FujiNet Apple II/FujiApple
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I've got one, but haven't played around with it much. I just learned that the built-in terminal program supports ANSI emulation. Do you know if it emulates ANSI in color?
It is on my soon to buy list, plan to connect up to a IIc. Surprised there isn't more discussion about it online.
Yeah, I have a ReactiveMicro Drive/Turbo. I’d love to hear more about the overlap and differences between all these devices.
Looking into the FujiNet, it seems like a more capable and less expensive alternative that maybe I should have picked up for my IIgs.
Looking into the FujiNet, it seems like a more capable and less expensive alternative that maybe I should have picked up for my IIgs.
It’s a bit of a mind-bending concept, and you need to make sure you’re looking at the capabilities of each platform’s version.
For example, the modem isn’t used by any (?) software.
Everything on the Apple II FujiNet is presented to the computer as SmartPort devices, and SmartPort printers and modems were rare, if no non-existent, back in the day.
The QuickStart guide at https://fujinet.online/wiki/?p=Apple-II-&-III-FujiNet-Quickstart-Guide is good, and the Discord has many knowledgeable people (I don’t get much time to hang around there).
My article has info as well, but I can’t reproduce it here (as it’s © to Juiced.GS).
@Byte Knight, I’m not sure about the ANSI as I’ve not played with that.
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For example, the modem isn’t used by any (?) software.
Everything on the Apple II FujiNet is presented to the computer as SmartPort devices, and SmartPort printers and modems were rare, if no non-existent, back in the day.
The QuickStart guide at https://fujinet.online/wiki/?p=Apple-II-&-III-FujiNet-Quickstart-Guide is good, and the Discord has many knowledgeable people (I don’t get much time to hang around there).
My article has info as well, but I can’t reproduce it here (as it’s © to Juiced.GS).
@Byte Knight, I’m not sure about the ANSI as I’ve not played with that.
europlus
I've had one connected to a //c on display in my basement for about a year. I've only used it to load disk images over Wi-Fi from my NAS, but I know it's probably capable of so much more. I use it in conjunction with the BMOW drive switcher to boot floppy images (as opposed to smartport images).
I don't own a Fujinet, but it seems to have some overlap with the FloppyEMU and SmartPort devices. However, I've never seen a Fujinet with an LCD screen on it, so I wonder if it is as easy to use as a FloppyEMU. I have two FloppyEMUs, and the LCD really aids in the device's usability.
It has a config disk image that boots the Apple II by default, and also an inbuilt web server, with many configuration options there.
In relation to FloppyEMU overlap, there is some, but the effective net booting, discovery of images online (TNFS and FTP), plus other features makes it a unique device.
But you can certainly load disk images its SD card reader into either SmartPort or Disk II “drives”/“devices”. It’d be beyond the scope of this forum to detail the setup, but the quick start gives some good info.
In relation to FloppyEMU overlap, there is some, but the effective net booting, discovery of images online (TNFS and FTP), plus other features makes it a unique device.
But you can certainly load disk images its SD card reader into either SmartPort or Disk II “drives”/“devices”. It’d be beyond the scope of this forum to detail the setup, but the quick start gives some good info.
Thank you for those details. And please know that I don't mean to hijack your thread. I am posting here to gain more knowledge about FujiNet, especially from folks like yourself who use it and love it.
The main reason I mention the lack of an LCD on FujiNet is because @Kay K.M.Mods had released his SPIISD v1 kit in the past which lacked an LCD, but he recently released SPIISP v2, which adds the LCD for enhanced usability. That made me wonder why the creators of Fujinet felt that other means of access (like net booting, discovery of images online, etc.) make it "easier to use." Or maybe FujiNet isn't easier to use (related to a FloppyEMU or SPIISDv2) but just has more features?
I have one of my two FloppyEMU's dedicated for use with my Apple IIc, in combination with the BMOW Drive Switcher, which allows me to conveniently boot either from a SmartPort Drive (one of several being on the SD card), or a floppy disk (which you normally cannot boot from without the Drive Switcher). I just download SmartPort or floppy images online, quickly and easily copy them to my SD card, plunk that into the FloppyEMU, then go about my business. The LCD lets me quickly and easily choose from anything on my SD card.
But perhaps the biggest reason I am posting in this thread is because I recently have been asked by several people if I own a FujiNet. I currently do not, so I've been trying to ponder all the features it has relative to the FloppyEMU that I already own, asking myself: "Do I need this?" Do you answer that question in your "cover story about it for Juiced.GS"? (I don't subscribe, so I don't know.)
The main reason I mention the lack of an LCD on FujiNet is because @Kay K.M.Mods had released his SPIISD v1 kit in the past which lacked an LCD, but he recently released SPIISP v2, which adds the LCD for enhanced usability. That made me wonder why the creators of Fujinet felt that other means of access (like net booting, discovery of images online, etc.) make it "easier to use." Or maybe FujiNet isn't easier to use (related to a FloppyEMU or SPIISDv2) but just has more features?
I have one of my two FloppyEMU's dedicated for use with my Apple IIc, in combination with the BMOW Drive Switcher, which allows me to conveniently boot either from a SmartPort Drive (one of several being on the SD card), or a floppy disk (which you normally cannot boot from without the Drive Switcher). I just download SmartPort or floppy images online, quickly and easily copy them to my SD card, plunk that into the FloppyEMU, then go about my business. The LCD lets me quickly and easily choose from anything on my SD card.
But perhaps the biggest reason I am posting in this thread is because I recently have been asked by several people if I own a FujiNet. I currently do not, so I've been trying to ponder all the features it has relative to the FloppyEMU that I already own, asking myself: "Do I need this?" Do you answer that question in your "cover story about it for Juiced.GS"? (I don't subscribe, so I don't know.)
No hijacking experienced 
The strength of the FujiNet is its ability to act as a translator for modern protocols like HTTPS and SSH so that, for example, the CATER terminal program can ssh into modern hosts.
It has a standalone CP/M capability with storage on an SD card, so no Z80 card required.
I like that you can browse FTP sites to load disk images from (e.g. Asimov).
The multi-player, multi-platform games system is pretty cool if you like those sorts of things. Currently Five Card Stud poker and Yahtzee clone.
I can’t wait to see if the modem and printer have Apple II drivers developed - the real time clock already has for ProDOS.
europlus
The strength of the FujiNet is its ability to act as a translator for modern protocols like HTTPS and SSH so that, for example, the CATER terminal program can ssh into modern hosts.
It has a standalone CP/M capability with storage on an SD card, so no Z80 card required.
I like that you can browse FTP sites to load disk images from (e.g. Asimov).
The multi-player, multi-platform games system is pretty cool if you like those sorts of things. Currently Five Card Stud poker and Yahtzee clone.
I can’t wait to see if the modem and printer have Apple II drivers developed - the real time clock already has for ProDOS.
europlus