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guides:list_of_compatible_websites [2018-10-21 04:14]
omolini [Current websites that are known to work]
guides:list_of_compatible_websites [2019-04-03 04:03]
omolini [The Classic Website List]
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-====== Using the Internet with legacy ​web browsers ​today ====== +====== Using the Internet with classic ​web browsers ====== 
-Not many websites work with older (pre-2000web browsers. So I went ahead and compiled a list of websites that work. 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. ​+Support for old web browsers is getting rare. Older pre-2000 web browsers ​may struggle displaying website content. So I went ahead and compiled a list of websites that do work. 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. ​
  
 If you would like to see archived web pages as they appeared on a certain year, you can use something like Archive.org. However Archive.org isn't directly compatible with old web browsers, so you can use the gateway site to easily open up old web sites with retro hardware. Open up http://​wayback.steptail.com with any legacy web browser! If you would like to see archived web pages as they appeared on a certain year, you can use something like Archive.org. However Archive.org isn't directly compatible with old web browsers, so you can use the gateway site to easily open up old web sites with retro hardware. Open up http://​wayback.steptail.com with any legacy web browser!
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-==== Current websites that are known to work ====+==== The Classic Website List ====
 ^ Address ​                          ^ Compatibility ^ Description ^ ^ Address ​                          ^ Compatibility ^ Description ^
-| http://​www.google.com/ ​           | 50 %            | Google Search. If visiting with Netscape, turn Javascript off or it will crash the browser. The website will look partly mangled. ​|+| http://​wiby.me/ ​                  | 100 %           | Search engine for classic web browsers! Highly recommended. 8-) | 
 +| http://​www.google.com/ ​           | 50 %            | Google Search. If you're on Netscape, ​remember to turn Javascript off or you'll encounter quite a bit of error messages :-) |
 | http://​www.dcee.net/ ​             | 100 %           | Website for Dark Corner BBS. Includes various hard-to-find downloads from the Dark Corner BBS. | | http://​www.dcee.net/ ​             | 100 %           | Website for Dark Corner BBS. Includes various hard-to-find downloads from the Dark Corner BBS. |
 | http://​ftp.funet.fi/ ​             | 100 %           | Finnish University Network File Archive operating since 1991. ((Linux was released to the world from this website. It is still maintained, and works with legacy web browsers.)) | | http://​ftp.funet.fi/ ​             | 100 %           | Finnish University Network File Archive operating since 1991. ((Linux was released to the world from this website. It is still maintained, and works with legacy web browsers.)) |
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 | http://​info.cern.ch/ ​             | 100 %           | Very first website created by Tim Berners-Lee ((Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. The site info.cern.ch was down for a couple of years. It was recently resurrected.)) | | http://​info.cern.ch/ ​             | 100 %           | Very first website created by Tim Berners-Lee ((Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. The site info.cern.ch was down for a couple of years. It was recently resurrected.)) |
 | http://​files.mpoli.fi/ ​           | 100 %           | Metropoli BBS File section | | http://​files.mpoli.fi/ ​           | 100 %           | Metropoli BBS File section |
 +| http://​www.gamers.org/ ​           | 100 % | FPS Game archive! |
 | http://​www.gamers.org/​pub/​archives/​uwp-uml/​ | 100 % | Classic PC Games Archive | | http://​www.gamers.org/​pub/​archives/​uwp-uml/​ | 100 % | Classic PC Games Archive |
  
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 | [[http://​omolini.steptail.com/​mirror/​www.winsite.com/​|www.winsite.com]] | Reconstructed Winsite homepage //​1996-1997//​ | | [[http://​omolini.steptail.com/​mirror/​www.winsite.com/​|www.winsite.com]] | Reconstructed Winsite homepage //​1996-1997//​ |
  
 +==== Archive.org Gateway ====
 +To access pages stored at Archive.org using an old web browser, visit http://​wayback.steptail.com with any legacy web browser!
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 ==== Contributions ==== ==== Contributions ====
 If you know of websites that will work with a pre-2000 web browser, feel free to send your suggestion through the contact me -link on the main page. Thanks! If you know of websites that will work with a pre-2000 web browser, feel free to send your suggestion through the contact me -link on the main page. Thanks!
guides/list_of_compatible_websites.txt · Last modified: 2020-12-23 01:26 by omolini