Hackaday just posted about the ESP8266 WiFi Module. http://hackaday.com/2014/08/26/new-chip-alert-the-esp8266-wifi-module-its-5/ http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/WiFi-Serial-Transceiver-Module-w-ESP8266-p-1994.html
"a microcontroller on the module takes care of all the WiFi, TCP/IP stack, and the overhead found in an 802.11 network. It's addressable over SPI and UART" Worth keeping a eye on for a cheap TCP/IP stack implementation to get on-the-net from retro-hardware (UART)? On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 9:50 PM, G. Beat <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to see network connectivity. > In the TCP/IP stack -- FTP would be useful, but I don't think anyone will > revive GOPHER protocol. > http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol) > > When I was in graduate school (1983), we has the Altos 8086 10 MHz running > SCO Xenix (OS) supporting 3Com Thin-Net (10-Base-2) network in lab. > Client computers were the new IBM PC and XT models, running IBM DOS 1.1 > and 2.0 > Datapoint (8-bit 2200) was supporting their ARCNet (2.5 Mb) throughout the > mid to late 1970s. > > In early 1990s, I inherited a large number of old NCR system (circa late > 1970s) that ran a version of FORTH, and only supported RS-232 ports. As I > designed and installed new infrastructure, I needed a method to access > those systems. > We ended up using Terminal Servers "in reverse" of the typical > configuration. > The network became the access and the NCR's serial ports were interfaced > to terminal servers as "network front-ends". > > Industrial networks have palm sized terminal servers, and these appear as > surplus now and then. > > Digi One SP is a single port TS model. Opens up the ability to telnet or > SSH anywhere in world (tablet, iPad) to your S-100 system. > http://www.digi.com/products/serialservers/digionesp > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "N8VEM-S100" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
