Any other takers? The proposed spec of the machine has improved a little and it will be a lot faster than a SGC, with 64x the memory, too...
What would you do for developer access to new hardware? :) Dave On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Alexandre Souza < alexandre.tabaj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > May I add 2 cents to the subject? > > > With the W5300 on-chip implementation, you depend on one specific >> manufacturer. If the TCP/IP stack runs on the QL side, one is more >> flexible to use different hardware. In my case, the NE2000 or Realtek on >> the Q40 and Q60, but the CP2200 on the Q68. Even TCP/IP over SER instead >> of ethernet is possible. >> > > Wizchip devices are around for about 10 years. I've used that with lots > of products, with no troubles and cheap cost (facing a stronger processor > to put an entire tcp stack into). Of course, anything is possible. But with > wizchip, you need only a SPI connection and no stack whatsoever. > > > In my case, it means a socket library, since existing internet >> applications were written in C, not S*BASIC. An extension which interfaces >> to S*BASIC is doable, just had low priority for me. >> > > I vote for basic, since wizchip takes most of the work. > > I'd even expand the capabilities of the old (and outdated) MCS-48 > processor on QL, and put an AVR on its place, creating expansions like a > dedicated I2C/SPI/TWI interface to the outside world. Maybe I need to get > more into QL workings... :o) > > > As always, I can not promise when I can finish something. So if you have >> already implemented a lot of things around the W5300 and plan to finish >> soon, don't let my info regarding the CP2200 hinder you. >> > > Sure! > > > By the way, does the W5300 include a unique ethernet address? IEEE >> registration can become an expensive issue if you need to do it yourself. >> > > Not that expensive. But the MAC number can always be reused from an old > (and broken) ethernet card, or like. > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
