[Coco] Internet via Coco

[Brian Blake]

And let's not forget internet BBS'ing!!!




On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:


> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Diego Barizo <diegoba at adinet.com.uy>

> wrote:

> > CW Gordon wrote:

> >>

> >> Please excuse me if I'm asking a question that has been asked before,

> but

> >> is

> >> it possible to browse the internet with the Coco, and if so, can I

> connect

> >> the RS-232 Pak to a cable modem to accomplish this?

> >>

> >>

> >

> > I don't see any answers (I might have deleted them), so I'll jump in.

> > No, you can not connect a RS-232 pack to a modern modem and browse the

> web.

> > The only practical way to do it, is using a PC as a tool, with either

> > Drivewire or CoCoNet.

> >

>

> It's worth clarifying that neither DW or Coconet will allow one to

> "browse the internet".  DW provides telnet, smtp, a web *server* (not

> a browser), direct TCP access for outbound and incoming connections,

> and virtual modems over TCP.  A couple IRC clients are in the works

> but not ready at this point, and I've got a twitter client I keep

> meaning to finish.  Both CocoNet and DW also provide a mechanism for

> downloading content from URLs, but this is only a way to retrieve some

> bytes.  Quite useful for mounting remote disk images or pulling files

> across the network onto a local disk, but we are talking about

> transferring bytes, not rendering their contents.

>

> While it would certainly be possible to write a web browser using

> DriveWire's TCP mechanisms, simply getting the content to the coco is

> trivial compared to rendering it in any meaningful way.  I am not

> aware of any projects attempting to do this, and not sure it would

> ever make sense anyway.  Considering the limitations of the CoCo's

> graphics modes and memory space, implementing a web browser might be a

> fun project but it's never going to be something you'd really want to

> use :)  On the other hand, things like telnet, ftp, IRC, etc can be

> done quite well on the CoCo.  The IRC clients I've seen in development

> look like first class applications that are every bit as usable as

> modern clients on modern PCs.

>

> -Aaron

>

>

> > Diego

> >

> >

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