>On Friday, April 26, 2002, at 07:46 , Marten van de Kraats wrote: > > I wrote an e-mail to the great Tim Berners-Lee himself (the architect >> behind the early webbrowsers) asking him about this... Waiting for his > > answer now... (Do people like that answer e-mails from mere mortals?) > >Back on topic: am I the only one interested in the System 6 web SERVER?� >It seems everyone else is interested in the browser. That would be OK, >though, because I'm used to "flying alone" (that's part of the "Eagle" >thing). > >Eagle > Eagle,
No, you're not alone. It makes much better sense to me, a programmer-geek, to write a www-server as opposed to a client (browser). Graphics are expensive, computationally speaking, much-much more expensive than file I/O. I'm researching what I need to build a www-server for the 68k/six world. I've got an LCII (needs a new mainboard) and a MacII (perhaps needs a new power supply, don't know, it's quite unresponsive) on which to test. I'm looking to scavange eBay for those items. I've already bought three LC-form-factor ethernet cards off of eBay, and I'm looking to find a few NuBus cards as well, as well as a monitor adapter for a 6100/60. Hardware is easy to take care of, I'm finding out. What's more difficult is finding information on how to write TCP/IP software for the Mac, and most of it seems geared to seven, not six. Still, there's gotta be *something* out there. Learning about writing INIT's and CDEV's is available, so my only real hurdle at this early stage in the game is TCP/IP API's and development idioms. I've got the state-machine model for the www-server nearly ironed out, and I've just started debugging the [inter]face between the INIT and CDEV, so at least I'll have that ready by the time I can get the actual network code inserted. Hey, got a question: What should I *call* this thing? My working name is "ringworm". I have no idea why. Not like my dogs are sick or anything. :) Oh, and here's a second solicitation for programmer presence on this list. I can't be the only one! I'm only three weeks old, here! -- L8r, P8r [EMAIL PROTECTED] Action beats Reaction and Proximity cancels Skill -- System6 is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> System 6 Heaven <http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html> System6 info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/system6.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/system6%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
