Re: Contiki 2.5 Testing on the Standard IIe

[dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan)]

Oliver Schmidt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Regarding Contiki there are three dependencies:
> 
> 1. The Uthernet card doesn't work with the original 6502 CPU because
> of some signal timing issue. You need at least a 6502A.
> 

And this is exactly what I was testing for: to see if it is true or not in
all scenarios. And as I have found, it isn't (assuming that the
microprocessor in the II Plus was an original 6502). But adding more
peripheral cards seems to make the problem of missing packets worse.

> 2. The Contiki 2.x C code was compiled for the 65C02 CPU and makes use
> of their additional opcodes.
> 

This one got me. I rebooted at least 3-4 times before I realized "oh, it
probably wants a 65C02" and put in the Transwarp.

But what I want to know is:

Why does Contiki 2.5 work better with more cards installed, and ADTPro does
not? My theory is that the TCP/IP stack has to do with it. Isn't ADTPro
using IP65, and Contiki is using something different?

> 3. The Contiki GUI makes use of Mousetext characters.

Right, it makes use, but I wouldn't call it a dependency. My IIe didn't
mind, and neither did I, having an inverse "B" serve as the mouse cursor.
:-)

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