Re: Apple IIe TCP-IP w/ LANceGS Card

["Charlie" <charlied@NOSPAMbboard.com>]

"Chris Morse" <chris@cosmicwolf.com> wrote in message
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> Has anyone used a LANceGS card in an Apple IIe?
>
> I've been saving my nickles and dimes for one of these cards.
> I'd like to try and write some client software for the IIe.
> 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.
>
> 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.  But what he's created is
> definitely appreciated, so I find it hard to really complain
> about that.
>
> I'm just curious to understand what it will really take to
> get some client apps written, for things like email, newsgroups,
> FTP, etc..  I've written these apps on Windows, and lots more,
> it would be fun to build *something* for the IIe.

Please excuse my ignorance.  I know next to nothing about Ethernet.
I do wonder why it is necessary to have an Ethernet card on an Apple IIe for
email, newsgroups, FTP, etc.  I don't need one on a PC to do these things.
Is it a matter of "not enough memory" or "not fast enough"?
What is it that I'm missing?

Charlie