Commodore 64 Web server [video]

Yep, agree. At least there is room for improvement, like caching at least the most frequently/popular pages and storing only less frequently visited pages.

For context: remarks are made at around 17:00 in the YT video.

Scaling looks like fun with this machine. Maybe adding REU to it would definitely help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_REU

Also it seems that the server requires a special 6502 based OS, link is mentioned below the YT video: https://github.com/oliverschmidt/contiki

Re: Commodore 64 Web server [video]

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Post by Cockbrand » Mon, May 29, 2023, 6:39 AM UTC

bdowling wrote: post #5

emeraldd wrote: post #3

Neat! ... Here comes the hug of death in 3... 2... 1... Hope it holds up!

Here's the link to the server: http://c64-webserver.tplinkdns.com

It’s been about 20+ years since I last saw a webpage served by a humble C64. Amazingly, this one did indeed load after a few seconds. If it weren’t for the noise from loading the page from disk, I’d be tempted to set up my own at home.

Re: Commodore 64 Web server [video]

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Post by anonzzzies » Mon, May 29, 2023, 7:35 AM UTC

Cockbrand wrote: post #7

bdowling wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's the link to the server: http://c64-webserver.tplinkdns.com

It’s been about 20+ years since I last saw a webpage served by a humble C64. Amazingly, this one did indeed load after a few seconds. If it weren’t for the noise from loading the page from disk, I’d be tempted to set up my own at home.

I used to host a little site on an 8 bit homecomputer; it ran from a ramdisk so it would not load from floppy. I guess you will need to mod (mine was a Japanese machine with 256kb memory mapped memory which I controlled with a webserver (well… it could only do GET) written in Pascal & some z80 asm) by adding memory, but still, it would be fun. Let me dust off mine if I can find it and see if it still works.

Re: Commodore 64 Web server [video]

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Post by reaperducer » Mon, May 29, 2023, 12:56 PM UTC

Cockbrand wrote: post #7

bdowling wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's the link to the server: http://c64-webserver.tplinkdns.com

It’s been about 20+ years since I last saw a webpage served by a humble C64. Amazingly, this one did indeed load after a few seconds. If it weren’t for the noise from loading the page from disk, I’d be tempted to set up my own at home.

If it weren’t for the noise from loading the page from disk, I’d be tempted to set up my own at home.

Running a BBS out of my bedroom with three 1541's and a 1571 taught me to sleep through anything.

It wasn't until much later that someone figured out a patch for the 1541 DOS that would keep it from dropping the head at each track between multiple track movements, making the drive almost silent. That would have been awesome.

Re: Commodore 64 Web server [video]

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Post by 51Cards » Mon, May 29, 2023, 2:48 PM UTC

My brain did a little twist seeing an ethernet cable going into a C64.