At 19:09 25/08/98 +0400, you wrote:
>> >A joystick network is slow (I have worked with MSX-Connect over joystick
>> >ports)...
>> >
>> >Why not use a common PC-ISA Ne2000 networkcard (you can get them for
free if
>> >you are lucky) and connect it to the cartridge connector with a converter.
>> >Then write a TCP-IP stack and you have a network!
>> >As a bonus, you can use the internet too!
>> >
>> >I think this would be great :-)
>> >
>> >Any comments?
>> >
>>
>> Finally, thankx Lord!
>>
>> Here in Brazil we were discussing about using NE2000 in MSXs,
too. But the
>> discussion has stopped, unfortunately.
>>
>
>Connecting NE2000 card to MSX is _absolutely_no_problem_.
>Writing drivers is a BIG problem... Anyone saw docs on NE2000?
Well, we're talking about the protocol, and we were thinking about
NetBIOS. It's easy to use, it's open (there is a doc from IBM which
explains NetBIOS) and you can connect MSX to a Win network (95, 98 or NT),
or even Linux (using Samba).
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