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| From | not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) |
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| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Microweb DOS webbrowser |
| Date | 2022-01-03 21:50 +0000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <sqvr29$8ko$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <squvqf$pr2$1@solani.org> |
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 Re: Microweb DOS webbrowser scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us - 2022-01-03 17:53 +0000 Re: Microweb DOS webbrowser not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2022-01-03 21:50 +0000
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