From: md@md.com   
      
   Hi,   
      
   I have ethernat and have begun to work with USB on it.  I have no idea   
   if I have what it takes to make a complete USB architecture but we'll   
   see.   
   Thanks,   
   Mark   
      
      
      
   "Rodolphe Czuba"  wrote:   
   >You speak like the atari domain is a business market....but it is just a fun   
   >domain.   
   >No business here...   
   >And it is why we have so few drivers authors...   
   >   
   >I announced that I will propose a special price on CTPCI for developers who   
   >want to write something like a driver...   
   >I cannot give hardware to them...   
   >People who buy atari hardware to me know that they encourage me too...if I   
   >lost money what is the sense...?   
   >Some people did some fantastic things on CT60 and just for fun & free...   
   >On my next atari project I will try to furnish freely the hardware for a   
   >certain period of time and let choice after to the 'developer' to buy it at   
   >lower price or to send back.   
   >It will be the better I will be able to do...   
   >   
   >The USB driver on atari stills the biggest missing !   
   >The EtherNAT has 2 USB ports but after 3 years we only can connect a   
   >mouse...   
   >Not enough...   
   >We need too keyboard, memory sticks, camera, external drives,....   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >pputnik@freemail.hu wrote:   
   >> On jún. 20, 14:45, "Rodolphe Czuba"  wrote:   
   >>> Actually I have 115 orders for CTPCI.   
   >>> Yes I'd like to see a PCI-USB card driver available (   
   >>> Nec uPD720101 is a good chip)...   
   >>> Buit who want to do the driver (linux source are ok) ?   
   >>>   
   >>> The price is what he has to be if you want I continue to design and   
   >>> spend so much time on this activity...   
   >>> Just the prototype cost 900 EUR !   
   >>> Think about this.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   I understand why prices are so big. But it will not help me to earn   
   >> money, especially not this crisy days :-)   
   >>  Let's say that I want to write drivers.  Then I need CT60/63. I need   
   >> PCI board... So, I must spend some hunderts of Euros now, to earn   
   >> maybe 2-3 times less Euros after couple years... It seems not as good   
   >> idea :-)   
   >>  I don't care for Linux sources. I do everything in ASM for Atari. All   
   >> required info is available to make USB drivers. But it is really   
   >> complex thing, and big task. People talks about worth of 50000 $ for   
   >> such drivers. It is of course price for some firm, with all taxes,   
   >> etc. Still, I'm sure that making only drivers for PEN drives is at   
   >> least 100 hours of heavy work.   
   >>   It would be better to do at once some universal driver, for wider   
   >> machine base. But likely it is just a dream, considering that we don't   
   >> have unique way of interfacing some faster USB on diverse Ataris. ACSI   
   >> port would  be not good - Falcon has no it. Catch 22.   
   >>   
   >>   PP   
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