Hardware: Low-cost USB<-->Ethernet adapter

[Nicholas Bodley]

Read about it in the weekly OLPC newsletter; should be of general interest.
<http://zoltantech.com/UsbLanA.php?op=desc>

Anyone who subscribes to the OLPC newsletter (written by the president of  
OLPC, btw) really needs a glossary! It's thick with unfamiliar terms.

Zoltan is (afaik) a common Hungarian name. So, where is the company?  
Taiwan. As an amateur internationalist, I find that gently delightful.

I'm (repeatedly) pleasantly surprised to see the wide variety of  
data-protocol (?) converters; especially when an embedded micro can easily  
fit inside the shell of a connector, all sorts of minor wonders are not  
only possible, but affordable.

My regards to all,

-- 
Nicholas Bodley
Waltham, Mass.
using an USB mouse with a PS/2 port adapter
Midnight hacker in 1960 at BMEWS
in Colo. Springs, with full approval


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