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This guide is intended to be used as a quick startup guide. It will cover the compilation and installation of ContikiBBS from source on a Linux system. This guide (c) 2013 by Niels Haedecke.
* Installation of the cc65 C compiler * Git revision control tool * Subversion (SVN) revision control tool * Installation of VICE Emulator with ethernet emulation enabled through libnet & libpcap (UNIX/Linux) or WinPCAP (Windows). NOTE: On Linux you may have to use libnet0-1.0.2a from its original source code archives in order to get ethernet emulation working with VICE, since the libnet packages provided by recent Linux distros (e.g. libnet1) won't work (VICE will not be able to use the 'write_link_layer' function). Alternatively, a Commodore 64 in conjunction with a Commodore 1541 disk drive and any compatible ethernet cartridge (e.g. TFE, RRnet, 64NIC+) will work as well. You just have to transfer the D64 image to a 5.25" disk. Google for 'opencbm' for information on how to accomplish this.
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3.) Get sources from Contiki OS git repo: 4.) Get sources from Contikiprojects SVN repo: 5.) Go to the contikiprojects folder containing the ContikiBBS sources 6.) Build the binaries 7.) Seperately build the Contiki BBS setup program Voila! You have now built your own ContikiBBS binaries. Now, how do we get these on a D64 disk image? 8.) Still in the source directory, create a D64 disk image (make sure you have set your PATH to point to the c1541 command-line program) 9.) Write the neccessary files to your new D64 disk image Congratulations, you're done! Now you have a working D64 disk image containing ContikiBBS, ready to run in an emulator or to be written back to a real 1541 Disk in order to run on a real Commodore 64. Okay, so this is how to build and prepare ContikiBBS for use on a Commodore 64. Now let's go through the setup process of ContikiBBS itself. So startup your VICE emulator and attach your ctkbbs.d64 disk image to drive 8. You are now at the Commodore 64 BASIC prompt. 10.) Load the ContikiBBS setup program 11.) Start it ... ContikiBBS configuration The main menu will appear 1...BBS base setup
The output below shows an example configuration for the BBS base setup. Feel free to choose your own BBS name, Sysop name and timeout values. If you have more than one disk drive and want to run ContikiBBS off your second drive, you may want to change the default drive number (8) to the drive number of your second disk drive (e.g. 9). * BBS base setup Once you have answered the above questions, you will be asked to confirm your input: Base data correct (y/n)? Enter 'y' if everything is okay or 'n' to re-enter the BBS base configuration values.
Boards are an early predecessor of today's internet forums. It's the place people write their postings. First you will be asked for the total number of boards you want to use. The minimum number of boards is 1. Each board can have a fixed number of messages. If this number is reached, the next posting in the board will start with number 1 again. Below you will see an example output showing the creation of three boards. Please be patient, as the creation of the data files may take some time (especially when you run ContikiBBS on real hardware). * BBS board setup How many boards? 3 Board data correct (y/n)? y Board #2 Board data correct (y/n)? y Board #3 Board data correct (y/n)? y
This configuration step will configure your Commodore 64 ethernet hardware, including IP addresses, driver and memory location of the cartridge. The example below shows a typical LAN setup using a RRnet or 64NIC+ cartridge at memory address $de08. Both cartridges use the cs8900a.eth driver. ETH64 network devices may use the lan91c96.eth driver along with its appropriate memory address. NOTE: do not prefix your memory address with the '$' sign. E.g. if your ethernet cartridge resides at $de08 just enter 'de08' when being prompted for the memory address. * BBS network setup Host IP : 192.168.200.64
The user editor is currently very limited. The only thing it does is add users to its database, nothing else. At the moment ContikiBBS does not care about usernames, it does not even distinguish between different users. This will change in future versions of the program. As for now a single user will be all we need. In the example below we just provide a simple 'guest' user with the password 'guest', so we can log in into our new BBS. * BBS user editor * Initializing user database ... User # : 001
You have now set up your ContikiBBS system and are ready to run. Quit the BBS setup program from the main menu by entering 'q'.
1.) Load and run ContikiBBS 2.) Start it... 3.) Now use a second machine to connect to the IP address of your Commodore 64 (the Host IP address you entered in Step 3 of the BBS setup program) via telnet. $ telnet 192.168.200.64 +--------------------------------------+ Contiki BBS 0.2.6 login: _ You are now connected to your ContikiBBS system and can log in using the username and password you entered in Step 4 of the BBS setup program. Good job! |
