Re: TCP/IP for 6502 commented source code

[julian814@hotmail.com (Ralph Glatt)]

Linards Ticmanis <ticmanis@coli.uni-sb.de> wrote in message news:<3C465938.4040903@coli.uni-sb.de>...
> Byron Desnoyers Winmill wrote:
> 
> > Rich J. (aiiadict@hotmail.com) wrote:
> > : Go view the page from the link above!  The page is hosted on a C64,
> > : and it comes up fast for an 8bit, I think.  It took about 10 seconds
> > : for me.
> > 
> > Which goes to show that a C=64, with its crumby serial port, is faster
> > than many commercial servers running Windows or Unix.  I can only
> > imagine what a real computer, such as an Apple II, could do.  ;)
> 
> 
> Well... not quite, they added a Swiftlink cartridge, which gives the C64 38400
> 
> bps through a real 6551 serial chip like there is on the Apple Super Serial. The standard
> 
> serial port is handled entirely in software and therefore limited to 
> about 1200 bps.

So, in other words, it's an upgraded C64, and not stock. The thing I
want to know is, can we use this software on our Apple//s? As I
understand it, it's supposed to allow a 6502 based computer to use
TCP/IP connections. This would be a GREAT boon to Apple // users. No
more having to hunt for a shell account!!


Ralph Glatt