Re: Ethernet & Internet on Apple 2

[Charles <no@spam.com>]

In article <20040707002920.05740.00000816@mb-m27.aol.com>, 
mjmahon@aol.com says...

<snip>
> >> Funny you should ask...  ;-)
> >> 
> >> I've been devoting some spare time to it, and how have it working
> >> as far as I can tell (tests and applications are next).
> >> 
> >> I currently have three processor linked, and in the nexe couple of
> >> days I will have all eight Apple //e boards in the "AppleCrate".
> >> 
> >> They boot over the network from the "master" machine, which is
> >> fully configured, while the AppleCrate boards are bare, with no
> >> I/O other than the network (and optional video monitors).
> >> 

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> The possibility of creating a useful network using only wire and
> software was esthetically appealing.
> 
> It was an interesting challenge to design an Ethernet-like
> network from the ground up.  The exercise provided an
> experimental vehicle to illuminate the various issues and

That's very cool.  Do you see some practical application of any kind?

Question: Is this true "parallel computing"?  Is there a way to take 
advantage of it? I, being a USER type, am intrigued.

I'm truly not trying to be a smarta**, I'm really curious as to what 
benefit there is for all the time and effort poured into the project.  
If just the exploration, then it's just a curiosity and limited in 
application.  If there was an idea to move toward some goal that 
generated this project as an intermediate step, then, what WAS that 
idea?  Would others be interested?  Could others benefit?

Just exactly what makes you tick?  :)

Charles