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> "access"... If you wanted, an old vt100/vt220 or whatever other hardware serial terminal you like can be connected to a linux or other system and access a she
by msla 6y ago
> "access"... If you wanted, an old vt100/vt220 or whatever other hardware serial terminal you like can be connected to a linux or other system and access a shell account with text browsers etc. In that scenario the terminal is "accessing the internet". (Did this with a Televideo 970 in 2007 iirc for the ebay listing where we sold it)
By this standard, I'm accessing the Internet using a flat-panel display.
If something isn't running its own TCP/IP stack, it isn't accessing the Internet.
> There might be a c64 IP stack but at that point its getting technicality again; how much access and function counts?
Being able to talk at least IP and TCP without external help.
- einr 6y ago> > There might be a c64 IP stack but at that point its getting technicality again; how much access and function counts? > Being able to talk at least IP and TCP without external help. Contiki (https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Contiki https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Contiki) runs on a stock C64 (plus an Ethernet adapter) and implements a full TCP/IP stack. It has IRC, FTP, e-mail, a web browser, etc. No tricks -- it runs on the hardware with no external help.