On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Laurens Holst wrote:
> > BTW, I think Lynx is an ugly browser. It works very fast, but is a little
> > limited.
>
> Though very fit for MSX, because MSX-modems most of the time haven't got
> that much bandwidth.
You're thinking about a 2400 bps modem. Using ACCNET, we can achieve
higher bit-rates.
> The only disadvantage is the way it is displayed, it hasn't got graphics and
> a variable font. But you'll have to live with that.
The main idea of FudeBrowser is to break this limitation doing the
hard-work directly on the web-server!
> > I think that it would be the right path for network services, but we have
> > two problems:
> > 1. Actually there's no TCP/IP stack working on MSX
>
> I and Trunks are working on it... At the moment Trunks works on the
> protocols, and I work on the interfaces.
That's very good! Certainly Fudebrowser's author will release a version
designed to run under your stack.
> > 2. TCP/IP requires multitasking OS, which by itself spends CPU processing
> > power. Z80 at 3.57MHz can run efficiently a multitasking OS and TCP/IP
> > applications? I don't think so.
>
> Well 1. You definately don't NEED multitasking for TCP/IP. Unless you call
> the recieving of bytes on the interrupt multitasking... However, it is
> useful to have it, because if you are for example downloading a file you can
> extract another in the meantime. And 2. A Z80 can definately run a
> multitasking-environment. The "i" kernel is already finished, and it
> multitasks like hell. However, it still needs some thorough modifications,
> but I'm working on that.
The "i" kernel is finished? Congratulations for you!!! It's good to see
that MSX still has much future for professional applications.
Greetings from Brazil!
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