• Commodore Free Magazine, Issue 81 - Part 8

    From Stephen Walsh@39:901/280 to All on Sat Jul 5 17:34:54 2014
    time, so I will look at two versions, and how to set these up with your
    system. This disk image is quite old, but I prefer this, as it still looks like an operating system. Grab it here csdb.dk/release/?id=14635

    The direct link is here csdb.dk/getin ternalfile.php/43087/Contiki-c64-1.2- devel1.d64.zip

    Its Contiki, Version 1.2 Dev1

    Download the file. Now you need to transfer the disk image to a real disk,
    so use your favourite method to do this, then run the program with

    LOAD "*",8,1

    After a second or two the screen will load

    I am only interested in the web browser, but once this is working the rest
    of the applications should be self explanatory.

    So we need to:

    Press f1

    A menu appears. Use the cursor keys to scroll down and from the list
    select Configuration.

    The Config Editor will then load

    We aren't bothered about the top 2 options but we need to ensure Contiki
    loads the correct Network driver for our system, for the RR net you need to type

    rrnet.drv

    Under the option Net Driver

    Now we start to enter our network settings usually I would use

    192.168.1.64

    For our Commodore, in Contiki, and any network (remember each device must
    have a unique number assigned to it) this makes the assumption there are
    less than 64 devices currently connected on your network. I think this is
    a fairly safe assumption for a home network.

    For the netmask we would enter

    255.255.255.0

    Just as our ipconfig listing told us, the gateway or router address is

    192.168.1.254

    In our case the DNS server is our router

    192.168.1.254

    Now we are done, so we can save and close!

    This version also has an easy configuration tool, and just like your PC can
    set up all this information for you with just a click, it's called DHCP or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

    To run it you would press F1 on the main menu then select Run program and
    type

    dhcp.dsc

    But you still need to configure the network card to use the right driver
    first! Otherwise the DHCP tool will fail!

    You can now start the browser with f1 to display the menu.

    Select run program and type

    www.dsc

    The other thing to note is that there are other drivers on the disk for
    other network cards, so for things like THE Final Ethernet, you would load
    it in the config program with tfe.drv. Listing the disk directory will
    show what DRV or drivers there are - if you are using something else.

    This is Contiki V2.5.

    Download the program from here

    Contiki.cbm8bit.com/

    Now this is simplicity itself

    Using the information we gained from IPCONFIG command we can fill out the information on the website...

    IP address: 192 168 1 64
    Subnet mask: 255 255 255 0
    Default gateway: 192 168 1 254
    DNS server: 192 168 1 254

    Or whatever your IPCONFIG command showed as your network settings!

    Select C64 from the list make sure you select the correct Network card for
    your needs and complete image of disk 1

    This configures the disk with our network settings and then downloads the
    disk!

    However, you will see that a listing of the disk only shows a very small
    number of programs compared to the other version of Contiki OS.

    * dhcp.prg
    * webserver.prg
    * webbrowser.prg
    * wwget.prg
    * irc.prg

    You can run the DHCP.PRG to let this configure the network settings from
    your router (should you need to) if nothing is working.

    Now all that's left is to copy this to a real disk and load and run

    WEBBROWSER.PRG

    LOAD "webbrowser",8,1

    Then run it

    The website

    Contiki.cbm8bit.com/

    Also lets you download a second disk with the breadbox twitter client on
    it, but you have already gone through the basics so you should be able to
    use this without a problem. I do not tweet so I can't demo this for you.

    Enjoy!

    I hope this has helped some of the Commodore Free readers who have been
    stuck with configuring Contiki.



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    VIC GAME REVIEWS
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    Good grief! This seem to be a regular section in Commodore Free: new
    games released for the VIC! Anyway, I am sure it will make some of the
    readers happy! I have put the games all under one section but they all
    receive a review, so this month we have 3 new games. Someone said to me
    that this year is the year of the Commodore VIC, because of the quality
    (and not to mention) the quantity of the releases. I can't argue with
    that. I would also say that 2014 is the year of the VIC. We start with a superb title called Bertie the Ball.


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    REVIEW: BERTIE THE BALL
    For the VIC 20
    By Commodore Free
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    Name: Bertie The Ball
    Author: Misfit
    Requirements: 16k VIC-20 + Joystick
    Tested: VICE 2.4 and PAL VIC

    Download:
    www.riimukivi.net/data/bertie.prg

    Video:


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