Re: Ethernet & Internet on Apple 2

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Simon Williams wrote:

>Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the vote of confidence, but we all have to decide how we
>> are going to spend our time.  I currently have other projects that are
>> keeping me interested and happy.
>
>I recall you were working on a gameport network protocol some time
>ago... did that ever amount to anything of interest?

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).

I'm finishing plugging in the boards, and working on test and
demo software, as well as writing a document on the concepts,
software, and hardware.

I've been waiting until it all worked before going public, but
your question has nudged me into talking.  ;-)

I'm in the process of identifying a nicely parallelized demonstration
that can show off Apple II parallel computing!

-michael

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