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====== Getting Started with ALTERNET ====== | ====== Getting Started with ALTERNET ====== | ||
- | ALTERNET serves older (circa 90's) web sites. It is the easiest way to browse the Internet as it appeared in it's early days. | ||
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- | ===== Note about Virtual Modem Support ===== | + | To begin, you will need to connect your vintage computer to your network and set it up so that it has access to the Internet. |
- | Connecting through virtual modem is supported if you would like to emulate the dial-up sequence on a Windows 3.11 or 95/98 computer. You may use the [[Guides:Virtual Modem|Raspberry Pi Virtual Modem]] guide to set up a virtual modem. Note! Using Virtual Modem is NOT required. | + | |
- | ===== Setup Instructions ===== | + | Connecting using Virtual Modem is optionally supported if you would like to emulate the dial-up sequence on a Windows 3.11 or a Windows 95/98 computer. If you would like to use the Virtual Modem, you may use the [[Guides:Virtual Modem|Raspberry Pi Virtual Modem]] guide to set it up. |
- | To begin, you will need to connect your vintage machine to the Internet. You can use any of the supported web browsers. You will need to tell your web browser to use the ALTERNET proxy. We currently have the following web browser instructions covered: | + | |
+ | You can use any web browser that supports HTTP Proxy, but we have a list of tested and [[Features|supported web browsers]] which you may want to visit. You will need to configure your web browser to use [[servers|our proxy server]]. | ||
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+ | We currently have the following web browsers instructions covered: | ||
* Internet Explorer 3.0 | * Internet Explorer 3.0 | ||
* Netscape Navigator 4.0 | * Netscape Navigator 4.0 | ||
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- | ==== Netscape Navigator 4.0 ==== | + | ===== Netscape Navigator 4.0 ===== |
* Go to **Edit** => **Preferences** | * Go to **Edit** => **Preferences** | ||
* Under **Advanced**, open **Proxies** | * Under **Advanced**, open **Proxies** |