Re: TFE - C64 Ethernet Cartridge

From: Bryan Pope (bpope_at_wordstock.com)
Date: 2002-04-13 22:35:48

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    And thusly Adam Dunkels spake:
    > 
    > On Friday 12 April 2002 16.52, you wrote:
    > > And thusly Adam Dunkels spake:
    > > > We are proud to announce that we have designed and implemented a fully
    > > > working Ethernet adapter for the Commodore 64. We call our design TFE
    > > > - The Final Ethernet (a pun on the name of the TFC :-). It consists of
    > > > the Embedded Ethernet board from Systor Vest AS
    > > > (http://www.embeddedethernet.com/) and a single 74LS139 decoder chip
    > > > mounted on a custom made printed circuit board.
    > >
    > > Adam,
    > >
    > > 	Are you using the 5V version of the embedded ethernet?
    > 
    > Yes, we aren't doing any special voltage conversions or other such stuff. But 
    > I think that the CS8900a chip works in both 5V and 3V using the same hardware 
    > (that's how I understood the application notes, anyway), so it shouldn't 
    > really matter.
    > 
    
    Adam,
    
    	The reason I asked is because on the embeddedethernet.com website, they 
    offer a pre-built card in *either* 5V or 3V.  I was planning on ordering a 
    pre-built card so that I could build your Final Ethernet card.
    
    Cheers,
    
    Bryan
    
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