Re: ANN: Web Browser for 8 bit Apple //

[chris@CosmicWolf.com (Chris Morse)]

On 3 Apr 2002 17:58:04 -0800, julian814@hotmail.com (Ralph Glatt)
wrote:

>obsbedia2@aol.com (Obsbedia2) wrote in message news:<20020402054347.19095.00001541@mb-fm.aol.com>...
>> Still, I wonder how the Commodore Users like their 8-bit web browser...
>> 	After April 1st,
>> 	--Jay
>
>The only way to find out is to go to to comp.sys.cbm and ask. Looks
>like we won't be getting any help from them soon. They're probably
>still having a hissy fit over which computer is better. Besides, it
>looks like you and I are the only ones really interested in a web
>browser for the 8 bit Apple. :-(
>
>
>Ralph Glatt

Lynx only works with the Apple //GS, right?

You're not alone in your want for a "connected" //e.

I've been working on re-learning all my Apple //e past;
mainly assembler and the memory/device/function mappings
on the //e.  I hope to write some "useful" applications
for myself & the A2 community at large.. (or small, as
the case may be..)

Has anyone looked at uIP (pointed out by a previous poster)?
http://dunkels.com/adam/uip/

I haven't looked at it closely yet, but I wonder if anyone 
has looked into the possiblity of porting it to the Apple //.

I have a background in internet programming, but mainly at
the application level- eg, BSD sockets and WinSock.  I've written
web, ftp, pop3 and numerous "custom" servers, and a lot of
clients.. 

uIP has already been ported to the C64, obviously, so I imagine 
it's just a matter of writing the necessary drivers for the //e, like
a driver for the super serial card.  I'll have to look into
uIP's docs and source to understand what needs to be done.

Is anyone else working on this?

I've wanted to do something like this for a while; ever since
I saw the web page for a *really* small TCP/IP implementation
done by someone at UMass..  Not sophisticated, but the entire
implementation was on the order of 256 or 512 bytes of code.
Unfortunately, the creator was not sharing those magic numbers.

Cheers!
// CHRIS