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Contiki for Internet-enabled Apple II

Posted by pudge on from the just-because dept.

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."

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  1. Scary video effect by baryon351 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know about anyone else, but that video damned near frightened the life out of me.

    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.

    1. Re:Scary video effect by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 1, Funny

      The video doesn't play at all on my Windows XP box. Just gives me an unknown error. Is there some voodoo that I must do?

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  2. Wow by black+mariah · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the dorkiest damn thing I've ever heard of. It takes a certain kind of boredom to do something as incredibly fucking stupid as this, and for that I salute the developers. ;)

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  3. Slow typing by dozer · · Score: 4, Funny

    I loved my ][e. The indestructable keyboard sure wasn't finger-friendly though. That's got to be the reason they guy in the video is typing so e x c r u c i a t i n g l y . s l o w l y . . .

  4. No Doubt by Atomizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    The same thing happened to me. I was wondering how the killer with the knife behind could be so damn quiet. It's 2:00 AM here, and that scared the crap out of me. It's worse than those animated gifs you stare at for 20 seconds, before a "ghost" shows up for 2 frames.

  5. Re:][c ? by fm6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So go out and buy a ][ or ][e. Probably cost you less than the ethernet adapter...

  6. Re:][c ? by colinleroy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, your point is valid but I can't do that. The IIc I have is my first computer ever, the one I learned BASIC with at the age of 9. I really can't toss this computer away just for an ethernet adapter :)

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  7. Re:][c ? by mgs1000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Girlfriends come and go, but Apple IIs are forever.

  8. Testing Slashdot... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Okay guys, it's been almost 20 years and I'm finally here! I just put this bitchin' mod on my Apple IIe. Wait till you can do video over the net, I can't wait to show it to you.

  9. Does it work because of the magic subnet mask? by SillyWilly · · Score: 4, Funny

    255.255.255.9? :p

    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 :)

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