Contiki for Internet-enabled Apple II 43
indyV writes "Most of you probably remember the Contiki OS which
previously have been used to Internet-enable both the Commodore
64 and the 8-bit
Atari. This
video shows the brand new Apple II Contiki port in action, booting up on an Apple IIe
and surfing to www.apple2.org. The network connection was made with a
specially crafted Ethernet adapter."
Cool (Score:2)
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Too bad that's the model I have, I'll still have to setup serial transfer if I want to upload stuff on this...
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Apple ][+
Apple IIe
Apple
Apple IIgs
Mac II
Re:][c ? (Score:5, Informative)
I always felt that it was better as "//e". But then again, this is a totally geeked out topic, and I might as well get back to my life now :-)
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Beg to differ... at least my wife would. I have approximately a dozen IIgses, and at least that many older IIs (II+ to IIe platinum) as well as a number of monitors, keyboards, etc. Saved them from the dump. Plan to start selling them off one of these days...
Re:][c ? (Score:2)
Because I actually have a girlfriend, and 4 computers (2 of them are servers in a cupboard). More wouldn't please her.
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The new eZ80 acclaim has an ethernet port and TCP/IP stack. An other option would be to use the AVR version of Contiki and and AVR chip to hack one. Ues it would be easier to just use a pc and a null modem cable but not nearly as much fun.
Scary video effect (Score:5, Funny)
For those who haven't seen, it's a camcorder recorded screen of an Apple II booting. Looking at it, I could see a guy's head moving in the background.
Now, since I live alone and there's not meant to be anyone behind me, first thing I did was look behind me to my left and raise my arms in defense.
Thank you slashdot, for the 160bpm heartrate. I'm nearly normal now.
No Doubt (Score:5, Funny)
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What software do I need to play this? Yes, I'm a new Mac user. Be kind.
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Thanks for the tip.
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Wow (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wow (Score:5, Interesting)
- RAM was increased from 64KB to 2MB.
- Hard disks were added.
- Ethernet was added.
And since the floppy drive had the same U880D cpu as the main machine:
- multiprocessig was added.
How cool is that? :)
The sad thing is... (Score:2, Interesting)
Think that was geeky -- it serves VNC!! (Score:3, Interesting)
Man, that's a sic and a sick. Impressive stuff. That's enough for me to really start jones'n to build that ethernet port on a breadboard and give it a shot.
Use your Apple IIe from nearly any box connected by broadband from anywhere in the world. Man, the 21st century rocks!
Re:Wow (Score:3, Informative)
Some people enjoy this kind of thing. Let them have their fun. I'm sure there's something equally dorky that you enjoy.
Personally, I get a kick out of programming an 8-bit processor with a whopping 256-byte address space. It's a thrill to get anything working.
Slow typing (Score:5, Funny)
It's projects like these... (Score:5, Insightful)
but of course, hardware being so diverse as it is, programming for 1 platform just isn't feasable any longer
Wait!!! (Score:1)
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(2) why do you need a separate 5.25" controller when there's afloppy port on the back of the machine?
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Testing Slashdot... (Score:5, Funny)
Does it work because of the magic subnet mask? (Score:4, Funny)
If I knew that the video of me making a mistake like that was going to end up on Slashdot I'd re-record it
Re:Does it work because of the magic subnet mask? (Score:2)
This video is perfect! It's got it all:
- suspense (you know the web page will load, but when)
- drama (why is the typing so slow?!)
- conflict (will it be 0 or 9 for the mask? Surely Zero must win!)
- scare value (lookout behind you! it got me, too)
- Climax (just when you think it'll load, you realize that the [GO] button is an extra step)
- A happy ending
and lastly
- hidden bonus material (did you catch the CONTIKIJ messup at the start?)
Not impressed (Score:2)
http://apple2history.org/museum/screenshots/a2g
Of course, that was a IIgs, which is certainly faster. But still...