While were here, how about using minidiscs as a data storage medium, not
unlike how tapes
used to be?? Unless there are md drives for computers...
Dean
Conrad Parker wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 06:10:05PM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> >
> > Lastly (less importantly), whilst pursuing this test, an interesting thought
> > occured to Chuck and myself - how fun would it be to hack a soundcard
> > network? Mic->Spk, Spk->Mic and SQUEAL! ;) Has anyone done this already?
> > Sure, it would be more processor intensive than having a couple of NICs, but
> > it would be FUN! Just a silly idea...
>
> well, as silly as it sounds. One of the ideas that came out of
> the linmodems discussion on linux-kernel ages ago involved treating
> [wl]inmodems as /dev/dsp style devices like soundcards, the
> rationale being that seeing as all the real work (such as ... er...
> modulation and demodulation) has been removed from the "modem",
> it's really not much more than a sound card that happens to ouput
> to a telephone line.
>
> the drivers you'd need to write for the "soundcard network" might
> not be that much different to linmodem drivers in terms of how
> they encode and decode data. have a look at the "Related Software"
> links on linmodems.org -- there are some "generic linmodem" drivers
> in development that may do exactly what you want, though you may
> need to tie them in to the soundcard. have fun :)
>
> Conrad.
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