while realizing that when I said 'network' I had meant ethernet but since localtalk was mentioned in the thread nevertheless (re stylewriters in the network category of forum) it got me to start thinking a bit about this...
given that you have open access to low-level io relatively speaking and , I wonder how involving it could be to make a 'raw' localtalk-to-usb adapter
(that is the adapter itself simply repacks the data between both bus methods and its up to the host cpu to do the actual work, aka softmodem sort of style. beside given that its a very low bitrate that even a lowend P-M laptop would barely ever notice this task)
I'm not saying that it would be equally as useful as native localtalk&systemos but it might open up certain things such as sending txt files between a lone old/notold pc and a gaggle of non-ethernet vintage macintoshes etc?
anyway thats just my own very-snowed-in morning thoughts on this, anyone else want to debate this?
given that you have open access to low-level io relatively speaking and , I wonder how involving it could be to make a 'raw' localtalk-to-usb adapter
(that is the adapter itself simply repacks the data between both bus methods and its up to the host cpu to do the actual work, aka softmodem sort of style. beside given that its a very low bitrate that even a lowend P-M laptop would barely ever notice this task)
I'm not saying that it would be equally as useful as native localtalk&systemos but it might open up certain things such as sending txt files between a lone old/notold pc and a gaggle of non-ethernet vintage macintoshes etc?
anyway thats just my own very-snowed-in morning thoughts on this, anyone else want to debate this?