Subj : Re: Old Geek Thoughts...
To   : TALIADON
From : Jeff
Date : Thu Jan 06 2022 13:48:50

On 06 Jan 2022, TALIADON said the following...
 TA>  Je> their way onto the internet. Thanks to projects like the Fujinet,
 TA>  Je> SpectraNet, and TIPI, it's no longer necessary to even have local cop
 TA>  Je> of disk or cassette images; users can mount and use them over the
 TA>  Je> internet. And that, I think, is amazing.
 TA> This is precisely why chatting here is a good idea: this is news to me
 TA> and as you say, amazing.
 TA> I imagine SpectraNet has something of interest for me.

The Spectranet is a modern peripheral for the ZX Spectrum (and clones). It
attaches to the edge connector and provides network functionality. It
requires a LAN cable connection (no WiFi) and while using it the computer is
limited to 48K BASIC (no 128K BASIC, although the full 128K is available to
programs). It contains firmware that intercepts BASIC commands, adding a new
syntax for users to access it from BASIC. It can also provide a socket
interface, although that's only available via assembly programming. For file
support it uses a protocol known as TNFS, and there are multiple TNFS servers
set up to use. The protocol allows for auto-running a program when connecting
to a TNFS server, so most of these are set up with menuing systems to help
you select which cassette image you want, much like a BBS.

Jeff.

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