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Re: life extension of old computers thanks to opensource Contiki
big_d_316 writes
[ Crossposted ]
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?
Some of the 16 bitters perhaps. Not the 8-bitters. They will survive on
their own merits but it will be fun to try Contiki, if only for the
journey rather that the end result.
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
apps can be ported from one system to another with little modification.
I hope in the future we can see it grow.
There is some video of the C64 using Contiki to access Google at the end
of this video.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4895240151804208219
Maybe see the GUI abilities
advance on systems like the Atari, C-128 and Apple. See a version be
ported to run on a 32k TS-1000 with 1541 floppy drive.
GUIs first started appearing on the ZX Spectrum twenty years ago
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5899006623234946073
Since the Timex 1000 can achieve this resolution in software and since
peripherals, like ZX Spectrum mice, will fit the TS-1000 edge connector
then a GUI would be possible on the standard machine with memory
expansion.
It would be a bit Klickibunti though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klickibunti
The journey would be fun and I am sure some are planning it now :-)
--
Geoff Wearmouth
http://wimp.istheshit.net/