Comments on: Today is Run Some Old Web Browsers Day! http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 12:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: noen http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155398 noen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155398 I remember using Netscape 1.1 on my Mac Classic II with a 9600 modem and a whopping 500meg HD and 4meg RAM. I connected to my ISP pseudo shell account through a Z-Term script I wrote myself as they had no Mac support. I mostly used telnet, pine and rn. I was mostly into ASCII art at the time. Hypercard, now that was the future there. I remember using Netscape 1.1 on my Mac Classic II with a 9600 modem and a whopping 500meg HD and 4meg RAM. I connected to my ISP pseudo shell account through a Z-Term script I wrote myself as they had no Mac support. I mostly used telnet, pine and rn. I was mostly into ASCII art at the time.

Hypercard, now that was the future there.

]]> By: TheFool http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155912 TheFool Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155912 Original sites are down, use coral cache: http://home.mcom.com.nyud.net/ http://home.mcom.com.nyud.net/home/whats-new.html http://mosaic.mcom.com.nyud.net/ Love the "design" including such amazing tricks as using <font> to make the first letter in each word bigger than the rest... :D Original sites are down, use coral cache:

http://home.mcom.com.nyud.net/
http://home.mcom.com.nyud.net/home/whats-new.html
http://mosaic.mcom.com.nyud.net/

Love the “design” including such amazing tricks as using to make the first letter in each word bigger than the rest… :D

]]> By: TheFool http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155914 TheFool Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155914 Also images thrown through the "emboss" filter in XV or whatever made them :) Also images thrown through the “emboss” filter in XV or whatever made them :)

]]> By: hexmonkey http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155454 hexmonkey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155454 JWZ had a link to bOING bOING <a href="http://home.mcom.com/people/jwz/.MCOM-bookmarks.html" rel="nofollow">in his bookmarks list</a> back then too! JWZ had a link to bOING bOING in his bookmarks list back then too!

]]> By: Andrew W http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155715 Andrew W Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155715 Nostalgia or not, I think the Circle-M with rotating planes was the BEST THROBBER EVER. Nostalgia or not, I think the Circle-M with rotating planes was the BEST THROBBER EVER.

]]> By: dequeued http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155462 dequeued Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155462 Wow, they even throttled their servers to 1994 speeds! Wow, they even throttled their servers to 1994 speeds!

]]> By: tikal2k http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155470 tikal2k Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155470 "New information is available every day on the Internet!" http://home.mcom.com/home/whats-new.html “New information is available every day on the Internet!”
http://home.mcom.com/home/whats-new.html

]]> By: thegreenduck http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155477 thegreenduck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155477 heh, on Jamie's Bookmarks page (http://home.mcom.com/people/jwz/.MCOM-bookmarks.html) he has this say: bOING bOING These guys never ever update their content. heh, on Jamie’s Bookmarks page (http://home.mcom.com/people/jwz/.MCOM-bookmarks.html) he has this say:

bOING bOING
These guys never ever update their content.

]]> By: Paul D http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155744 Paul D Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155744 All I can glean about the HYPE tag is that it was some kind of Easter egg in Netscape and was supposed to play a certain sound file. All I can glean about the HYPE tag is that it was some kind of Easter egg in Netscape and was supposed to play a certain sound file.

]]> By: zish http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155489 zish Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155489 I prefer to view my web sites as it they were from those pre-mozilla/Post Mosaic days of yore. I just throw <a href="http://www.mozilla.org" rel="nofollow">Firefox</a> together with <a href="http://timemachine.6x.to/" rel="nofollow">Tobi's Time Machine</a>, and voila! Oh, and skin your Browser with <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3471" rel="nofollow">Netscape Windows 3.1</a> for the full effect. I prefer to view my web sites as it they were from those pre-mozilla/Post Mosaic days of yore. I just throw Firefox together with Tobi’s Time Machine, and voila!
Oh, and skin your Browser with Netscape Windows 3.1 for the full effect.

]]> By: Spikeles http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155520 Spikeles Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155520 It's really fun looking through those bookmarks, even if most of the pages result in 404 errors, you can see what was interesting(to Jamie anyway) back in 1994 and what is still interesting today. Boing Boing, The weather, The Game of Life, Blade Runner, HP Lovecraft. Looking through the various what's new news items is fun too. It’s really fun looking through those bookmarks, even if most of the pages result in 404 errors, you can see what was interesting(to Jamie anyway) back in 1994 and what is still interesting today. Boing Boing, The weather, The Game of Life, Blade Runner, HP Lovecraft. Looking through the various what’s new news items is fun too.

]]> By: Spikeles http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155525 Spikeles Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155525 Btw: Disclaimer: I was 12 years old in 1994, was probably still playing with my Atari and didn't have a clue what the internet was. Btw: Disclaimer: I was 12 years old in 1994, was probably still playing with my Atari and didn’t have a clue what the internet was.

]]> By: darsal http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155540 darsal Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155540 @12: Just for fun I pointed XENU (the link checker) at JWZ's archived bookmarks, and while most indeed are not answering now (or where the answer nowadays is nothing like it was back then), there are quite a few that have been in continuous use since then. (This also prompted me to finally go ahead and set up my home network to use OpenDNS. It's really hard to get an honest HTTP response code these days...) @12: Just for fun I pointed XENU (the link checker) at JWZ’s archived bookmarks, and while most indeed are not answering now (or where the answer nowadays is nothing like it was back then), there are quite a few that have been in continuous use since then.

(This also prompted me to finally go ahead and set up my home network to use OpenDNS. It’s really hard to get an honest HTTP response code these days…)

]]> By: foobar http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155605 foobar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155605 It's a bit disturbing how ephemeral the medium of our age is. How well will this period be remembered in 2094? It’s a bit disturbing how ephemeral the medium of our age is. How well will this period be remembered in 2094?

]]> By: jphilby http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155355 jphilby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155355 Fun! The <HYPE> tag in Trivia#3 is invisible! Fun!

The tag in Trivia#3 is invisible!

]]> By: jphilby http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155359 jphilby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155359 Hmmm! Let's try .LT.HYPE.GT. tag. Hmmm! Let’s try .LT.HYPE.GT. tag.

]]> By: mellowknees http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155377 mellowknees Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155377 Anyone running NEOPLANET ONLINE today? :) Anyone running NEOPLANET ONLINE today? :)

]]> By: djam http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155382 djam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155382 looks ancient but add some fancy css to it, and it would fit right in with todays websites. i guess not much has changed! looks ancient but add some fancy css to it, and it would fit right in with todays websites. i guess not much has changed!

]]> By: Sam http://boingboing.net/2008/03/31/today-is-run-some-ol.html#comment-155391 Sam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-155391 If you're going to run lynx, allow me to suggest using GL Terminal to do it. http://ldopa.net/2006/01/14/glterminal/ If you’re going to run lynx, allow me to suggest using GL Terminal to do it.

http://ldopa.net/2006/01/14/glterminal/

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