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Re: NadaNet file server coming soon...



On Mar 27, 10:27 pm, "biel...@terra.es" <biel...@terra.es> wrote:
> On Mar 27, 9:24 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > My AppleCrate machines have modified ROMs that replace the self-test
> > code with NadaNet boot code (published on my web site).  When they
> > power up, they go to into this code, which polls for a boot server.
>
> > -michael
>
> A card that looks like a Disk II interface to the autostart ROM should
> not be too dificult or expensive to make.
> Just drop into it's ROM (would 256 bytes be enough ?) your boot code
> and voila !
> This way, there's no need to modify the a2, and the card can be moved
> around to other IIs as needed.
>
> Regards,
> Jorge

Of course, if no NadaNet server is found, resume scanning the slots
for a disk II...

Jorge.