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Re: Microweb DOS webbrowser

From not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: Microweb DOS webbrowser
Date 2022-01-03 21:50 +0000
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RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> From the <<first, add RAM>> department:
> Feed: OSnews
> Title: The MicroWeb DOS web browser
> Author: Thom Holwerda
> Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2022 08:25:16 -0500
> Link: https://www.osnews.com/story/134400/the-microweb-dos-web-browser/
> 
> 
> MicroWeb[1] is a web browser for DOS! It is a 16-bit real mode application,
> designed to run on minimal hardware.
> 
> This is a thing that exists. Incredible.

Not all that incredible, at least given that it has all the usual
limitations (text-only, no HTTPS), there are lots of existing
16-bit DOS web browsers:
http://web.archive.org/web/20171231073205/http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/

Arache for DOS offers graphical browsing and has even had a recent
update (including an 8088-compatible version):
http://glennmcc.org/

There's a recent port of Lynx to DOS, which includes HTTPS support:
http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/board_entry.php?id=18468

DilloDOS offers graphical browsing and HTTPS support:
http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=12355

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Microweb DOS webbrowser RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2022-01-03 14:05 +0000
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