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The "Not Quite Amiga but still computer related category" => Alternative Operating Systems => Topic started by: redrumloa on April 16, 2010, 02:47:34 PM
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http://lyonlabs.org/commodore/geoLink/geoLink.html
(http://i39.tinypic.com/20qjt6g.jpg)
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it would have been more epic if you were in #amiga instead :D
looks neat though. What features does it have and how is the stability/ease of use
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Now that is totally cool retro.
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That is so cool!
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Yeah!..Great!--
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it would have been more epic if you were in #amiga instead :D
looks neat though. What features does it have and how is the stability/ease of use
Not my screenshot, though that is a channel I haunt :) The screenshot was done by Shadow(aka GeoShadow), the maker of the program.
It appears to be very easy to use and work good, the TCP/IP stack is included. There are not many features at this time as it is a first release with IRC support, but Shadow is still working on it. There is a C.S.C thread if you are interested.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.cbm/browse_thread/thread/8f93d86fb34492ca#
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I have the unshakeable urge to dust off my old C64 and to download GEOS...
Must... RESIST...!
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Wow. Maybe now I have to get hold of a RR+RRNet after all...
And, wow, Vanessa Ezekowitz is still active too (assuming that's her on the IRC screen shot)
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ShadowM is a badass.
I think I'll have to hook up my Educator64 again.
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Perfect, one more thing to play with my C64 NIC cartridge! Awesome!
Cheers,
Dragster
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ShadowM is a badass.
I think I'll have to hook up my Educator64 again.
yeah and I'll have to get a C64 that hasnt been hammered and drilled to pieces! :hammer:
...I wonder if it makes noises? That would be neat if it beeped from the sid when you sent messages
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Wow. Maybe now I have to get hold of a RR+RRNet after all...
And, wow, Vanessa Ezekowitz is still active too (assuming that's her on the IRC screen shot)
If you only need ethernet, the 64nic+ is a cheaper route (when available again).
http://www.jbrain.com/projects/64nic/
Vanessa is definately still active, she has been a big help with my tower project. That's her in the screenshot.
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If you only need ethernet, the 64nic+ is a cheaper route (when available again).
Heres to hoping availability part 2 isn't as much of a flamewar mess as last time :D
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What about a CSS and HTML5 capable browser for C64? ;)
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What about a CSS and HTML5 capable browser for C64? ;)
As long as flash is told to jog on it's all good ;)
This is as retro as it gets, IRC on a C64. I'm sold, what's the best cart to use with this then?
(best=simplest)
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I suppose the NIC+ is the simplest, but its not available atm.
They are all pretty simple really.
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The only other option available recently was the MMC Replay with RRNet, those don't seem to be available anymore either, unless I don't know where to look. I got my setup probably 2 years ago now.
Good luck on eBay, those things have been going for top dollar!
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The only other option available recently was the MMC Replay with RRNet, those don't seem to be available anymore either, unless I don't know where to look. I got my setup probably 2 years ago now.
Good luck on eBay, those things have been going for top dollar!
Yeah, I don't think any ethernet product is available atm. The best bet would probably be to wait until the 64nic+ is available again, which should be fairly soon. AFAIK the 64nic+ will be sold directly by Jim Brain this time and not through a third party (CCCC) like last time.
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Reminds me, I was talking about Amiga 500 ethernet on another board, and a lot of the responses were, "The 500 isn't powerful enough for that, it's a waste."
I was thinking it's useful on a C64!!!!! Oh well...
I love the concept of C64 ethernet (A GEOS Web browser (GEOLynx?) would be awesome!!), but I think I'm aiming most of my finances for my Amiga now...
desiv
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Makes me regret I got rid of the 4/plus. :(
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Makes me regret I got rid of the 4/plus. :(
Don't regret that too much, GEOS doesnt run on the plus/4, nor is there an ethernet adapter for it.
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. AFAIK the 64nic+ will be sold directly by Jim Brain this time and not through a third party (CCCC) like last time.
good
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Yeah, I don't think any ethernet product is available atm.
The RR-Net is available at Vesalia:
http://www.vesalia.de/d_rrnet.htm
But the MMC Replay / Chameleon / whatever you need aswell seems to be out of stock.
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The RR-Net is available at Vesalia:
http://www.vesalia.de/d_rrnet.htm
But the MMC Replay / Chameleon / whatever you need aswell seems to be out of stock.
Right, the RR-Net is not stand alone. The new style RR-Net requires an MMC Replay, which is sold out worldwide afaik.
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Don't regret that too much, GEOS doesnt run on the plus/4, nor is there an ethernet adapter for it.
Well you are right in that the adapter would not probably work with a plus/4, but you are wrong in saying that there was no GEOS for it.
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Don't regret that too much, GEOS doesnt run on the plus/4, nor is there an ethernet adapter for it.
http://www.commodore16.com/index.php/component/content/article/45-geos/62-geos-graphic-environment-operating-system.html
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Hey, look at that, GEOS for plus/4, makes that system just slightly less useless, though I believe this particular piece of software is only supposed to work on GEOS64 (unless I imagined hearing that it doesn't work on GEOS128.)
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Hey, look at that, GEOS for plus/4, makes that system just slightly less useless, though I believe this particular piece of software is only supposed to work on GEOS64 (unless I imagined hearing that it doesn't work on GEOS128.)
GeoLink for Geos 128 in 80 column mode, or even better Wings 128, would be the cats meow.
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Now THIS is my screenshot!
(http://i44.tinypic.com/s5ifpy.jpg)
:afro:
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Reminds me, I was talking about Amiga 500 ethernet on another board, and a lot of the responses were, "The 500 isn't powerful enough for that, it's a waste."
People should ignore, and I wish at many points in my life I had ignored, comments like these.
Way back in time when I had more time to spend on fanciful pursuits, I was reading the Commodore 64 Programmer's Reference book and decided that if the system provided a software 6551 emulation, then I should be able to find a real 6551 (they were available via Jameco back then) and build a module. Then programs like Novaterm and CNet BBS could be modified to use a real hardware UART.
Bear in mind that I had no idea of the existence of Transactor magazine or CMD products at the time, and this was before the SwiftLink-232. A local SysOp introduced me to the MiniModem C24 to replace my home-made RS-232 interface with an Emerson 2400 modem (which died and was replaced by a Wang.)
At a swap party he hosted I presented the idea along with some simple plans and diagrams. No one seemed interested, and one of the guys I sadly accepted as an expert on the matter told me that the disk drive could not keep up, so downloading at higher speeds was useless.
That single comment killed my project idea. Then a few years later I heard about the new SwiftLink-232. I was crushed.
I think many here can probably relate to having a flash of brilliance, then putting it off for whatever reason, only to find it produced a few years later.
EDIT: Aside from that emotion scarring, the comment is just ignorant, anyway. Much less powerful machines were networked in the past.
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I think many here can probably relate to having a flash of brilliance, then putting it off for whatever reason, only to find it produced a few years later.
I wish, sadly none of my brilliant ideas seem to show up... like the mouse with buildt in clipboard so one can copy on one computer, walk over to the next and paste. I thought of this in like.. 1997 or so - and today it should even be easy to implement. :hammer: