Date   : Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:29:14 +0100
From   : anders.carlsson@... (Anders Carlsson)
Subject: Contiki on BBC Micro

Rob wrote:

> Did anybody ever port Contiki to the Beeb - if it runs on a C64 it should 
> be a doddle?  A quick look at the website shows they even have a IPv6 
> stack now!

I think the lack of a BBC Micro target in the cc65 cross compiler prevented 
me from even trying to compile Contiki. I used to "maintain" the VIC-20 
port, but it ran out of memory and nobody had any use of it anyway so I 
didn't go further. Just for fun, I compiled a pre-release of Contiki for the 
Oric Atmos and it runs fine in the emulator so most probably the simplest of 
implementations would run out of the box on a BBC Micro too, just given the 
compiler has library and init support for this target.

What C compiler do BBC users otherwise use, or are those people the kind who 
prefer to do everything natively?

Please note though that modern Contiki is aimed at embedded platforms, 
usually far more advanced than the C64 and BBC Micro combined. I think it 
was Groepaz/Hitmen who released a backported "Classic Contiki" a few years 
ago, better suited at 8-bit home computers.

Best regards

-- 
Anders Carlsson