Re: Apple II GS : 2 questions from Mars

[a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

"Chris" <no@mail.com> wrote:

>4 Questions :
>
>1) Is there a port of Linux on II GS ? Linux is ported on embedded systems
>with no MMU and limited cpu power, thus it's not a so silly question (yes ?
>it is ? why ?)

    Definitely not. And I don't think GNO/ME would count. :-)

>2) Is there a TCP/IP stack on GNO ? (Marinetti ?? What's this ?)

     Derek Taubert was working such a project for GNO, called "GS/TCP".
I think it's now safe to assume, some 8+ years later, that the project
is dead and buried.

    Marinetti is TCP/IP stack for GS/OS (not just simply GNO). It works
but rather buggy at the moment. Rather than describe it, here's a link
to its home page:  http://www.apple2.org/marinetti/

>3) Is there an ethernet card II GS compatible ?

    Yes, the LANCceGS card. ///SHH Systemes in Germany only just
released it last year. Look here: http://lancegs.a2central.com/

>4) How many people are still using II GS for programming ? 100 ? 1000 ?
>10000 ?

    Heh, not many. You'd be lucky to get a double digit number. :-)
Off the top of my head there's Eric Shepherd, Kim Howie, Geoff
Weiss, Alexander Siegfried, Lucas Scharenbroich. I know there
are many more, but they've been inactive the last several years.
I'm *sure* I missed a few other active IIgs programmers, these
are just the ones that immediately come to mind...

Mitchell Spector
a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca