Re: Ethernet for the IIgs...

[John Le Febvre <John@klatch.demon.co.uk>]

madsci@tribeca.ios.com (Eric Dietrich) writes:
> 
> > It is much more feasible with adapters that support bidirectional parallel 
> > ports.  If someone would like to investigate these (hint hint).  Building a 
> > bidirectional parallel port for the GS would be a trivial endeavor.
> 
> How about designing a card specifically for this purpose?  Are most of
> these PPEA's (Parallel Port Ethernet Adapters) small?  Could they,
> perhaps, be plugged into the end of a card, Focus hardcard-style?  Then
> you could have the card offer a DB-25 for standard printing (please!  I
> like my Grappler, but that special cable is a pain!) and 10base-T or -2,
> all  through the cutouts on the back of the IIgs?
> 
> And what about the SCSI ones?  That has to be faster.  

I have no idea how feasible it would be, but what about the possibility
of designing a PCMCIA adaptor for the IIGS?  That way, any number of
modern peripherals could be supported.
-- 
John.
john@klatch.demon.co.uk