[Coco] two other things..

[jdaggett at gate.net]

On 9 Jul 2008 at 15:35, Chuck Youse wrote:


> .. on the drawing board, if anyone's interested in what I have coming

> up.

> 

> 1. Well, I need to respin the FDC.  Couple of changes required.

> 2. A 10baseT ethernet interface w/ IP stack for NitrOS-9;

> 3. A dual 16550-compatible UART card.

> 


For me I think floppy disk system is archaic. Darn I have on eon my PC and 
I have hardly used it in the last three years. SUpport for USB drives would 
be more useful in my opinion than a floppy disk system. One could interface 
the Vinculum chip into an 8 bit system like a COco3 with little difficulty.

james



> Hardware-wise, #2 and #3 are both easy.  Software-wise, #3 will be a

> breeze.  #2 will be tough because I'll need to write a new file

> manager and such.

> 

> But I really think the only thing that makes using NitrOS-9 today

> somewhat problematic is its lack of Ethernet/IP support.  I could

> _totally_ use it as a workstation if it were networked.  And no, SLIP

> doesn't count (too slow!).

> 

> For those who are dubious, no, TCP/IP isn't terribly difficult to

> implement -- TCP can be tricky when your aim is high throughput, but

> I'm not aiming at that.  We're talking limited window sizes here.

> 

> C.

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