MacHTTP

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MacHTTP is a webserver designed to run on Mac OS versions 7.x through 9.x. It was written by software developer Chuck Shotton and was originally shareware; it is now available in source code form from SourceForge.net under the Perl Artistic License. The current version is 2.6.1. It is still used on some older Macintosh hardware. It was later commercialized as WebSTAR, sold originally by StarNine and later bought by Quarterdeck Software.

The program runs on Mac OS X under the Classic Environment, but has not been ported to run natively on X (though an attempt was apparently underway in 2003 to do so). Its functionality has been replaced with an OS X port of the Apache web server.

MacHTTP supports the Common Gateway Interface standard for generating dynamic content, as well as Apple Events for scriptability.

[edit] External links

• The MacHTTP home page
• The Sourceforge record for MacHTTP