Wrote Conrad Parker on Thu, May 11, 2000 at 06:19:49PM +1000:
> > 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
>
> 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 :)
Then you'd have to deal with all the problems with interference.. "SHUT
UP WHERE TRYING TO PLAY QUAKE".
Or perhaps you could use "dog-level" frequencies (aka +15Khz)?
You could possibly beat Ethernet - longer than 100metre cable length -
just need a big amplifier =)
Chuck
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