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Re: TCP/IP connection
On 5 Feb 98 01:46:37 GMT, david@uow.edu.au (David Wilson) wrote:
>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).
Well, if you're modifying the ROM to do this, you might as well make a
"255 ROM" version that makes "slot" 7 act like the one in a ROM 0 //c.
As for the newest //c's...well, I guess you'll hafta put the network
stuff in slot 4, where the extra memory hangs out. I suppose the
extra memory could co-exist, if you can get it to act (in a way) like
Aux-RAM type RAM disks, which are accessable by pathname and
slot-n-drive, but act like their original selves if you do a PR#-type
deal.
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