Hello, I am one of those too, who asked for a 68k release since
many moons. I feel having a tcp/ip stack available is mega
important, also for a niche retro platform like this.
Thanks to mechy for having stirred the interest. I hope that you
all get back on track, and help olsen getting his stack put
to good use on 68k systems.
@olsen
About the missing GUI, I would happily use the stack without,
provided basic documentation for the configuration files
is present. (I am sure they will be).
Regarding the distribution media, personally I would prefer
a download. However, with this method I can foresee some
users asking you for a re-download later on though.
As for the pricing, I am very flexible with important products
like this. I buy hardware without looking too much at the
price, deneb and zorram latest, and I believe I have an idea
of the amount of hours and work you put into this. I bought
AmiTcp and later MiamiDx, but I dont recall their price points.
Provided that NAT functionality is possible, 50 euro would
not make me think twice, but I agree with other post'ers, that
a low price certainly may invite to buy.
For the support load on the author, I would like to point to
the, in my view, back then, very well working solution which
the MiamiDx author used, the MiamiDx mailing list, where
users helped users. Perhaps this, the idea of users helping
users being the base support method, could possibly leave
you in a more relaxed position.
I still have a system running 24/7/365, with uptimes passing
the 200 days mark, and would still very much like to try
out Roadshow as the main router for my lan, for an
interesting comparison to MiamiDx in the same setup.
A side note; I feel you should have semi-included AmigaNOS
in your list of tcp/ip implementations, however I know
that it is mainly for radio amateur use and not for use
by the masses. I used it with an AX25 modem on my A1000,
and it was great fun improving functionality and make it
compile on latest sas/c version.
Best Regards
omgas
Oh My God, Another Stack
