A user modifies his Macintosh Plus to surf the internet

A former Mac user, Jeff Keacher has achieved something that seemed impossible on a computer as outdated as a 1986 Macintosh Plus, and it is this user in particular has been able to modify partly his own computer to install a version of MacWeb 2.0 so he can surf the internet.

This a priori does not seem at all impressive in reality if it is if we stick to the specifications of this Macintosh, that is, a computer with a 8 MHz CPU, 4 MB RAM, 100 MB HDD and a screen with a resolution of 512 x 342 in black and white make this hack have its merit.

To carry out this task, he began by finding an adaptable version of MacWeb 2.0 which was not exactly the most difficult part since with this browser you could render HTML code and it was compatible with the HTTP protocol. However, the hardware part was the most difficult thing to save if the objective was to be achieved, so Jeff had to resort to a Raspberry Pi that could be connected to his router through a serial connection, with this he has achieved that the protocol MacTCP talk to MacPPP, MacPPP talk to SLiRP and SLiRP can use the Ethernet connection.

First of all, it must be clarified that even the user himself admits that the rendering of the pages is tremendously slow being able to arrive at 4 minutes a page in HTML of the simplest. Although it is still a simple curiosity, we see that with a little ingenuity and effort it is possible to get old teams to carry out tasks typical of other 10 more modern years, as in this case. Http://www.youtube.com/watch? v = 5UBRUyofiiU

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