Re: Ethernet card- alternatives

[jaj4922@fert2.fe.psu.edu (Jason A. Jeffries)]

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> jaj4922@fert2.fe.psu.edu (Jason A. Jeffries) writes:
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> >That's strange; if our ports can really go 233k, I wonder why we can't use
> >them as serial ports that fast...
> 
>   You _can_; however, the reason AppleTalk works well is that at the 
> beginning of each packet is encoded the number of bytes to follow.
> The AppleTalk interrupt handler stays in a _very_ tight loop and reads
> exactly that many bytes. All from one interrupt.

Oh, that's nifty! So then what you are saying is that when the GS is using
AppleTalk, it's attention is entirely devoted to that and nothing else?
Perhaps with a _very_ fast Zip they could be used as serial ports connected
to a fast modem?
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