I've spent the last four years working on a network adapter for all 8-bit and 16-bit machines, based on ESP32 that offloads all networking complexity, allowing each target system to receive a nice clean I/O channel. It's designed to be easy to use, AND EASY TO PROGRAM (e.g. all networking operations use the same kernal I/O that all Commodore users and developers are familiar with)
The device itself provides
* Virtual Disk (load/save software and data from network or SD)
* Virtual Printer (e.g. MPS-803 rendered as PDF for modern printers)
* Virtual MODEM
* Network Card (with all sorts of protocol adapters.)
If you want to see what the core feature set is like, you can see the Atari video here, Fujinet in 15 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izdCLDQ1ZxU
I started work in earnest on the Commodore version, which works over the IEC port, and work is progressing very quickly. It will work with all Commodore and Commander X16 systems with an IEC port.
As an example application, I have ported the ISS tracker, which uses a web API which speaks JSON to report the position of the International Space Station. The JSON is parsed by the FujiNet and queried by the target system:
-Thom
