Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Finnigan Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.programmer Subject: Re: Modern Apple II development options Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 22:45:04 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <198f04fe-8ebc-4245-bbff-c971e0e6d13f@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 22:45:04 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="ac9e0e4d7dd3957fb97803ee6801bab8"; logging-data="25417"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19EeqgCk6nDAhSPLRFwViFX" User-Agent: Mac GUI Usenet In-Reply-To: <198f04fe-8ebc-4245-bbff-c971e0e6d13f@googlegroups.com> Cancel-Lock: sha1:MzEv709XaX9/vj4lkS1ZmSrKCW0= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2.programmer:1849 John Brooks wrote: > I think one of the potential user benefits of the W5100 stack will be > faster transfer speeds. The bottleneck for data transfer with the Uthernet > II looks like it will be the Apple II CPU, so offloading processing to the > W5100 should make those 3.5" and hdv transfers much nicer. Yes, not having to compute the checksum will be good. -- ]DF$ The Marina IP stack for Apple II-- http://marina.a2hq.com/