Hi
I presume that the network card will be dedicated, as the parport is, and
only use a simple packet structure.. If one wants to connect to the
internet, then you'd use a seperate USB link or a second network card if
possible. That way there'll be no surprise jamming.

Regards
Roland Jollivet


2008/12/4 Chris Radek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 09:48:18PM -0600, Jon Elson wrote:
> > Peter C. Wallace wrote:
> > >
> > > As I said before maybe the way to ease into this is just support 1 or a
> few
> > > Ethernet chips, and require the user to have a add-in PCI/PCIe Ethernet
> card
> > > with the required chip.
> > >
> > Having fought this problem to some extent with the par port, I can't
> > IMAGINE the headache when a potential customer shows up and you tell him
> > "Oh, it only works on computers with a DEC Tulip ethernet chip."  Add,
> > he says, "How do I tell, sight unseen, whether any particular computer
> > has that specific chip?"
> > No, it has to have a bit wider hardware support to be viable.
>
>
> I think the answer is explicitly in what Peter said above.  You don't
> care what comes in the computer.  You point them to a particular
> network card because it has the right chipset.  It'll be about $5.
> Heck, you might say, as someone who sells hardware that works with it,
> you'll just send him one off your stack of them.  They're $5, after
> all.
>
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