to develop some type of standard software interface, thereby allowing
|>for neato things like web browsing, ftp and telnet.

 i'd be happy to do things like FTP and Telnet!  <g>  Lynx wouldn't be
bad for a browser, since it's text-based....

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William Smith
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