Date   : Fri, 29 Jul 2005 21:15:50 +0200
From   : "Mark Usher" <mu.list@...>
Subject: Re: Econet-Ethernet bridge

>I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking that. A 6502-based gateway would 
>be rather cool :) I've certainly got spare 6502 CPUs, ROM and RAM chips 
>lying around here doing nothing (and a programmer). Or, failing that, 
>what about hacking the ethernet chip onto the 1MHz bus of a standard 
>beeb and just fitting it with a custom ROM? Saves a lot of building 
>work!
Just no existing apps would be compatible without hacking around. That is
part of the beauty of the Econet<>Ethernet box, or designing an interface at
the PC end for it to attach to econet.

Of course, there is a lot to be said for attaching an ethernet controller
directly to the Beeb. I just can't help thinking though, that it would mean
writing a hell of a lot of software for the Beeb to get it to take advantage
of some of the things we would then want.

Mark