There are 3 messages totalling 90 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Amiga/VIScorp situation 2. #^@$##^^@%$#&-it. I deleted the letter!!! 3. 64net INET address ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 21:47:50 -0500 From: Robert Johnson Subject: Re: Amiga/VIScorp situation So ESCOM *is* going bankrupt? So we know the Amiga technology will forever live on in our televisions... what of the 8-bit technology ESCOM bought as part of the deal? Will they auction off the 8-bit line again or what? Doug: Will CMD buy the 8-bit line if they can? It seems logical now that you have a overdrive processor for the 65xx series that you would want to manufacture whole systems intergrating your technology (or at least that's what I'd like to see )... just food for thought! BTW, all, I have resolved that it is impossible to utilize a TCP/IP protocol in conjunction with a c64 BBS unless the majority of the actual BBS was written in ML. Considering that is a major headache, I am choosing to drop the TCP/IP research for now... I may pick it up again once I have a running system and try and figure out a hardware solution to the timing problems and irq problems incurred. The problem is that TCP/IP requires almost constant attention with ACK signals and packets which logically suggests an IRQ routine... however the process involved and the time it takes for the routine to finish, it is almost time for the next interrupt, almost time for the next packet to be expected (send/recieve) or the next ACK or something ... In any case, i/o to drives during this period would cause interrupts in the data transmission and causes problems... irq loader routines could be employed to load information into the buffer and the packet/ack routines would utilize the buffer(s) for i/o... incoming data would be processed the same way... however, the program would be extremely slow and irq routines are ticky timing-wise... big pain for a novice programmer like myself ... So I will exclude the utilization of TCP/IP in my BBS... As for the BBS itself, much of my time has been spent coming to the conclusion that most of my time has been wasted ... I'm still looking for help from interested parties... beta testers/programmers and the like... Hope to have a beta out by the end of the Autumn... unfortunately I will be moving soon and will have to put the project aside for a couple weeks... Denny Springle Accolon@playpen.com Sent Via The Playpen BBS...Washington DC's Premier Online Service ..TELNET: PLAYPEN.COM...MODEM: (703)591-4567 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 21:50:52 -0500 From: Robert Johnson Subject: Re: #^@$##^^@%$#&-it. I deleted the letter!!! Dave, Now why didn't I think of that? ... well folks... theres one TCP/IP solution . Denny Springle Accolon@playpen.com Sent Via The Playpen BBS...Washington DC's Premier Online Service ..TELNET: PLAYPEN.COM...MODEM: (703)591-4567 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 21:54:52 -0500 From: Robert Johnson Subject: 64net INET address Someone was looking for the address of 64net... here it is: gardners@ist.flinders.edu.au The author of the software is Paul Gardners... you can check the software out by downloading via FTP at: ccnga.uwaterloo.ca or ftp.funet.fi or watson.nbb.sfu.ca or the HQ ftp for 64net at: fairlight.ppa.org.au Rumor has it he is working on an improved 386 version (as opposed to the current 286 version) with improved kernal routines as well... I like it, personally Denny Springle Accolon@playpen.com Sent Via The Playpen BBS...Washington DC's Premier Online Service ..TELNET: PLAYPEN.COM...MODEM: (703)591-4567 ------------------------------ End of COMMODOR Digest - 26 Jul 1996 to 27 Jul 1996 *************************************************** =END=