PDP-11 webserver

by david 1. April 2011 22:39

I thought that the simplest application for my PDP-11 / WiFly combo would be to serve up some basic web pages.  So I've been tinkering around with some C code to make that work.  The HTTP protocol is not too hard once you get those CRLFs in the right places...  So here is a screenshot of my PDP-11 serving it's first webpage to my iPhone:

PDP serving webpage to iPhone

I'm pretty happy with that.  For the moment I'll ignore the fact that when you exit the webserver program it crashes RT-11.  I've probably made some stupid typo.  But whilst the program is running, it seems to work OK.  SMTP is next on my list, I want to send mail from my PDP.

About the author

David

I'm a C# developer having worked with .Net since it was in beta.  Before that I mainly worked in C and C++.  I have been developing commercial software for more than 20 years.  I also mess around with microprocesors, but that's just for fun.  I live near Cambridge, England and at the moment I'm contracted to one of the departments at Cambridge University.

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