Ragooman
Experienced Member
Hi,
I also have the C64NIC+. And I'm using an original C64 with 1541 floppy drive. I'm trying to get the WWW browser in Contiki to get online. It starts up with the website already in there, http://contiki.c64.org/
But it keeps getting 'host not found'.
I ran the NIC-Test utility to run the Loopback test on the CS8000 chip and it works fine. This test doesn't require a Lan cable. The test runs a loopback test thru the network chip only. I found this test here
http://retrohackers.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=435
When I connect the Lan cable to my router here at home, the green Link led is lit and the red Activity led blinks on the C64NIC+. Also, I can see the Link light is lit on my Verizon FiOS router for that channel. I know the Lan cable is good because I share it with my 2nd PC here to go online. I downloaded the *.d64 image for C64 contiki from this website
http://www.c4expo.org/1498/
Then I read about this website--> http://cbm8bit.com/contiki/
This has some kind of config screen to let you customize the image. I realize I need to select C64 for my computer and I have to select the Ethernet card supporting RR-Net. But do I need to enter any of the IP Addr's in there, as I see it doesn't detect my system automatically.
This is what I get on when i visit that webpage
IP Address: 192.168. 0.111
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255. 0
Default Gateway: 192.168. 0. 1
DNS Server: 192.168. 0. 1
Now, on my home Lan, and my PC addr is 192.168.1.3, the network router is at 192.168.1.1, so shouldn't I enter the same IP Addr for the Router in the box for 'Default Gateway' and 'DNS Server' ?
So then, it should look like this.
IP Address: 192.168. 1.111
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255. 0
Default Gateway: 192.168. 1. 1
DNS Server: 192.168. 1. 1
Then it shows that there's 2 disk images to download, versus only the one disk image from the link above.
an I safely assume this is the latest version by going to the cbm8bit.com website instead ?
Do I need two drives then, since there's 2 disk images, or is this just extra software which I can swap out with just one 1541 drive ?
BTW,
The switches on this weren't very clear. I didn't receive any paperwork with instructions. So I had to google this info. I found that the Top of the card that they mention is the goldfinger edge.
So my toggle switches are currently set this way - looking at it while sitting in front of the C64 keyboard (slash indicates direction of toggle switch) . I would use the term front/back - unless someone is using a cartridge expander--but then it seems top/bottom description they use is reversed still.
/ S1 = RR-NET
\ S2 EPROM NOT selected
\ S3 = C64 EPROM usage
/ S4 register space = IO1
I also have the C64NIC+. And I'm using an original C64 with 1541 floppy drive. I'm trying to get the WWW browser in Contiki to get online. It starts up with the website already in there, http://contiki.c64.org/
But it keeps getting 'host not found'.
I ran the NIC-Test utility to run the Loopback test on the CS8000 chip and it works fine. This test doesn't require a Lan cable. The test runs a loopback test thru the network chip only. I found this test here
http://retrohackers.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=435
When I connect the Lan cable to my router here at home, the green Link led is lit and the red Activity led blinks on the C64NIC+. Also, I can see the Link light is lit on my Verizon FiOS router for that channel. I know the Lan cable is good because I share it with my 2nd PC here to go online. I downloaded the *.d64 image for C64 contiki from this website
http://www.c4expo.org/1498/
Then I read about this website--> http://cbm8bit.com/contiki/
This has some kind of config screen to let you customize the image. I realize I need to select C64 for my computer and I have to select the Ethernet card supporting RR-Net. But do I need to enter any of the IP Addr's in there, as I see it doesn't detect my system automatically.
This is what I get on when i visit that webpage
IP Address: 192.168. 0.111
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255. 0
Default Gateway: 192.168. 0. 1
DNS Server: 192.168. 0. 1
Now, on my home Lan, and my PC addr is 192.168.1.3, the network router is at 192.168.1.1, so shouldn't I enter the same IP Addr for the Router in the box for 'Default Gateway' and 'DNS Server' ?
So then, it should look like this.
IP Address: 192.168. 1.111
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255. 0
Default Gateway: 192.168. 1. 1
DNS Server: 192.168. 1. 1
Then it shows that there's 2 disk images to download, versus only the one disk image from the link above.
an I safely assume this is the latest version by going to the cbm8bit.com website instead ?
Do I need two drives then, since there's 2 disk images, or is this just extra software which I can swap out with just one 1541 drive ?
BTW,
The switches on this weren't very clear. I didn't receive any paperwork with instructions. So I had to google this info. I found that the Top of the card that they mention is the goldfinger edge.
So my toggle switches are currently set this way - looking at it while sitting in front of the C64 keyboard (slash indicates direction of toggle switch) . I would use the term front/back - unless someone is using a cartridge expander--but then it seems top/bottom description they use is reversed still.
/ S1 = RR-NET
\ S2 EPROM NOT selected
\ S3 = C64 EPROM usage
/ S4 register space = IO1