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Re: NadaNet (was: Re: Ethernet & Internet on Apple 2)



Glenn Jones asked:

>Will this work using IIgs motherboards via the 16 pin DIP? I have a pile of
>ROM01's.

Yes, it should work fine if the IIgs is run at 1MHz.  It relies only on the
pushbutton 1 input and the annunciator 1 output.  The code already has
strategically inserted softswitch references to slow down a Zip Chip
for the period of time-critical operation.  Perhaps these could be
modified to accomodate a IIgs.

If it is desired to run 65816 code, "wrappers" would be required
to ensure that the network code runs in 65(C)02 mode.  NadaNet
code is designed to transfer data only to/from the 64KB of main-bank
RAM space.

I have not tested the code on a 65816, so if there are any timing
variations relative to the 65(C)02, then it would require modification
(think Disk ][ driver code).

-michael

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