Re: [NTLK] WiFi driver registration ... so, it's gone?

On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Martin Joseph wrote:

> You can dumb yours down to 802.11B also for a test. I think the
> bronze might actually use an even slower rate (like 2mbits.sec) that
> the newer bases don't like. The Wavelan Gold or silver cards don't
> seem to be as picky.

   Tried that, didn't work. Just got a Turbo Silver from work, will test
that tonight. We'll see how well that works.

> > I wonder what it would take to write a new wireless driver from
> > scratch. There's probably a good deal of code in the Linux and BSD
> > kernels that could be swiped for this purpose. Especially to
> > document card internals.
>
> Please do, we would all appreciate it. I think that Hiroshi's driver
> was also based on a Unix project of sorts.
>

   Well beyond my skill level, especially given that I just got a Newton
and have no experience with this platform. But... perhaps in time I'll do
just that.

   What do you think about Squeak (smalltalk) as a replacement platform?
Both linux and XP really aren't suited for a handheld platform. But Squeak
looks pretty close to NewtonOS in terms of being fully object oriented and
having a Functional programming environment with persistent stores. Just
tossing it out there...

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