[Coco] Ethernet Port Cartridge for the Coco 3

[Kip Koon]

James Dessart is or was working on an Ethernet port for the coco using an
AVR ATmega8.
http://skwirl.com/coco/ethernet/

>From the TRS-80 Color Computer page on Wikipedia:
"There is also a prototype Ethernet interface for the Color Computer,
displaying a board layout date of 1984, and a few other mystery boards that
have yet to be examined. There is some evidence that Tandy killed the
Ethernet interface at the last minute: an ad mentioning the networking
options for some of Tandy's Z80-based computers claimed that the Color
Computer would soon have networking capabilities, and the printed manual for
an upgraded version of OS-9 Level One listed networking in the table of
contents, but had no corresponding text in the body of the manual."

Jim's Color Computer Projects - MultiMedia Card interface and IDE interface
drivers, CoCo Ethernet, information and photos. Jim Hathaway
http://www.hat3.net/

I perused these sites, but I'm not sure if James Dessart ever finished it
nor did I see any plans.  Also I did not find any Ethernet adapter mentioned
(so far) on Jim Hathaway's site.  It could be buried somewhere and I just do
not know where.

Thought I'd spur some interest again in getting a Ethernet running.
Kip

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Aaron Wolfe
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 10:05 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] Ethernet Port Cartridge for the Coco 3

I've never seen ethernet for a coco.  At the fest I've seen what looked like
a prototype ARCnet interface (10base2) but the word there was that nobody is
exactly sure what it implements.

Getting an ethernet port wired up to a coco would be challenging.
Actually doing anything with it would be much more so, since there isn't any
software (yet).  I've approached a few different 'hardware guys' about
putting together an ethernet interface + one of the small/cheap TCP/IP
stacks on a chip, since that would at least get us something new
applications could use without first having to write a low level networking
stack.  Nobody has done much along those lines yet that I know of.



On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Kip Koon <computerdoc at sc.rr.com> wrote:
> Hey You Guys,
>
> I remember seeing an Ethernet port cartridge for the coco, but I don't 
> remember where.  Does anyone have any recollection of an Ethernet port 
> being created as a cartridge or as an add-on to one of the other 
> multi-purpose paks.  For instance, I have a Disto Super Controller 
> that has some pins sticking out the side which I never ended up using 
> for anything.  It has eight addresses available for anything.  Is 
> there anyone who has some of Tony's old add-ons he developed for his 
> multi-purpose cartridges?  If so, I'd like to see if something catches my
eye.  Thanks guys.
>
> Kip
>
>
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