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Re: Contiki programmer needs an german enhanced //e



In article <cj3rll$puh$1@online.de>, ol.sc@web.de says...
> Hi,
> 
> as some of you may already know I ported the Contiki OS
> (http://www.sics.se/~adam/contiki/) to the A2. It has been already
> running successfully with Glenn Jones' homebrewn ethernet card.
> Unfortunately this card isn't generally available so I want to add
> support for the LANceGS ethernet card.
> 
> Currently I only own an ][+ clone, while Joachim Lange told me that
> his LANceGS only works reliably in an //e or //GS. And Contiki for the
> A2 comes in two flawours as well, a down-level version for all 64k
> machines (with 40 col. display) and the "real one" for enhanced //e's
> (and above) (with 80 col. mousetext display and 65C02 instructions).
> 
> So after all I'd need an enhanced //e to build and test a LANceGS
> driver for Contiki. I've been looking at german eBay for such a
> machine but they tend to be rare and thus too expensive for me.
> 
> Therefore I'm asking here if an A2 fan in Germany is willing support
> this open source effort by donnating an german (220 Volt, 50 Hz)
> enhanced //e (or selling it very cheaply) to me.
> 
> The machine should have a 80 col. board - an extended one would be
> great as future Contiki versions may make use of the aux memory.
> Additionally a floppy controller and a 5.25" drive would be great as
> this would allow me to operate the machine in parallel to my ][+
> (which has the drive built into a PC-type case).
> 
> Oliver
> 

Oliver, I don't know what shipping from the US to Germany would run, but 
would you like to have a ROM 01 IIgs?  I've got a few of those sitting 
around doing nothing.

Would shipping be cost prohibitive?  What about the voltage thing. I'm 
sure mine is only 110 and you need 220, right?

Charles