Date   : Sun, 24 Jul 2005 20:34:47 +0100
From   : Wookie <wooky@...>
Subject: Re: Econet interface

In message <E1Dwgwr-0008KO-00@...>
          "Mark Usher" <mu.list@...> wrote:

> >We have 3 approaches suggested so far
> There is a 4th as suggested by Phil 
> <snipped>
>
> 3) an ethernet interface for the beeb
>    obviously never going to make the full 10/100/1000Mbps rate the network
>    can handle, but no reason why it couldn't be built. Not sure where best
>    to hang it, 1MHz bus maybe? Perhaps sitting in the 68B54 socket (though
>    this would mean making a different one for the Master). Might also
>    consider a serial to ethernet module, this would hang off the RS423 port.
>    Software much more interesting, but a lot of it to write (protocol stacks
>    and filing systems)
> Problem here is with the amount of power the Beeb has to drive it, workspace
> and compatibility as you say.
> 
I would definately be interested in a ethernet adapter for the Beeb,
imagine...

1. telneting into your linux box or the internet from your beeb

2. browsing the web with a lynx style web browser

3. reading your mail from this list on a Beeb :-)

I'm sure you get the idea...

Cheers Wookie.

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