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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