[Coco] CoCo Ethernet

[Bill Pierce]

Allen,
What about DriveWire support? This should be faster than the serial port. This would make virtual disk reads and writes much faster. Also the network implications between the 2 would be indispensable. And if Aaron could support multiple ports on DW and allow multiple Cocos to talk, DW could be used as the central hub. And it runs on most platforms. The DW TCP connection should work for this if Aaron's willing to go that route.

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 11:43 am
Subject: [Coco] CoCo Ethernet


What functionality would you want to see in a CoCo Ethernet adapter to make it 
worthwhile?

It looks like basic TCP socket stuff is a given -- connect to a port, then 
read/write data. This would allow simple retrieval of web server files. You 
would basically do this:

configure connection (IP address).
connect
print "GET /index.html"
then loop, reading the returned data

Server side operations are available too, so a CoCo could start listening on a 
port, and when someone connects, data could be read/written to the connecting 
system. Two CoCos could connect and talk this way, or a Mac/Linux/PC/iPhone 
could connect to the CoCo remotely.

However, it seems we would want to be able to use FTP to get/put files, and have 
the ability to telnet, etc.

I would *really* like to see the ability to act as a simple mail client too.

I will probably create a page at CoCopedia.com and maybe we can use that wiki 
page to spec out what we would like.
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Allen Huffman - PO Box 22031 - Clive IA 50325 - 515-999-0227 (vmail/TXT only)
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