Re: TCP/IP for 6502 commented source code (Off-topic)

[wbdesnoy@acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca (Byron Desnoyers Winmill)]

Linards Ticmanis (ticmanis@coli.uni-sb.de) wrote:
: 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.

Okay, I must have glossed over something.  It is still rather
impressive given the current environment (ie. the desire for powerful
machines to support server side scripting, and bandwidth for client
side scripting).  If everybody was forced to serve webpages off C=64
maybe the web would be sane.

But I was curious: wasn't the C=64 floppy drive handled by the serial
port?  If this was the case, why would Commodore design a machine
where the primary source for I/O was crippled?

Byron.