Berkeley TCP socket interface for the Apple IIgs 226
Scott C. Linnenbringer writes "In case you wanted to do something cool with your fancy little Apple IIgs in the back room, you can use GS/TCP to implement a standard BSD socket interface, allowing you to connect via SLIP, MacIP, and soon PPP on a GNO/ME (GNO Multitasking Environment) UNIX system for the IIgs, now completely abandoned, open-sourced and labeled freeware. GS/TCP also comes with ftp and inetd, built with ORCA/C directly from BSDi sources (hacked, of course,) and a text web browser for GNO/ME can be found at the website."
One more spawn for our beloved BSD (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:haha (Score:5, Insightful)
Datasage: Seriously, if your reading this, your probably have a better computer than an Apple IIgs.
Faster? Yes.
Better? No.
Heh... (Score:5, Insightful)
I don't hack for profit, I hack for FUN (Score:5, Insightful)
The point of projects like this one is to have fun and learn skills that can be used for endeavors that have a more practical use.
What better way to learn the ins and outs of a TCP/IP stack than to implement one? What better way to learn about an OS than to write one, even if it is on hardware thats somewhere between having a Bar Mitzvah and being old enough to vote?
Lee