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Using a 486dx to build a blog (2016)

2 pointsby willemlaurentz4 months ago

2 comments

willemlaurentz4 months ago
Never expected it to be a "40K views/month hobby"! Cheers to the 486!
anthk4 months ago
A 486 can get a gopher client. Maybe NetsCape 4.04 has it:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;piteusz.ovh&#x2F;files&#x2F;windows&#x2F;9x-nt&#x2F;n32e404.exe" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;piteusz.ovh&#x2F;files&#x2F;windows&#x2F;9x-nt&#x2F;n32e404.exe</a><p>More stuff:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;piteusz.ovh&#x2F;files&#x2F;windows&#x2F;9x-nt&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;piteusz.ovh&#x2F;files&#x2F;windows&#x2F;9x-nt&#x2F;</a><p>It&#x27;s useful to reach stuff like gopher:&#x2F;&#x2F;hngopher.com (and read the comments from this site, among the URS&#x27;s). Also, he can open gopher:&#x2F;&#x2F;magical.fish thru retrozilla, among <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;portal.mozz.us" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;portal.mozz.us</a> with older Mozilla releases (or anything working on a 486), if can do far more things than a 75MHZ machine could do back in the day.<p>He is using an SSH&#x2F;Telnet client, but with <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;portal.mozz.us" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;portal.mozz.us</a> opened on old browsers for the 346 he could browse his own blog on it, albeit with a reduced layout:<p>Write gemini:&#x2F;&#x2F;gemi.dev at the input box from <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;portal.mozz.us" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;portal.mozz.us</a> to head to that Gemini site.<p>Head to News Waflle.<p>Enter: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;willem.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2016-06-23_building-the-blog-in-style&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;willem.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2016-06-23_building-the-blog-in-styl...</a><p>The full URL, with with <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;</a> before the domain. That&#x27;s mandatory. Enjoy.