Re: NadaNet (was Re: Ethernet & Internet on Apple 2)

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Glenn Jones wrote:

>What are you using for a power supply?

I'm currently using an old AT power supply.  It's more than enough
power to run about 20 Apple //e boards.  ;-)

>Are you relying on any Applesoft or monitor ROM code?

The main networking code and most servers do not relay on
any ROM code.

The message server incorporates a "monitor" option to display
a histogram of the queue lengths of the first 22 message classes
on an attached display, and it uses a few monitor ROM routines
for text output.

The ROM boot routines use a couple of monitor ROM routines
for time delays and reading a paddle (for a board-unique ID).
(This is only reasonable, since the ROM boot resides in the CD
ROM of an unenhanced //e board.)

In short, there are few and trivial uses of the monitor ROM and
no use of the Applesoft ROM.

-michael

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