GR8NET - third batch

Eugeny Brychkov already has produced two batches of GR8NET cartridges, an ethernet cart for MSX with some very nice features. As the second batch is almost sold out he's working on the third. Eugeny is assembling the new cartridges already, although some components are still missing, he's working on that. You can book a cartridge by contacting Eugeny on info [at] gr8bit [d0t] ru!

The price of cartridge has yet to be determined and will depend of the FX rate when the batch is finished. When you're thinking about ordering a cart it might be smart to team up with other people around you who want one too, shipping multiple items in one package will reduce the price.

GR8NET features:

• RJ-45 UTP Ethernet connection, 10/100 Mbit auto-negotiation / auto MDI, IPv4
• TCP, UDP, RAW and HTTP communication protocols
• Built-in simple web browser to browse web server directory tree
• DHCP configuration, DNS auto-resolution
• 2 user programmable sockets
• MSX-BASIC extended command support
• Built-in telnet application
• Built-in HTTP-based bload application
• Operation as 1 Megabyte mapped RAM
• ROM mapper emulation (plain, Konami)
• Built-in SCC for standalone and Konami implementations
• Hardware accelerated functions:
  • Interrupt generator using time period or frequency, with watchdog
  • PCM buffered 8- and 16-bit mono performance
  • Data prefetch from onboard RAM, ROM and W5100
  • Micro-SD card interface
  • Mathpack for FAT16/FAT32 and 32-bit multiplication and division

One example of GR8NET in action, using its extended MSX-BASIC command set is the recently released ROMBASE utility that connects your MSX to onlime MSX ROM databases.

Relevant link: GR8BIT website