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Posted by: mraroid on 2016-04-26 09:37:48
Hi folks...
I hope to re install my ethernet card in my color classic over the weekend,
A while back, I asked for web sites that could be viewed with old time browsers (no java, no flash, etc) on my Color Classic. Here is the list from July 2015.
I was able to reach the sites listed below using a modern computer. They still work today (April 2016). I do not know if the sites listed below will display correctly (or at all) on an older browser under OS 7. something.
If you have any additions or corrections to this list, please post. Maybe if we develop a good list, one day we can make a sticky?
It is a pain to have my Color Classic hooked up to the internet but not have any web sites that will still work with our old browsers and old OS. I would like to see this list flushed out.
Thanks
jack
http://www.commodorejohn.com/
http://fink.680x0.com/finkweb/
http://www.gryphel.com/
http://www.warnerbros.com/archive/spacejam/movie/jam.htm
http://toastytech.com/evil/
http://www.fogcam.org/
http://www.pmichaud.com/toast/
http://www.kli.org/
http://home.mcom.com/home/welcome.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/projects/yrreview/year.htm
http://zombo.com/
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Posted by: Floofies on 2016-04-26 15:17:57
http://system7today.com/ works fine in IE on 7.6.1 |
Posted by: rsolberg on 2016-04-26 15:38:11
http://www.berkshirehathaway.com always amuses me. |
Posted by: kingchops on 2016-04-26 17:23:48
http://www.berkshirehathaway.com always amuses me. That's pure gold, I've never seen their site before. Who says you need a "fancy" website to be successful.
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Posted by: Danamania on 2016-04-27 06:21:58
365tomorrows.com works well for the most part, too (been reading this on my 605 w/7.5.3)
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Posted by: mraroid on 2016-04-28 08:35:37
Kingchops.... Will your web page here also work with old time browers and hardware?
http://tkc8800.com/
Great resource BTW.....
jack
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Posted by: yamaha94 on 2016-05-06 13:42:03
What browser is everyone using? My Macintosh SE has only 4 Megs of RAM and its a toss between Mosaic 1.03 and MacWeb. Mosaic shows text much better where as MacWeb for me reveals the occasional button or two on some modern websites like the google home page.
Maybe as a mac resource = http://www.macgeek.org/downloads/
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Posted by: tanaquil on 2016-05-07 12:55:31
How well I remember when I could only run Mosaic on my Classic with System 7 and 4MB RAM. I honestly don't remember whether RAM or the processor was the bottleneck, but Netscape might as well have been the moon. I eventually upgraded to a Performa 636CD.
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Posted by: mraroid on 2016-05-07 13:45:02
I have read some good things about iCab ver 2.9.9. I have not used it yet...
http://www.icab.de/dl.php
jack
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Posted by: rsolberg on 2016-05-07 15:24:04
I do use iCab 2.9.9 on newer 68k hardware, but I'm pretty sure it requires Open Transport. Open Transport needs a 68030 or higher. Netscape 1.0 (1994) is compiled against a 68020, so it won't run on a 68000 Mac such as the SE or Classic. If you'd like to surf the web on such machines, one approach worth considering is using NCSA Telnet to log into a shell from a local server and run the Lynx text based browser in shell. I use Raspbian (Debian) Linux running on a Raspberry Pi 2 for this.
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Posted by: yamaha94 on 2016-05-07 20:05:14
Tried MacLynx and WannaBe today...WannaBe wont work with the system "no draw software?" and MacLynx freezes...talk about bad luck! is there any other text browsers out there that work for the macSE?
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Posted by: CelGen on 2016-05-07 22:44:20
http://www.jax184.com is a fairly basic Web 1.0 website but it still renders really well with older browsers
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Posted by: l008com on 2016-09-06 03:22:17
Two of my websites work in any browser, www.WhatsMyIP.org and www.macfixer.com; the second one, as referenced in my sig, is doubly relevant to this conversation.
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Posted by: Anonymous Freak on 2016-09-06 04:03:48
Hey, nice! Whatsmyip.org has been my go-to for that type of service ever since the .com of that same name went the way of the dodo. Good to know it's run by someone with a love for vintage computing!
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Posted by: Anonymous Freak on 2016-09-06 05:13:31
And yes, the number of websites that render properly on MacWeb 1.1 on a Macintosh SE are exceedingly thin nowadays. (Then again, they pretty much always were...)
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Posted by: l008com on 2016-09-06 13:05:14
I had never heard of MacWeb so I just checked it out. It looks like it's one of those super old browsers that doesn't include the domain name it's looking for in it's HTTP request. Thus unless your website has a dedicated IP address for each subdomain (which is craziness), almost nothing is going to load. Even my own websites don't load properly because the browser doesn't understand how to load the appropriate subdomains.
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Posted by: CharlieFrown on 2016-09-06 13:27:35
have you guys tried online version of pici?
http://pici.picidae.net/
used to work immediately, now it takes some time to process...maybe local network OSX version will work faster.
It makes a snapshot of modern sites and lets you navigate around it using really obsolete web browsers. Works on my 68k Amiga.
For example try apple.com
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Posted by: Anonymous Freak on 2016-09-06 22:54:46
I had never heard of MacWeb so I just checked it out. It looks like it's one of those super old browsers that doesn't include the domain name it's looking for in it's HTTP request. Thus unless your website has a dedicated IP address for each subdomain (which is craziness), almost nothing is going to load. Even my own websites don't load properly because the browser doesn't understand how to load the appropriate subdomains. Yeah, virtual domains are completely broken with it, too. "Oh, that top-level-domain website you think you're reaching? Nope, I'm going to give you their host's generic error page instead!"
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Posted by: Johnnya101 on 2017-01-15 06:41:00
Anyone have that site called ioband or something? I read about it and it trims all the clutter from a site making it usable... don't know the link 🙁
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