Microweb 2.0 Web browser for DOS just announced!
jhhoward just released version 2.0 of the Microweb DOS based web browser, now with support for GIF images as well as all this good stuff:
* Support for more video modes, including monochrome and colour modes
* GIF images are now loaded
* PNG and JPEG dimensions are loaded but not the content
* Improved font rendering and better Unicode support for accented characters
* More HTML tag support including tables and forms
* Can now leverage EMS memory (if available) for larger pages and images
Check it out at github.com/jhhoward/MicroWeb/...
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TOC:
00:00 - Introduction
00:26 - Intro to Microweb
00:48 - jhhoward github
01:34 - whats new
02:00 - gif image
03:45 - example gif being loaded
04:12 - wikipedia vs frogfind
06:18 - https-limitations
07:07 - retro-proxy
07:58 - action retro love
09:22 - conclusion
Woohooo! Can’t wait to develop website for microweb
Jokes on you, my website is already microweb compatible.
I used to use Arachne a lot back in the day. Good times.
Came to see if Arachne was getting any love in the comments--glad to see this :)
@@blankbruno70 @ToumalRakesh I played with Arachne multiple times. Didn't "need" to use it, but it was fun. This looks nice.
it doesn't get a lot geekier than this... loving it!
I have a project that lasts a few years, which consists of implementing an rpi-zero on a pci 10/100 network card. No configuration is necessary in Windows 98, the system makes requests normally, the network card sends it to rpi, it does all the hard work, and returns it to the network card ready to be rendered in the most compatible way possible with Internet Explorer 5.
Fantastic! Thanks for letting us know about this! I'm just amazed at how well it works on old and limited hardware.
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There's plenty of hardware encryption solutions that are amenable to being put on an Isa card. I wouldn't rule out https just yet.
Offloading the https to a retro-proxy has worked very well for me these last few days. If you have any examples of isa card stuff I'd love to hear about them
@@AlsGeekLab there are Isa cryptographic co-processor cards, but most of them were made around 1997 and are pretty rare. Still, there are cryptographic co-processors for embedded systems which could be easily interfaced to a PC. For example, Analog Devices DS28S60 has an SPI interface and could do the job. Even just a raspberry pi Pico on an Isa card with some voltage level shifters could do the job. There is a sound card based on the same arrangement that can emulate a gravis ultrasound, an ad-lib, or a sound blaster 1.5. cryptography should be no problem.
This is wonderful!
Maybe someone will make a wireless modem card, with a dedicated processor for encryption onboard, someday. 🤷♂️
good job has got no moving images that was the death of the internet when pitches started to move i would chat more but the neighbours kids on my lawn Get off my lawn!! i love this stuff that's awesome thanks for finding this you got my sub
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Nice.
Cool, I have an XT clone I'm trying to fix. It will have V20 chip, 2MB EMS, XT-IDE, and Hercules. This should push it to it's limits! I wouldn't mind seeing a Windows 3.0 real mode browser, and Windows 3.1 standard mode browser.
It's about dang time
very nice!
The circle is complete.
i like web
very interesting
Love it. but it would be even cooler if it was running its own network. kind of darkweb, but for normal people, but far away from corporate www
There is no reason why you couldn't set one up!
Of course it's going to be able to do https if you have a library for it, you may just have to wait a bit longer to load pages. That's not a "never" thing.
I don't think it'll ever be able to do it on a low end computer like an xt to be honest, they are 16/8 bit machines and processing 256/512/1024 but encryption keys is just so high end for that sort of a CPU, it wouldn't be worth waiting for. The solution to offload to a raspberry pi or a nuc or something using retro-proxy is a great solution and works great for me
Mouse support? 🤔
Yeah Dos mouse driver
Did you not even watch 3 minutes in?
yeah, but no pointer in Hercules for some strange reason.
@@danaeckel5523 But this video shows this browser in a colour mode, is it work there?
Yes, mouse is 100% supported. I use the ctmouse free driver and it works great
It's been in development for 4 years, yet still is unable to parse basic HTML without crashing. If Arachne is a useless toy, this one is a useless broken toy.
Emacs eww
Dos sucks! Do something with unix-like! Woooo!