Hi again :o)
I think it would be really useful to get QLs connected to networks more easily. Therefore, I've commenced the following project: EtherQL. I know nasta has a similar project in late planning stage, but I think Goldfire is a higher priority, and anything taking his mind off Goldfire is Bad(tm). This will be a QL-hardware compatible etherenet interface, and will be supplied with some software and drivers to give basic functionality. The hardware would probably be a short through card, or could optionally include some buffering and a could of extension riser slots. I'm hoping to keep the cost as low as possible. It will definitely support 10 mbits, but may not be able to support 100 mbits because the basic QL just isn't fast enough. I hope to be able to write some proof-of-concept software to give away with it: Email client: something like pine under linux - basic but functional. Telnet client: I need one. Web browser: This would be VERY simple. Text only, and tab through the links, like lynx under linux. Web server: Something that can listen on port 80 and copy out the requested file. I'd certainly be appreciative for any help with the software. Also, I'm starting this project with no QL hardware, though I received many offers of hardware when I first posted here. I would now like to take up one or two of those offers. If anyone has a working QL, possibly some extra memory and tk2, I would be very interested in hearing from them. It may be asking too much to get a floppy disk interface, but we'll see! I would be happy to pay reasonable prices and shipping. If anyone has any helpful software (a compiler, for example!) I would be looking for that too. Also, I have an old CGA/VGA monitor set aside. If anyone can remind me how to hook up a QL to this, I would be very grateful :o) Thanks in advance for any help any of you can offer. :o) Dave ql.spodmail.com
