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From: rsw...@therandymon.com (RS Wood)
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by: RS Wood - Mon, 3 Jan 2022 14:05 UTC

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.

Links:
[1]: https://github.com/jhhoward/MicroWeb (link)

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by: sco...@alfter.diespammersdie.us - Mon, 3 Jan 2022 17:53 UTC

RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
> Links:
> [1]: https://github.com/jhhoward/MicroWeb (link)

Catching up to the Apple IIGS, which has two browsers of similar capability
(no scripts, no HTTPS, etc.) available:

https://sis.gwlink.net/ (this one's been around for about 20 years)

https://speccie.uk/software/webber/ (this one's newer, and was written to
use the HTML Tool added in System 6.0.4)

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by: Computer Nerd Kev - Mon, 3 Jan 2022 21:50 UTC

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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Re: Microweb DOS webbrowser	scott
Re: Microweb DOS webbrowser	Computer Nerd Kev

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