Hello Karl, hello all,
Karl Kramer wrote:
> > > From: "Gerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > > > Yes, but - how do you connect e.g. such a cheap RealTek PC NIC to,
> > > > let's say, a TNC2?
> > >
> > > By buying an Ethernet<>RS232 adapter and pluging it on the TNC2.
> >
> > Sorry if I missed something, but what's the point to connect TNC2 to a
> > high speed Ethernet? Don't you have serial ports available?
>
> No, as you still see in the Subject someone brought up the Idea to build TNC's for
> USB-Ports. I think that building new USB-hardware is crap, as USB is just one more
> IRQ-eater but offers nothing that is not coverd by the classic fast ports: Ethernet
>and
> FireWire.
>
> Someone else came to the side-question of what to do with old hardware when
> establishing a fast bus-system for external devices, so I just informed that for
>Ethernet
> this is just plug and play.
For you (?), but for most of the others it isn't. Also, I didn't want to
by some interface box off the shelf after building a TNC all by
myself.
>
> But yes: it is easy to run out of ports in a shack until you implement some sort of
>port-
> multiplication.
>
> Lets say you have:
> -1 Internet-Modem
> -a Shortwave-TNC
> -a Highspeed-TNC
> -a rotor-Interface
> -a Tranceiver contol-Bus
> -Videorecoder-Interface
> -a weather-measurement station
>
> so how to connect thiese without some sort of dataswitch ?
>
> Just do it like CERN (where the Web was born): by Ethernet.
>
> Doing it this way you also have no problem to share resurces or to get the
> components you need.
Yes, maybe. But as long as you are only complaining about people
ununderstandably dealing with such "crap" as USB without giving
some more detailed information on HOW to connect a device with
a different interface to Ethernet, your messages are NOT very
helpful.
Regards
Gerd
