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Berkeley TCP socket interface for the Apple IIgs
Scott C. Linnenbringer writes "In case you wanted to do something cool with your fancy little Apple IIgs in the back room, you can use GS/TCP to implement a standard BSD socket interface, allowing you to connect via SLIP, MacIP, and soon PPP on a GNO/ME (GNO Multitasking Environment) UNIX system for the IIgs, now completely abandoned, open-sourced and labeled freeware. GS/TCP also comes with ftp and inetd, built with ORCA/C directly from BSDi sources (hacked, of course,) and a text web browser for GNO/ME can be found at the website."
Just when you thought the web couldn't get any slower....
What if I already have a beowulf cluster of them?
Karma: Can there be a void?
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Sweet! I can't wait to play Choplifter over the Internet!
Physicists do it with a big bang!
Against some VERY stiff competition, I nominate this article for the coveted /. "Nerdiest Article of the Year".
I mean, sheesh, more acronyms in that description than unwilling virgins on this site...
Read reviews of shopping cart software
Because we can.
But, seriously, I remember Apple IIes from grade school. They lagged when interpreting text based BASIC games... I mean, all of my programming assignments... Sounds like this stuff would make them keel over, more likely than not. Then again, the problem may have been the BASIC...
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Crudely Drawn Games
The TRS-80/Apple II flamewars. We'll just call it a draw, ok?
Apple Computer Announces The IIgs
RetroSoft's Exclusive Look
A motor-horse 2800KHz, 1MHz FSB and 8192KB RAM, all topped off with a beautiful, crisp, 2-bit (4-bit supported!), 640x480 monitor.
Apple really hit the mark with this beast, even including audiophiles that needed state-of-the-art mono sound output, capable of digital sound processing (line-in will be included in future models). When we listened to the latest hits in MIDI, they sounded remarkably better than our IBM-Compatible BEEP in QBasic.
Finally, the IIgs comes with a built-in floppy drive to store all your files, games, and, "most importantly music, " according to Steve Jobs.
"Now you can take all your music with you anywhere, over 1,000 digital music files in your pocket. The new floppy has no moving parts, meaning a better overall product for our users. We've got a real hit with the IIgs."
The Political Programmer
Now I can setup that anonymous ftp server for my 1 pirated mp3 for people to download! When will someone port KaZaA for me?
Mordor...a magical, mythical land where women are more rare than dragons--but where every man would rather find a dragon
GNOME on an apple II? You must think we're fscking stupid or something. No way in hell.
I have a IIGs, and I'm actually excited about this. It has been collecting dust, and now, I'm going to fire up my 2400 baud adb port modem and 'fly' online in textual 'happy apple' style. Now all we need is a networked multi-player version of Oregon Trail, and I'm happy for the next year!
Speak for yourself.
Clearly, what these people are trying to do by developing for antiquaited hardware is drive the value up so they can sell theirs on eBay. But I'm on to their underwear-stealing ways!
Gates' Law: Every 18 months, the speed of software halves.
This is good news, i havn't done anything with my IIgs but play Oregon Trail, Carmen Sandiago and Number Munchers.
Gee, I hope those are legal versions of Oregon Trail and Carmen Santiago, or else this really lame rapper dude will be very mad!
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