guides:connecting_windows_9x_to_the_internet
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| - | * If you have the virtual modem script visible, you will see the Hayes commands being sent at this time: | + | * If you have the virtual modem script visible, you will see the Hayes commands being sent from the Windows computer in realtime: |
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| ===== Internet Access ===== | ===== Internet Access ===== | ||
| - | You should now be able to access the Internet. However, many modern websites will require modern security and will refuse to communicate with older web browsers. | + | You should now be able to access the Internet. However, many modern websites will require modern security and will refuse to communicate with older web browsers. You can use [[http://www.protoweb.org|ProtoWeb to surf the 90's Internet]], and I've also went ahead and compiled a list of websites that do work. |
| - | * I'm compiling a list of modern web sites that do work with older web browsers. [[guides:List of compatible websites|Click here to see the list of websites]] that will work with legacy web browsers. | + | * [[guides:List of compatible websites|Click here to see the list of websites]] that will work with legacy web browsers! |
| - | * If you'd like to access archived websites directly from your browser by typing in the URL, you can set up a proxy server that can serve archived websites. The [[guides:Web Archive Proxy|Steptail Wayback Proxy Server]] (wayback.steptail.com:8080) is a straightforward setup in many web browsers, and will allow you access to websites circa 1996-1998. [[guides:Web Archive Proxy|See the how-to on setting up a the wayback proxy server on your web browser]] | + | * If you'd like to access archived websites directly from your browser by typing in the URL, you can use ProtoWeb as a proxy server, which serves archived websites from the 90's. The [[http://www.protoweb.org|ProtoWeb Proxy Server]] is straightforward to setup in many web browsers, and will allow you access to websites circa 1995-2000. |
| - | * I also made a easily-accessible gateway website to access archived copies of a selection of great websites that you can browse with your retro machine. [[http://wayback.steptail.com|Click here to access the gateway website]], or type in the URL "wayback.steptail.com" using your legacy web browser. | + | |
| + | ==== Warning ==== | ||
| + | * Old web browsers are fairly vulnerable to today's hacks and depending on the website(s) visited, may allow malicious software on the computer. Proceed at your caution. | ||
| + | * If you plan on visiting websites that are live today, you may consider disabling Javascript in the web browser settings. If Javascript is enabled, it may cause all sorts of pop-up errors to show up on modern websites to the point where it could make the whole web browser unusable. | ||
| ===== Troubleshooting ===== | ===== Troubleshooting ===== | ||
guides/connecting_windows_9x_to_the_internet.txt · Last modified: 2022-12-20 05:52 by omolini
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