Re: life extension of old computers thanks to opensource Contiki

[David Murray <spamsucks@stopspam.com>]

> How many people out there believe that life of old 8-bit systems and
> old 16-bit systems life will be spared because of Contiki? I believe
> this OS is the answer that all 8-bitters have been looking for. I think
> it offers more than just TCP/IP to old systems. It is a common ground
> for all 8-bit systems all the way from Z80 to 6502, a place where new

I don't know about that.  I was very interested when Contiki first came 
out.  But it seems it was going really good for a while and died.  There 
haven't been any updates in forever.  Support for most systems never got 
out of the testing phase.  I was really anticipating good support for the 
C128 on the 80-column screen.  I remember thinking "If only I could 
browse the web and do email and newsgroups on the 80-column screen of my 
128, even if it were only text mode) then that would be cool.  But it 
never happened.  

Yes.. I know everbody is going to suggest that I get in there and finish 
the code.. Well, unfortunatly, my time is limited and I'm already working 
on DTV stuff too much.  

Which brings me to my next thing.. The DTV is where Contiki could REALLY 
shine being that it comes standard with 2 MB of RAM, faster CPU, 
320x200x256 graphics.  If somebody wanted to spend some time coding 
Contiki to take advantage of all that, it would be something else.  Just 
have to figure out the best way to network it using the user-port and 
best way to get a mouse working on the joystick port.