Re: Apple IIe TCP-IP w/ LANceGS Card

[andrew.roughan@writeme.com (Roughana)]

Chris Morse <chris@cosmicwolf.com> wrote in message news:<m47utvk10lrt32icmm93nlsp3nc6nk34mp@4ax.com>...

Hi Chris... Wow, this thread really got hijacked from your original questions!

> Has anyone used a LANceGS card in an Apple IIe?
I'll start by stating that I havent used one.

> From what I understand, the ProDOS-8 drivers for the IIe exist,
> it's just that there is no real client software written - just
> some self-test apps that the creator (Joachim Lange) wrote.
> I think there was a TFTP (Trivial FTP) client written too.

I believe that there needs to be a TCP/IP stack written.
Other TCP/IP apps could then be written more easily to use this common interface.

I thought that you were in the process of porting the Contiki stuff over?
How is that going? Let me know if there's anything I can to do help you.

> It just seems that the creator, Joachim Lange, is not too
> interested in letting people know how to program the card
> directly - which, to me, flies in the face of the Apple II 
> philosophy of open-architecture.  

Have you tried contacting Joachim directly and asking him if you can help?
 
Cheers,
Andrew