Re: Ethernet card?

[derek@slab.cisco.com (Derek Taubert)]

In <DzED4n.K1o@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> Marc Sira wrote:
> In our last episode, dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) said:
> >Apple had implemented support for their EtherTalk card in System 6.0.1,
> >and 6.0.1 was shipped with this support included, with the exception of
> >the actual device driver and the modified "Network" control panel which
> >would have allowed selecting between LocalTalk and EtherTalk.
> 
> Another thing that would have to be written.

Did my responses to this get lost on the way out?  I think Cisco moved their 
news server recently.  Ping!

> >If you wanted to support protocols other than AppleTalk, it would be
> >necessary to include some kind of low-level protocol routing facility,
> >which would identify which protocol stack was to be used for each
> >incoming packet.  A totally different protocol stack mechanism would be
> >needed for TCP/IP support.
> 
> Certainly a lot more work, but I do think it would be better (for someone)
> to do this than it would be to hardwire it for TCP/IP support. But it's
> basically programming a big chunk of operating system to do it.

I'm planning to make PPP for the GS support Appletalk, so I'll be working 
through all these problems to get it to work with both GS/TCP and the 
built-in Appletalk stack.

> I assume Derek Taubert must have written GSOS drivers for his adapted ISA
> ethernet cards; these might be useful at least for the ethernet half of
> things on the GS.

GSOS drivers?  No.  GS/TCP has its own network interface driver 
specification.  There wasn't anything suitable for use as a network interface 
driver in GS/OS.

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