22 Jul
2012
22 Jul
'12
8:17 p.m.
Now all we
need is a native Ethernet adapter ...
Tips from someone who did a pair for the MSX computer:
- The RTL8029 is very easy to use, and you can use the usual DOS
drivers, but it will have to use all the TCP stack on the PC. And you can
use old ISA interfaces without changes to prototype and even use it. All the
needed pins are on the ISA bus. - The wizchip modules are very easy to use, all
the TCP stack is inside
of it. It will offload a lot of processing and you can map the module/chip
as a 16K RAM space onto your PC, but you'll have to write new drivers for
everyting, remembering it will be easier - ALL TCP processing is done inside
the chip
I like these as well, though they can require some external programming.
Personally if I were going to offload TCP to another device I'd use one of
the Lantronix UDS series, which are nice all-in-one units.
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