Web browsing on a vintage DOS PC with microweb

[@jhhoward]

Thanks for checking out MicroWeb! I have some improvements in the works for a bunch of things like better Unicode support and displaying images but they aren't quite there yet :)

[@AlsGeekLab]

My dude! I was about to track you down and see if I could send this video to you, I guess you found me first! I'm a big fan, as you can tell! I look forward massively to any updates, I'll keep the channel updated with them...

[@benholroyd5221]

How tied is this to the IBM PC? Before I get too excited about the possibility of a pi Pico surfing the web.

[@AlsGeekLab]

@@benholroyd5221 this is a DOS application. It doesn't need to be running on a real IBM PC, but it needs to be running on a system that runs DOS (DR-DOS/PC-DOS/MS-DOS).

[@benholroyd5221]

@@AlsGeekLab I was thinking more. Are dos interrupts and magic numbers peppered about the place, or in one or 2 defined places. I noticed a platform library but that didn't seem to contain all the system calls I'd expect.

[@rtstaley]

This is some awesome software. I have got to try this on my pcjr.

[@gstcomputing65]

I didn't go quite as low tech as you, but I did get MicroWeb running on a IBM PS/2 Model 30 with a 10 MHz 286. I'm so glad that there are a few people that keep the cool retro stuff going.

[@AlsGeekLab]

It's really great, isn't it!?

[@konradgajewski8215]

My first PC - 12MHz 1MB 40MB HDD SVGA. And I never changed it, just replaced parts ;) - all of them.

[@hstrinzel]

Certainly MUCH better than the Apple II Web Browser.

[@AlsGeekLab]

The Contiki browser isn't a lot of fun, that's for sure! I never did get to try the one for the 2GS because it needed more RAM.

[@BlacEyedPriest765]

Wow very cool Old school PC stuff 😀😀😀

[@Quesar672]

absolutely awesome!

[@AlsGeekLab]

Thank you 🙏😊

[@AS-ly3jp]

Thank you! That's awesome!

[@AlsGeekLab]

Glad you like it!

[@techdistractions]

Would’ve loved this back in the day with the Amber Hercules

[@AlsGeekLab]

Well it can be had now!

[@chriskalkman3815]

Oh, cool! Maybe I can use it for my 1989 and 1991 Macs!

[@AlsGeekLab]

It's for DOS machines. It won't work on a Mac unless you have that rare PC - add on board.

[@NaoPb]

Nice one, thanks!

[@AlsGeekLab]

Doslynx is pretty slow IMO. This is much faster