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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

While the Mac on the left would be able to connect to and render websites from that era, I have my doubts that the IBM XT pictured would be able to do so. Gopher, maybe.

[–] FunctionallyLiterate@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There were DOS web browsers - I distinctly recall Arachne, for example.

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago

MicroWeb is pretty impressive when I tried it on an 8MHz 186-class CPU. Arachne needs a bit more horsepower to be usable.