Date   : Mon, 25 Jul 2005 01:14:35 +0100
From   : Rob <robert@...>
Subject: Re: Econet interface

>  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)

Much of that is available in uIP - http://www.sics.se/~adam/uip/ - written 
for 8 bit micros; certainly Contiki (GUI multi-tasking OS) which is linked 
to it was written originally on a Commodore 64.  I keep thinking that I 
would like to port it to a beeb, if I could first invent a machine to give 
me three times as many hours in the day.



>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...

Well... I telnetted into my FreeBSD box just yesterday - courtesy of an old 
IOLAN+ serial comms server & a selection of terminal emulator ROMs. Of 
course, the beeb though it was just doing dumb terminal stuff, and the 
iolan did the actual telnetting, but it got there..  Now, I could do it for 
real - the terminal server can talk PPP and SLIP too, so all I need to is 
write a protocol stack for serial, port telnet over.... um.  refer to 
comment above re hours in the day...


Rob