On Thursday, April 25, 2002, at 04:30 , Marten van de Kraats wrote: > On donderdag, april 25, 2002, at 05:04 , Payter Versteegen wrote: >>> Our compact and vintage macs are REALLY viable, only not for browsing >>> the Internet. You need a recent computer for that. >>> >> This is why I'm now heavily leaning toward developing a www server >> ... no expensive graphics with which to contend. Probably start from >> the ground up, since I wouldn't have to worry about the GPL (Gnu >> Public License) or hacking OPC (Other People's Code). > > There is another reason why a it would be interesting to develop a > webserver for system 6: the fact that is totally superiour at I/O, > anyway compared to system 7. I have had very good experiences with > system 6 running file server software, you get much better results than > you get with system 7 on the same hardware. I bet it would also be much > better at webserving, especially if you can write 68000 assembly code... > Besides, a system 6 compatible web server would make some business > sense. Lots of people use older computers (even plusses) as webservers. > Making them run on system 6 would be a big improvement. Their old > computers would be able to serve pages much faster than they are doing > running system 7.
Then there's always the fact that System 6 is so much SMALLER than System 7, you could REALLY have a one-disk (!) web server on 800k... THAT is MY goal! :) Eagle -- 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
