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Re: TI-H: TI Modem




You make direct buss access sound like its something important.

Its not a real world  practice to do that anyway.

>Explain what this means?
>
>>Link port...  Why aren't you using bus access?  It's easier, cheaper and a
>>whole lot faster.
>>
>>-Chris Lambert
>>clambert@ieee.org
>>
>>Grant Stockly wrote:
>>
>> > The etnernet chip already has a buffer.
>> >
>> > The calculator link port is just not clocked at 10MHz.
>> > >OK, in other words we'd have to add a buffer external to the chip.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >> >It wouldn't have to go very fast at all.  Just provide telnet
>>services,
>> > >> >finger, that sort of thing.
>> > >> >How could this be implemented?
>> > >> >
>> > >>
>> > >> >>It would work...at 5k a second it might miss some packets.
>> > >>
>> > >>I didn't say it would be slow.  I said it would miss packets.
>> > >>
>> > >>if they were 1 4k packet a second, the calc would take ~.80 seconds a
>> > >>packet.  There isn't too much of a buffer in ethernet chips.
>> > >>
>> > >
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