Commodore 64 as a Server, How could that be?

[gamegenie]

How does this 1Mhz computer manage to host a web server?
Is it legitimate?

http://58.6.118.18/


:daze:

[Ghaleon]

The homepage is like less than 55K with the image, and it's pretty slow to load, so I'm buying it. Somewhat cool: just imagine how a Genesis would kick it's butt as a web server. ;)

[FoxHound]

Not sure, coming from Austrailia though

http://www.trustedsource.org/en/feedback/query?sid=&p=&q=http%3A%2F%2F58.6.118.18%2F

neat thanks for sharing

[Devil N]

It doesn't take much to run a web server. The only thing a basic web server has to do is perform a little bit of text parsing, and then retrieve the requested file from disk. The most challenging thing on a C64 would probably be getting it physically connected to a network in the first place, and then running a TCP/IP stack on the machine. But knowing the extent of the C64 homebrew scene, that has likely been taken care of ages ago.

Heck, it's really easy even to run a simple web server on an 8 MHz Macintosh Plus with 4 MB of RAM. There's plenty of software around that's easy to install and low on resource usage. Just don't try to host any active pages that require a database back-end and server side scripts. ;)

[edit]
Example: http://www.spacerogue.net/Camneerg/index.html

[sasuke]

I can't run this on Firefox. :(


Connection Interrupted
The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.
The network link was interrupted while negotiating a connection. Please try again.

[FoxHound]

The C64 connects to Ethernet via its Game slot. There are cards made to use it as a ethernet port. How it works all together I have no clue.

[Chilly Willy]

You can run Contiki on a number of 8 bit systems, which then allows you to do things like serve web pages or ftp sites. If all you have is a C64, you do what you can I guess. :)

[NeoVamp]

I've been meaning to get one of those C64 ethernet cards, i'm sucker for that kinda stuff.

*hugs his MMC Replay card*

[Rusty Venture]

Shouldn't the title of this thread actually be

"Oh no! C64 is a server, how can that be?"

[Chilly Willy]

No, it should be "My ISP just updated to all-new C64s!" :D

[Rusty Venture]

The lack of "Clerks: The Animated Series" love is sad.

[Ghaleon]

I can't run this on Firefox. :(

Hm, strange. I'm using Firefox to view it. In fact, it should view on damn near anything....maybe not Lynx.