Duncan wrote: > Does anyone have knowledge of the netport serial to ethernet connectors at :
I don't have direct knowledge of this device, but of a very similar one (the Cyclades TS-100). > Could such a device be suitable to connect a Qx0 or an aurora or a Shermes > modified base QL to a broadband router modem? Not directly - it would have to go through another computer first. Assuming this Netport device is similar in function to the TS-100 (and, reading the blurb, it is), it effectively puts out a telnet-style stream of data on an IP address. So, you'd still need a PeeCee (or Apple, perhaps) to read the input stream, and send out commands in a more internet-friendly manner. For example, you won't have any serial-side control over what IP port the serial device sends its data out on; so if you wanted a Web page, you'd have to use your PC to translate some serial command into "Get me this address from Port 80" -- the PC would also have to handle the receipt of that page & transmitting it back down the to the serial side. I guess what I'm saying is, it would be non-trivial :( Now, one thing I don't know about this Netport is whether you can run your own programs on it.... The Cyclades TS-100 runs on a "tiny" version of Linux; so, in theory, you could write the serial<->net translation software in C, load it into the Cyclades, and it would do the job in one box. If you could do that with the Netport, then it would be possible..... HTH! Ade. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1319 - Release Date: 08/03/2008 10:14 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
