adding a NE2000 compatible network driver and updated README.md

README.md

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 - QEMU x86_64
 - GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.31.1 or newer
 - dd (coreutils) 8.30
+- as (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.31.1 or newer
+- ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.31.1 or newer
+- cc (Debian 8.3.0-6) 8.3.0
 
 The C and C++ standards we are using for this are C17 and C++20
 
@@ -20,4 +23,26 @@ For C/C++:
 - g++ version 8.3.0 (Debian 8.3.0-6)
 - GNU gdb (Debian 8.2.1-2+b3) 8.2.1
 - lldb version 7.0.1
-  
+- Coreutils 8.30
+- Binutils 2.31.1
+- Bison 3.3.2
+- Diffutils 3.7
+- Findutils 4.6.0.225
+- Gawk 4.2.1
+- Grep 3.3
+- Gzip 1.9
+- M4 1.4.18
+- Make 4.2.1
+- Patch 2.7.6
+- Perl 5.28.1
+- Python 3.7.3
+- Sed 4.7
+- Tar 1.30
+- Texinfo 6.5, Xz 5.2.4
+
+## Features
+
+- Booting from 1.2M, 1.44MB, hard drive or ISO9660
+- FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and ext2 support
+- GUI
+- 

src/drivers/network/ne2000.c

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+#include <stdint.h>
+
+// NE2000 registers
+#define NE2000_COMMAND 0x00
+#define NE2000_PSTART 0x01
+#define NE2000_PSTOP 0x02
+// ... more registers ...
+
+// NE2000 commands
+#define NE2000_CMD_START 0x02
+#define NE2000_CMD_STOP 0x01
+// ... more commands ...
+
+// Write a value to a NE2000 register
+void ne2000_write_reg(uint16_t base_addr, uint8_t reg, uint8_t value) {
+    // Write to the register
+    // This will depend on your specific hardware interface
+}
+
+// Read a value from a NE2000 register
+uint8_t ne2000_read_reg(uint16_t base_addr, uint8_t reg) {
+    // Read from the register
+    // This will depend on your specific hardware interface
+}
+
+// Initialize the NE2000 card
+void ne2000_init(uint16_t base_addr) {
+    // Stop the NE2000 card
+    ne2000_write_reg(base_addr, NE2000_COMMAND, NE2000_CMD_STOP);
+
+    // Set up the packet buffer
+    ne2000_write_reg(base_addr, NE2000_PSTART, 0x40);
+    ne2000_write_reg(base_addr, NE2000_PSTOP, 0x80);
+
+    // ... more initialization ...
+
+    // Start the NE2000 card
+    ne2000_write_reg(base_addr, NE2000_COMMAND, NE2000_CMD_START);
+}
+
+// ... more driver functions ..

src/drivers/network/ne2000.h

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+#ifndef NE2000_H
+#define NE2000_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+// NE2000 registers
+#define NE2000_COMMAND 0x00
+#define NE2000_PSTART 0x01
+#define NE2000_PSTOP 0x02
+// ... more registers ...
+
+// NE2000 commands
+#define NE2000_CMD_START 0x02
+#define NE2000_CMD_STOP 0x01
+// ... more commands ...
+
+// Function prototypes
+void ne2000_write_reg(uint16_t base_addr, uint8_t reg, uint8_t value);
+uint8_t ne2000_read_reg(uint16_t base_addr, uint8_t reg);
+void ne2000_init(uint16_t base_addr);
+// ... more function prototypes ...
+
+#endif // NE2000_H