Re: [colorforth] TCP - a preview

[John Drake <jmdrake_98@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good job!

Regards,

John M. Drake

--- Mark Slicker <maslicke@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've made some progress on TCP, so far I can do a
> single HTTP request.
> This is sequence of commands I use:
> 
> 130 load  ( load the network stack )
> google    ( address of the domain name
> www.google.com )
> resolve   ( DNS request to resolve www.google.com )
> 80        ( HTTP port )
> open      ( open a TCP connection provided a host
> address and port )
> get       ( address of an HTTP request )
> 42        ( length of the request )
> segment   ( send a TCP segment )
> 
> The data from the server will be placed in a buffer,
> and I can view it
> with my ASCII viewer.
> 
> Here is the source code:
> 
>
http://personalwebs.oakland.edu/~maslicke/colorforth/networking/net-dev.html
> 
> You need the patched ASCII block as well, and
> perhaps the extended font to
> view extra ASCII characters:
> 
>
http://personalwebs.oakland.edu/~maslicke/colorforth/ascii/index.html
> 
> Just a word of warning, this TCP code make no
> attempt at correctness. The
> idea was to complete a common task using TCP.
> Closing a connection was not
> fully handled, and it is assumed there are no other
> kinds of errors in the
> transmission. I expect the code to become cleaner
> and more robust with
> use.
> 
> Mark


	
		
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