[Coco] Coco on the internet

[Aaron Banerjee]

How to connect a Coco to the internet:

1.  Use a few feet of twine to encircle your coco.  Tie securely.

2.  Tie remaining twine around your existing internet connection.  If  
you do not have an internet connection....oh, wait a minute, you  
wouldn't be reading this in the first place...

...

I realize that humor doesn't translate well across languages/cultures;  
the above was a joke.

Seriously, I've had good luck using my coco as a terminal for my linux  
box.  For those who use the emacs text editor, there is a way to  
configure it to the 32 column screen.

I still have my "DLOAD" machine operational.  (I used it as a  
controller for a Li+/NiMH battery recharger many years ago using the  
JOYSTK and Cassette ports.  Since those were taken, I would DLOAD the  
driver program from my host PC).

              - Aaron

On Mar 17, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Aaron Wolfe wrote:

> There was a project to port contiki to the coco at one point, but it
> was abandoned before completed.
>
> IMHO, adding internet capabilities to the CoCo's native OS is cool..
> porting a generic OS not as interesting.
> -Aaron
>
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 11:06 AM, James Dessart <skwirl42 at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Robert Layten <rlayten at mymail.lccc.edu 
>> > wrote:
>>> There is a web browser for the C64, but I don't think its been  
>>> updated in
>>> several years.
>>
>> I think you're talking about Contiki. The guy who created it has  
>> moved
>> Contiki into more of a control scheme for embedded microcontrollers
>> than something for old 8-bit machines.
>>
>> However, it would work on the CoCo, as long as there's the  
>> appropriate
>> internet hardware. Either a SLIP connection through a serial port, or
>> an ethernet board added on. I had looked into it ages ago, but never
>> got around to it. Someday, maybe.
>>
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>> James Dessart
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