A TCP/IP Stack and Web Server In BASIC

A writes "Back in the day, a BASIC interpreter was standard on every home computer system and everyone had to know at least a little BASIC to be able to use their computer. But who would have thought that you could write some serious networking code in BASIC over 20 years later? Just a few days ago, Lee Davison released the BASIC source code for his 6502-based Ethernet web server. The web server runs under his EhBASIC interpreter on the 1 MHz 6502 CPU and is able to blast out web pages at an amazing speed of 20-35 seconds per page!" Sure, it's not really practical, but I give it cool points.

Down in three seconds flat

[mcgroarty]

If you want to slashdot it, the IP address is visible in some of the screen shots. It's 169.254.226.132, but I'm not cruel enough to actually turn that into a hyperlink. :-)

How long til it gets slashdotted?

[gellenburg]

At 20+ secs per page - immediately?

(I know the article isn't on the EhBASIC webserver - I was talking about any page served up by the webserver alone.)

To quote Zahpod Beeblebrox...

[Kevinv]

ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good thinking.

I actually have some Apple //e's lying around. Maybe I'll dig up an ethernet card and see if i can get this to work.

Imagine..

[iLEZ]

Imagine a beowulf cluster of... Nah...

20-35 Seconds Per Page?!?

[travail_jgd]

"Pre-slashdotted for your convenience."

Re:Down in three seconds flat

[Anonymous Coward]

If you want to slashdot it, the IP address is visible in some of the screen shots. It's 169.254.226.132, but I'm not cruel enough to actually turn that into a hyperlink. :-)

Here [169.254.226.132] you go :)

Re:Down in three seconds flat

[Kevinv]

How could you tell if it were slashdotted? 20 seconds per page is already a slashdotted server....

Re:Down in three seconds flat

[FyRE666]

If you want to slashdot it, the IP address is visible in some of the screen shots. It's 169.254.226.132, but I'm not cruel enough to actually turn that into a hyperlink. :-)

Yeah, and anyone stupid enough to believe it'll work outside of a local network should also try 127.0.0.1 for a cool Pr0n site!

Cowabunga!

[Anonymous Coward]

Seriously cool! I'm going to key it into my TRS-80 right now!

I get a slightly faster transfer speed

[dbleoslow]

with my fax machine. It's not nearly as cool though.

WOW! And they said..

[Anonymous Coward]

They said that you can't do any professional programming with Basic back in the old days. This is a great slap to the face of those people.

BASIC rules!I want Basic back! Is there any Basic interpreters for my FreeBSD?

Source code has no copyright notice

[Mostly a lurker]

Isn't he worried about someone else commercialising this?

Re:Down in three seconds flat

[beebware]

Cool - you're right - there is some really good porn on http://127.0.0.1/ , but it must be a really old site and I'm sure I've seen it before...

Re:Down in three seconds flat

[fredrikj]

Yeah, and anyone stupid enough to believe it'll work outside of a local network should also try 127.0.0.1 for a cool Pr0n site!

Well, if you'd open 127.0.0.1:31337 and discover a kiddie porn site, you can be pretty sure there's a trojan somewhere on your computer :P

Unless, of course...

I must be getting rusty.

[mhandlon]

I've looked at assembly and not understood it, I've looked at C and not understood it, and I think every time I have looked anything in perl I've not understood it. But, now the unthinkable has happened and I've looked at basic and not understood it.

Re:WOW! And they said..

[BabyDave]

BASIC rules!I want Basic back! Is there any Basic interpreters for my FreeBSD?

Screw that - I want a version of FreeBSD written in BASIC

EhBASIC

[iantri]

And here I was thinking this was some sort of obscure Canadian BASIC..

Re:I must be getting rusty.

[Bake]

I think every time I have looked anything in perl I've not understood it.

That's not being rusty, that's being normal. :-)

EhBasic?

[headkase]

When I first read its name, I thought it was Canadian. :)

Re:Down in three seconds flat

[Isbiten]

I just get an apache test page, are you sure it's up? ;)

it isn't complete

[BoneFlower]

Until it breaks mozilla while running fine in IE.

Re:How long til it gets slashdotted?

[gellenburg]

Hmm... you're right.

This "BASIC" Webserver & TCP/IP Stack will go down in the annals of History as being the first ever webserver to become /.'ed before it's address even makes it to /. to begin with. :-)

Am I the only one

[pommiekiwifruit]

Who saw that and thought lda #254, $e2 - wtf, illegal opcode? :-)

Re:R *this* FRFC.

[oldmildog]

Ah, good link. Thanks. I always thought Microsoft pulled that IP address out of their ass for workstations that can't reach the DHCP Server. MS following an RFC... what a crazy world.

Nooooooooo

[cnb]

A server written like...

1248 goto 10

This explains everything

[extrasolar]

I know rusty was trying to cut costs on kuro5hin.org, but this is rediculous.