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Why is the Internet so popular? The answer according to a 1995 ThinkPad 701cs. (701cs ibm thinkpad win95) (jgc.org)
8 points by jgrahamc 566 days ago | 7 comments
  • anthk 566 days ago
    Here you can get Retrozilla and more libre software for Windows 9x:

    http://piteusz.ovh/files/windows/9x-nt/

    It supports some modern sites and Gopher. Also, there are some about:config tweaks for TLS 1.3 by using DDG or Google.

    • jgrahamc 566 days ago
      Cool, thanks!
      • anthk 565 days ago
        Nice. Get this hosts file too, to block most AD pests which would halt an older system:

        https://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts2.htm

        On Gopher, you have gopher://magical.fish and gopher://mozz.us as 'modern' starting points to cool services, such as a news directory, weather, a language translator and so on.

        If you need a ZIP file (and more) uncompresser for w9x:

        http://dk.toastednet.org/vogons/win98/7z920.exe

        • jgrahamc 565 days ago
          Thanks!
          • anthk 565 days ago
            Well, I see that laptop has a 486, so Retrozilla might be too heavy. Still, older versions of Lynx will work with these Gopher sites:

            https://www.vordweb.co.uk/standards/download_lynx.htm

            No modern HTTPS support, but well, with http://68k.news and the Gopher hole portals you'll have interesting sites to grasp from anywhere. Add gopher://gophernews.net and that's it.

  • Sneakernet 566 days ago
    The first link in the text file bring an FTP site really took me back. I prefer FTP to gopher or Gemini. It’s amazing what can be done with file names and directory structure, though an 8 character limit make some interesting abbreviations and suffixes
    • qingcharles 565 days ago
      In the early days of the public Internet, 1993-1994, my job in the "warez" crew I joined was to spend my days grinding through public FTP sites finding folders that had accidentally been left write-enabled and then create hidden folders using escape characters, e.g. ^H^H^H^H that you could only open if you knew they were there. Then my buddies could store all their MEGABYTES of warez in them.
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