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- | | [[:protonet|Main]] | [[:protonet:about|About]] | >>**[[:protonet:features|Features]]**<< | [[:protonet:screenshots|Screenshots]] | [[:protonet:getting started|Getting Started]] | [[:protonet:wiki|Wiki]] | [[:protonet:contributors|Contributors]] | | + | | [[:protonet|Main]] | [[:protonet:about|About]] | >>**[[:protonet:features|Features]]**<< | [[:protonet:screenshots|Screenshots]] | [[:protonet:getting started|Getting Started]] | [[:protonet:wiki|Wiki]] | [[:protonet:Team]] | |
====== Features ====== | ====== Features ====== | ||
- | PROTONET is a service that allows browsing of classic web sites with a variety of web browsers. It is the easiest way to browse the Internet as it appeared in it's early days. | + | PROTONET is an online service that allows users of vintage computers to browse classic web sites. It is the easiest way to browse the Internet as it appeared in it's early days. |
- | * Service supports a wide variety of vintage computers and browsers using standard proxy communication methods | + | * Hundreds of classic web sites, and more are being added daily. Pages are reconstructed for historical accuracy. |
- | * Get access to thousands of web sites from the early years of the Internet. Pages have been reconstructed for historical accuracy. | + | * Wide variety of vintage computers and operating systems supported. |
- | * Thousands of working downloads, and more added daily. | + | * Service made available through standard web proxy technologies, which is supported in almost every web browser. |
- | * Use restored historical search engines to discover new web sites. | + | * Access to thousands of file downloads that are no longer available on the Internet. |
+ | * Search the wide archive using period correct historical search engines and discover new web sites. | ||
* Access and browse restored FTP (File Transfer Protocol) archives. | * Access and browse restored FTP (File Transfer Protocol) archives. | ||
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^ System ^ Product Name ^ Version ^ Status ^ Description ^ | ^ System ^ Product Name ^ Version ^ Status ^ Description ^ | ||
| **MS-DOS** | Arachne | 1.97 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | | **MS-DOS** | Arachne | 1.97 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | ||
- | | **Windows 3.1** \\ //(16-bit)// | Microsoft Internet Explorer | 1.0 | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Does not support proxies | | + | | **Windows 3.1** \\ //(16-bit)// | Microsoft Internet Explorer | 1.0 | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Does not support HTTP proxies | |
| ::: | ::: | 2.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | | ::: | ::: | 2.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | ||
| ::: | ::: | 3.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | | ::: | ::: | 3.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | ||
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| ::: | Opera | 2.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | | ::: | Opera | 2.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | ||
| ::: | ::: | 3.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | | ::: | ::: | 3.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | ||
- | | **Windows 9x** \\ //(32-bit)// | Microsoft Internet Explorer | 1.0 | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Does not support proxies | | + | | **Windows 9x** \\ //(32-bit)// | Links | 2.1 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | |
+ | | ::: | Microsoft Internet Explorer | 1.0 | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Does not support HTTP proxies | | ||
| ::: | ::: | 2.0 | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | | ::: | ::: | 2.0 | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | ||
| ::: | ::: | 3.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | | ::: | ::: | 3.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | ||
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| ::: | ::: | 10.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | | ::: | ::: | 10.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | ||
| ::: | ::: | 11.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | | ::: | ::: | 11.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | ||
- | | ::: | ::: | 12.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | | ::: | ::: | 12.x | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | |
| **Macintosh** \\ //(68k)// | Mosaic Netscape | 0.9 | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | | **Macintosh** \\ //(68k)// | Mosaic Netscape | 0.9 | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | ||
| ::: | Netscape Navigator | 1.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | | ::: | Netscape Navigator | 1.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | ||
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^ Type ^ Description ^ Progress ^ Status ^ Notes ^ | ^ Type ^ Description ^ Progress ^ Status ^ Notes ^ | ||
| **HTTP** | HTML GET requests | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | | **HTTP** | HTML GET requests | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | ||
- | | ::: | System generated file indexes | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | | ::: | HTML POST requests | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | | |
- | | ::: | System generated pages | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | Error conditions handled and presented to the web browser. | | + | | ::: | Dynamic content: File Index | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | |
- | | ::: | CGI script handling | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | | ::: | Dynamic content: Server pages | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | Error codes (such as 404 error) reported to the web browser properly. | |
| ::: | MIME types | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | | ::: | MIME types | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | ||
+ | | ::: | CGI scripts | 90% | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | CGI scripts work but further improvements are needed in parameter handling. | | ||
| ::: | Search engines | 40% | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Partial functionality with Inode and Yahoo search. | | | ::: | Search engines | 40% | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Partial functionality with Inode and Yahoo search. | | ||
- | | ::: | Page view counters | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Plans are for a future release | | + | | ::: | Page view counters | 0% | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Planned for a future release. | |
- | | ::: | News client support | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Plans are for a future release | | + | | ::: | HTML web chats | 0% | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | In progress. | |
- | | ::: | HTML web chats | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not implemented yet. | | + | | ::: | News client support | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Planned for a future release. | |
+ | | ::: | Multimedia streaming services | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Planned for a future release. | | ||
+ | | ::: | WAP sites | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Planned for a future release. | | ||
| **FTP** | Services on FTP | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | | **FTP** | Services on FTP | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | ||
| ::: | System generated file indexes | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | | ::: | System generated file indexes | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | ||
| ::: | System generated pages | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | Error conditions handled and presented to the web browser. | | | ::: | System generated pages | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | Error conditions handled and presented to the web browser. | | ||
| ::: | MIME types | 90% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | MIME type reporting handled mostly correct. | | | ::: | MIME types | 90% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | MIME type reporting handled mostly correct. | | ||
- | | **GOPHER** | Services on Gopher | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not implemented yet. | | + | | ::: | File descriptions | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Planned for a future release. | |
- | | **IRC** | Services on IRC | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not implemented yet. | | + | | **GOPHER** | Services on Gopher | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Planned for a future release. | |
- | | **TELNET** | Telnet services | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Plans are for a future release | | + | | **TELNET** | Telnet services | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Planned for a future release. | |