Re: Ethernet & Internet on Apple 2

[Charles <no@spam.com>]

In article <20040628154227.10996.00000838@mb-m02.aol.com>, 
mjmahon@aol.com says...
> Simon Williams wrote:
> 
> >Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for the vote of confidence, but we all have to decide how we
> >> are going to spend our time.  I currently have other projects that are
> >> keeping me interested and happy.
> >
> >I recall you were working on a gameport network protocol some time
> >ago... did that ever amount to anything of interest?
> 
> Funny you should ask...  ;-)
> 
> I've been devoting some spare time to it, and how have it working
> as far as I can tell (tests and applications are next).
> 
> I currently have three processor linked, and in the nexe couple of
> days I will have all eight Apple //e boards in the "AppleCrate".
> 
> They boot over the network from the "master" machine, which is
> fully configured, while the AppleCrate boards are bare, with no
> I/O other than the network (and optional video monitors).
> 
> I'm finishing plugging in the boards, and working on test and
> demo software, as well as writing a document on the concepts,
> software, and hardware.
> 
> I've been waiting until it all worked before going public, but
> your question has nudged me into talking.  ;-)
> 
> I'm in the process of identifying a nicely parallelized demonstration
> that can show off Apple II parallel computing!
> 
> -michael
> 
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> 

Michael, 

What does this type of networking allow you to do?  Is this hack simply 
for fun or is there something cool you have in mind (cool, that is, 
other than the actual cool fact that you got it to work :)?

Charles