[Coco] IP packets on my coco

[Dave Philipsen]

Gary is working on the support for the Wifi module as we speak.  In 
fact, he already has some support in his latest test build.  As Brett 
has already pointed out, the Wifi module may be a little restrictive as 
far as doing full-blown networking but it will certainly be handy in a 
general way for doing the most common things like telnet, ftp, email, 
http, etc.

The ESP8266 wifi module is also end user programmable so there's always 
the option of creating a custom version.

I'm thinking that any sort of serial-to-ethernet module is going to have 
some restrictions (if for nothing else, the bottleneck of squeezing a 
lot of data through a standard serial port) as opposed to a 'real' 
ethernet interface.  Although Gary's plans are for a huge FIFO on the 
Wifi interface which would be very helpful.

Some months ago I successfully transferred a file from a PC to a DE-1 
board using the wifi module.  The DE-1 board was not running CoCo3FPGA 
but it was a 6809-based computer.


Dave


On 6/6/2016 11:55 AM, Salvador Garcia via Coco wrote:
> Would the CoCo3 FPGA analog board's Wifi module be of help here?
> Salvador
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>        From: Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com>
>   To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>   Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 9:28 AM
>   Subject: Re: [Coco] IP packets on my coco
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> An Ethernet add on could be done with the expansion port option on the new
> analog boards as well.  Or a multi-com port daughterboard of some kind, depending
> on what would be most desirable.  We have eight GPIOs on the FPGA to work with
> on the expansion port.  Just a thought.
>
> - Ed
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>> On Jun 6, 2016, at 9:21 AM, Brett Gordon <beretta42 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Oh right.  The analogue board will have an extra RS 232 port!  Is there an
>> ethernet to serial adapter that speaks just ethernet or IP on the serial
>> side?
>>
>> Brett M Gordon
>> On Jun 6, 2016 10:11 AM, "Mathieu Chouinard" <chouimat at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> this would be interesting
>>> on the coco3fppga with the analog board ;)
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Brett Gordon <beretta42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> If we have an actual IP/TCP stack:  Does this open new hardware
>>>> opportunities?  I think the uIP stack will work with arp and ethernet
>>> too.
>>>> What would it take to get a cheapo ethernet transceiver hooked up?  I
>>> guess
>>>> maybe just a reliable interrupt capable rs232 is well enough?
>>>>
>>>> Brett M Gordon
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