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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. Re:Wow by capmilk · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Other incredibly smeggin' stupid things were done with East German KC 85 computers:

    - 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? :)

  2. The sad thing is... by EXrider · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The ethernet adaptor's chipset runs at a higher clock speed than the Apple ]['s CPU.

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  3. Think that was geeky -- it serves VNC!! by mactari · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I couldn't have been more impressed with the VNC server for the OS [sic].

    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! ;^)

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    It's all 0s and 1s. Or it's not.
  4. Re:It's projects like these... by pilgrim23 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hard core Apple II enthusiasts out here find these projects fascinating. Speaking as a long time Apple II fanatic and someone who purchased Joachim Lange's LANceGS ethernet card (referred to in the link), and an almost daily user of the OTHER TCP/IP effort on the Apple II (yes, there is more then one!) Marinetti, this is a way cool project! You can surf the web on an Apple II (I know of 2 browsers), use FTP (again, at least 2 clients), telnet (last count 4 different clients and growing), an IRC client, and even more! Here are the specs on my Apple II screamer: Apple IIgs ROM3 with 5mbs main memory (1 on motherboard, 4mb on memory slot), a TranswarpGS at 6mhz CPU accelerator; Slots: 1: Vulcan IDE card on a 120mb Vulcan Gold Hard Drive/Power Supply, 2: Apple 1024kb "Slinky" Memory card (also switchable to Appletalk for filesharing on intranet) 3: TranswarpGS, 4: scanner card 5: Apple "Superdrive" card for 1.44mb Floppy access. 6: ComputerEyes card for video capture, (switchable to 5.25 floppy controller for the occasional old game), 7 LANceGS ethernet card. Apple ][ FOREVER!

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