Curt Vendel Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 (edited) Lantronix has a full serial to ethernet server as well, about $59 and it is the size of a USB thumbdrive. Here is the webpage, Digikey and Mouser sell these, they have one with no encryption which is the lower cost version: http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking...vers/xport.html Curt Thanks for the info guys. Thomas, this is not really a network adapter as you may be thinking. It is actually a very small intel 386 computer, fitted into the case of my 130xe, with a network adapter built into it. I have software running on it that handles moving the traffic back and forth. The actual TCP stack is running on the board, while everything from layer 4 up is on the Atari. So, technically, it really is about the same as using internet modem from APE, but with having to mess around trying to fool the Atari into thinking its a serial connection. Its a way we can write TCP applications like chat, telnet, ping, ftp, etc for the Atari in standard socket calls without having to host the overhead from a complete TCP stack on the Atari side. The current library is a simplified one for CC65, but I plan on an Action and a Basic one. For controlling the IP, DNS, etc., the current C library call looks like this : unsigned char ssio_init(char *ip, char *gateway, char *netmask, char *nameserver ); so a call like ssio_init("192.168.1.120","192.168.1.1","255.255.255.0","68.15.16.25"); would set it up. Supercat, me calling it a 'telnet' program is a bit of a stretch...it really was just a test harness designed for use by a telnet client. I just wanted to see if the general ideas I was having would work out. Things like echo and other niceties I hadn't even worried about yet. 1014408[/snapback] Edited February 7, 2006 by Curt Vendel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwinslow Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 (edited) Yes, I knew about those. I like the little board I am using better in that it has flash disk support, a PC file system for hosting ATR's, a real time clock, and other features that the lantronic does not. I can cross compile existing socket application code with very few changes, since I am emulating the library calls. I also have a SIO2PC service running, so it forms a self contained, rugged, and small SIO2PC+Ethernet setup that fits completely inside any atari. Edited February 7, 2006 by danwinslow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwinslow Posted March 8, 2006 Author Share Posted March 8, 2006 Ok, an improved version of this will be up tonight. It should be up on IP 68.13.120.27 port 2300, and should be able to handle 8 simultaneous telnet-style connections. The stability is greatly improved.It should be up from 6:30PM CST for the rest of the night...unless it locks up, which is always possible. Warning, it is a bare minimum of functionality, about all you can do is pick a name and chat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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