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1.70 Mhz 8-Bit Ataris Get 10 Mbit Ethernet

Posted by simoniker on from the next-up-firewire dept.

point writes "Thanks to Chris Martin, 8-bit Atari power users can now enjoy 10 Mbit Ethernet, something that the Commodore 64 crowd have been able to do for over a year now... Time to pick up that age-old flamewar? An Ethernet-enabled Atari port of the Contiki operating system has already been completed, and brings the Atari users telnet, e-mail, a web server and a web browser. Pictures and schematics for the Ethernet card, as well as screenshots of the system in action on an Atari 800 are available from the project's webpage."

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  1. Not sure if this ran on the 800s, but... by Alaric42 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The Atari ST has had web browser software for some time. It's called the Crystal Atari Browser.

  2. You know what this means.... by ilctoh · · Score: 0, Redundant

    We could have a beowulf cluster of these things now!

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