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    From RS Wood@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 3 14:05:04 2022
    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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  • From scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us@21:1/5 to rsw@therandymon.com on Mon Jan 3 17:53:29 2022
    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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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@21:1/5 to RS Wood on Mon Jan 3 21:50:02 2022
    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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