Imagesource: https://youtu.be/O2cMnxShCVQ

Have you ever played with the 6502 variant of Contiki OS on the C64? No? Then it's time. What Oliver Schmidt has ported here for 6502-based systems not only gives the little breadbin a range of interesting capabilities.

A simple but functional browser allows you to navigate through the web. A bit limited, since a 6502 is a too slow for an HTML parser, but text content is no problem. The same applies to the IRC and TELNET clients.

[Update: Oliver made some corrections to the above claim after publishing. In contrast to what we reported, the Contiki browser definitely parses HTML and is even able to support forms. The webserver comes in two flavors – one serves static files, the other one is actually able to respond with dynamically generated content. Thx for the info Oliver!]

What makes Oliver's Contiki port interesting, however, is the web server. No, I don't see racks full of 1U units of barebone C64 boards (although that would be a cool idea) but the little box can deliver static HTML content. If you connect everything via a router to the network and forward port 80, you can deliver your own webpage from your beloved breadbin.

An unknown user going by the pseudonym naDDan tried it out, and documented it with a mobile phone in hand as evidence. His video may not be produced according to primetime standards, but with this topic, that's not necessarily required.

It's fun and worth a test of your own!