Re: TI-H: special component
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Re: TI-H: special component
I don't know. If it were using 3 MIPS to transfer data (max.. networks
aren't usually running at full speed because you'd get a lot of
collisions) then there would be 2 MIPS left over. That's 40% of the
processor time, so if you could write some real slick code that
efficiently used every slice of processor time, then you might be able to
pull it off. I don't think I could do it, though. I'd probably have to go
for a higher-powered Motorola 68HC series or something. I would guess
that's what is used in those little pocket-print-server things. Then
again, they do very little other than scan the incoming stuff and whenever
something arrives with the correct IP address they pass it through a
buffer to the parallel port.
On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Jon Olson wrote:
> Don't you think that the chip would however, get backlogged with data after
> a while? i mean...it could in theory bring in the data and send it back out
> that quickly, however if it's planning on doing anything real with the
> data, i don't think that this will work at all well. however, if you can
> find a way to make it work on a 10 Mhz network. Please tell me. I've been
> considdering building a little device that connects to a modem and to my
> dad's office network and allows me to dial in and execute various tasks
> (i.e. reboot my servers there, connect via telnet to some of the firewalled
> workstations, that kind of thing).
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