Re: Apple IIe TCP-IP w/ LANceGS Card

[Lockar <lockar@nospam.com>]

   I have a //e that doesn't have 65c02, the next time I get a chance
to try it, I will take my Workstation card out of my //e that does have
the 65c02 and put it in my other //e to see if it works.

     -Lockar


In article <3fdfa035$1_5@corp.newsgroups.com>, Exegete
<millers@noneofyourbusiness.com> wrote:

> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> 
> > Perry wrote:
> > 
> > <snip>
> > 
> >>Another reason to have an Ethernet card in an Apple II would be to hook it
> >>up to your local area network (whether it be PC's, Mac's, UNIX boxen,
> >>etc.) for presumably easier file transfer/information sharing). It would
> >>be much faster than connection to the LAN via the LocalTalk port(s) built
> >>into the IIgs....and the IIe doesn't have any networking options built
> >>into it at all.
> > 
> > 
> > I hear this assumption a lot, and am wondering what data rates
> > are actually achievable with a LanceGS and a //e--particularly
> > an unaccellerated //e.
> > 
> > Unless the card uses DMA on a //e, it would be suprising if it
> > could sustain bandwidths better than 20-25 kilobytes per second,
> > or, in bits per second 160-200 kbps.
> > 
> > If this is so, then the card would not be that much better than
> > a workstation card in terms of throughput.
> > 
> > I realize that many people want this just for connectivity, not
> > performance, but I can't help wondering what the actual network
> > performance might be, even with protocol factored out.
> > 
> > -michael
> 
> Didn't the Workstation card require another 65c02 *just* to handle the 
> LocalTalk traffic? It would seem that if the //e couldn't handle a 
> garden hose volume without help, it certainly couldn't handle a firehose 
> without a lot of help.
> 
> Roy
> 
> > 
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> 
> 
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