Re: IIgs and OS X filesharing solutions

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

David Wilson wrote:

>mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) writes:
>>Theoretically--if anyone bothered to write the protocol stacks
>>for the Apple II.
>
>>This would certainly be feasible for the IIgs, but an effort, and
>>a full protocol stack for the //e would be much more difficult,
>>because of addressing limitations.
>
>>Ironically, we are now in this very situation, with a third-party
>>Ethernet card for the Apple II line, with limited IIgs software
>>support and no //e software support.  This may be why Apple
>>decided to drop their card.
>
>If you go to www.a2central.com you will find the following:
>
>  ProDOS 8 driver for LANceGS card available to developers    
>  Author: Sheppy February 20, 2004 
>  ///SHH Systeme now has available to developers an 8-bit driver
>  for the LANceGS ethernet card. The driver is only available upon
>  request, as it must be built into the application that wishes to
>  use it. Email looceelec@yahoo.de to request the driver.  

It's good to see that the wind is shifting.

But, of course, any 8-bit driver will need to be integrated into
whatever application uses it.  Why not simply post the source
and documentation?  What's the worst that could happen--
more software for the card?

I can understand why the designer prefers not to post the
Gerber files for the board, but why the reticence about the
software interface?

But I stick to my contention that 64KB addressing will make
a set of TCP protocols quite difficult on an 8-bit Apple II.  (OK,
that's the invitation for someone to prove me wrong.  ;-)

-michael

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