were still wiggling.

Have a missed the reply?

Please advise.

Rgds...

...Andy
 At 01:48 25/02/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Ok.  I'm wiggling on the hook.  And where is the info on FlatStack.
>
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>>> I read the emWARE site with interest this afternoon, as
>>> after all, isn't *everybody* interested in a 1k TCP/IP
>>> solution, even if there are some proprietary packet data
>>> formats involved?
>>
>>OK, but emWare -running on PIC- isn't a standalone TCP IP
>>implementation!
>>
>>It's a simple serial token passing protocol developed by EmWare. The
>>REAL TCP/IP runs on the connected PC!!
>>
>>> I can't tell whether what they are selling is a PIC TCP/IP
>>> implementation with a bunch of schmoozy higher-ware, or
>>> a serial sort of protocol that communicates with
>>> a PC-based web server, with the PC containing a bunch of schmoozy
>>> higher-ware (which is not exactly an embedded stand-alone
>>> web-appliance, is it?).
>>
>>NOT a standalone appliance, because the PC connection (local or remote)
>>plays an important role! The remote client connects via TCP IP to PC,
>>not to PIC directly!! The gateway PC "translates" TCP IP communication
>>to emWare's proprietary comm format and vice versa!
>>
>>> Look, last time I checked, NOBODY has managed to squeeze
>>> TCP/IP into that kind of space - the best I've heard of
>>> is a UDP implementation that fits in around 16K - itself,
>>> quite an accomplishment.
>>
>>Until now!!
>>The solution: FlatStack. A little hybrid integrated circuit, with
>>complete TCPIP/PPP/UDP/HTTP/POP3/SMTP protocol suite based on an 8 bit
>>RISC core and some ASIC. You can connect EVERYTHING to the Net, without
>>proprietary protocols!! This patented technology connects Your device
>>DIRECTLY to the Net, via serial line (PPP) or modem, or via Ethernet.
>>You can reach the device via I2C or SPI or simple async... Your device
>>"sees" FlatStack module like other serial peripheral (like EEPROM
>>etc..)...
>>
>>G.B.
>>
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