[Coco] Re: [MM1_OS9] Re: ISP for OS-9!

[David Hazelton]

Brian Kitt wrote:
> I'd really like to be able to get my MM1 online, has anyone even 
> started playing with this yet?
> 
> --- In MM1_OS9 at yahoogroups.com, David Hazelton <davehazelton at a...> 
> wrote:
> 
>>Allen Huffman wrote:
>>
>>>HawkSoft made a socket library from KA9Q - ask on the list. 
> 
> Someone is 
> 
>>>bound to have seen it.
>>>
>>>Maybe we can write RadiSys in Oregon - need to know when ISP was 
>>>discontinued. I'll check.
>>>
>>>Marks enet is hw, talks via serial port like a Hayes modem - 
> 
> would work 
> 
>>>on a VIC-20.
>>>
>>>There is C tcp/ip stuff, could be ported to MM1/306 (too big for 
> 
> CoCo) I 
> 
>>>bet.
>>>
>>>What are you wanting to do?
>>>
>>>    -- Allen
>>>

As you can tell by the "huge" response....NO.

I have an executable version of ISP 1.4 (IIRC) (No source), but it came 
from a VME machine,  The compiled ethernet driver is for an AMD chip I 
believe.  When I looked at it last, A linux driver for this chipset was 
part of the "LANCE" drivers.  What I need is either a NIC card that 
would work with this OS9 driver and/or a driver for one on my ISA cards 
I do have.

I doubt it will be plug and play, due to Interrupts...etc. but I believe 
it would be minor adjustments. I really have not got that far.

Anyways, this would solve my problem, but unless Radsys allows ISP to go 
public, This is not a solution for everyone.  And if Radsys does allow 
it to go public, than the drivers for older common cards would be 
included, such as 3com and intel based cards.

~David Hazelton

(Cross-posted to coco at maltedmedia.com)