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Subject: Re: TCP/IP connection
From: david@uow.edu.au (David Wilson)
Date: 1998/02/05
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
References: <2141973410-980202111700@rook.wa.com> <19980203220601.RAA15510@ladder03.news.aol.com>

babarstcyr@aol.com (BabarStCyr) writes:
>I got a odd idea. Since in Apple 2c the AppleTalk entry point
>will be never used, what do you think to modify rom to replace
>this entry point by a udp/ip tiny stack with a mini tftp to boot
>over network (this net can be simply a linux box) ?

ROM 255:	Slot 7 boots disk 2
ROM 0:		Slot 7 is AppleTalk stub
ROM 3, 4, 5:	Slot 7 is mouse

That cuts down the number of machines this would work in. Certainly there is
spare space in the 2nd bank of the 32KB ROM in all but the //c+ (I think).

Interesting idea.
--
David Wilson  School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia  david@uow.edu.au

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