> I was given a Macintosh SE Dual Floppy computer > yesterday. It came with a modem, so I'm wondering how > to get it on the internet. Will it be able to go to > any web page, or will it only be able to go on certain > web pages?
There are only a few browsers that will work with a 68000-based machine like the SE. A quick rundown: 0) Install a hard drive first. 1) MacWWW (aka "Samba"): Only browser that works under system 6; the rest require system 7. Buggy, slow, text-only, no ftp. Only for the curious. 2) MacWeb, versions 1 and 2: Version 1.00A3.2 is relatively fast (emphasis on "relatively"; nothing is fast on the SE), but doesn't interpret modern html, so page layouts are goofy. Version 2.0 interprets more, but that makes it *incredibly* slow. I'm too impatient to use 2.0 on 68000 machines. Won't normally display images inline (but a little work can enable viewing gifs -- not jpegs -- inline). Can always download images for subsequent viewing with a separate program. 3) NCSA Mosaic, version 1.03: buggy, slow. Will display some images inline, albeit at poor resolution. All of these implement an older version of the http protocol, so can't access many websites. For those, you can use MacLynx. It's not quite a browser, but it will allow you to access modern websites. You can't view any images, but you can download them for later viewing. Also, the browsers are so old that they naturally don't have (valid) security certificates. Sites that demand certs will refuse access. But hey, just to get a browser up and running on an SE is thrilling enough, if you're a "trailing edge" kind of guy! I still surf on my Mac Plus from time to time, just because... Btw, to download these browsers, see home.earthlink.net/~gamba2, and click on the link to browsers. For a nice complete "surf the web on your old mac" kit, see www.jagshouse.com (scroll down; you'll see the link). --Cheers, Tom -- Prof. Thomas H. Lee Center for Integrated Systems, CIS-205 420 Via Palou Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-4070 http://www-smirc.stanford.edu 650-725-3709 voice, -3383 fax -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
