TCP/IP on eightbitters

From: THETechnoid_at_home.com <(THETechnoid_at_home.com)>
Date: Tue Nov 21 13:45:12 2000

There is a PPP/TCP stack for the Atari 8-bit which allows you to connect
to a PPP server over serial/modem, but no servers as yet. You can use it's
terminal program to run a browser on a system like NETHER.NET. Nether is a
Sunos5.4 system out there that give free shell acces..

Regards,

Jeff

In <1184.360T2200T11395969optimus_at_canit.se>, on 11/21/00
   at 02:45 PM, "Iggy Drougge" <optimus_at_canit.se> said:

>How many eight-bit micros are there with TCP/IP implementations? I can
>only think of the C64 and the MSX.
>For the C64, there are AFAIK two implementations. One is a "normal" C64
>program, with some clients for telnet, IRC and FTP, IIRC. The other one
>is a UNIX look-a-like called Lunix, which will een handle ingoing telnet
>calls on a slip line.
>I believe both are available at
>http://www.heilbronn.netsurf.de/~dallmann/c64.html

>As for the MSX, the one implementation I know of is UZIX, which is about
>as close to an eight-bit UNIX you can get. Its homepage is available at
>http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~adrcunha/uzix

>I've heard some talk about a TCP/IP project for the Spectrum, as well.
>Then there is the Ethernet card for the Apple II. Which protocols does it
>support?

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