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The network interface doesn't seem to be configured – when I try to open the browser it wants me to install a modem. Is the VM just not configured for that, or

The network interface doesn't seem to be configured – when I try to open the browser it wants me to install a modem. Is the VM just not configured for that, or do I need to do something? Would love to see what today's web looks like on '98 IE :)

copy 11y ago
It's possible, Windows 98 has drivers for the NE2000 network card we're emulating (https://github.com/copy/v86/blob/master/src/ne2k.js https://github.com/copy/v86/blob/master/src/ne2k.js). However, currently the emulation isn't accurate enough, Windows 98 refuses to use it.
- duskwuff 11y ago
  The bigger problem would be what to connect it to, and how. You can't make arbitrary outbound connections from Javascript.
  - copy 11y ago
    We're using this proxy script: https://github.com/benjamincburns/websockproxy https://github.com/benjamincburns/websockproxy
  - iso-8859-1 11y ago
    I have a barely working HTTP proxy in client-side-JavaScript here: https://github.com/ysangkok/browser-http-proxy https://github.com/ysangkok/browser-http-proxy This allows you to connect to CORS enabled sites without using the WebSocket proxy. It talks HTTP on the serial port. I want to add SNI support to tlstunnel so that I can tunnel to google.com by navigating to https://google.com.mydomain/ https://google.com.mydomain/ and having the snitunnel tunnel to http://google.com http://google.com by reading the bottom-level domain names using SNI. Using this with browser-http-proxy, it would be possible to tunnel to HTTP sites on a request-based level (making it easier to scale) and without relying on tun/tap on the server. Also it could serve as a fallback for non-CORS enabled hosts.
- Bino 11y ago
  I can't wait until it works, you must ping HN again when it does!
truncate 11y ago
Really cool work. Looking forward to updates. When I tried to run Internet Explorer and open a website, the window closed (crashed I guess). I really want to open some common websites on Win 98 :D
- khedoros 11y ago
  They don't tend to work (you end up clicking a "script error" acknowledgement a lot). It's less fun than it sounds like it would be.

copy 11y ago

It's possible, Windows 98 has drivers for the NE2000 network card we're emulating (https://github.com/copy/v86/blob/master/src/ne2k.js https://github.com/copy/v86/blob/master/src/ne2k.js). However, currently the emulation isn't accurate enough, Windows 98 refuses to use it.

duskwuff 11y ago
The bigger problem would be what to connect it to, and how. You can't make arbitrary outbound connections from Javascript.
- copy 11y ago
  We're using this proxy script: https://github.com/benjamincburns/websockproxy https://github.com/benjamincburns/websockproxy
- iso-8859-1 11y ago
  I have a barely working HTTP proxy in client-side-JavaScript here: https://github.com/ysangkok/browser-http-proxy https://github.com/ysangkok/browser-http-proxy This allows you to connect to CORS enabled sites without using the WebSocket proxy. It talks HTTP on the serial port. I want to add SNI support to tlstunnel so that I can tunnel to google.com by navigating to https://google.com.mydomain/ https://google.com.mydomain/ and having the snitunnel tunnel to http://google.com http://google.com by reading the bottom-level domain names using SNI. Using this with browser-http-proxy, it would be possible to tunnel to HTTP sites on a request-based level (making it easier to scale) and without relying on tun/tap on the server. Also it could serve as a fallback for non-CORS enabled hosts.
Bino 11y ago
I can't wait until it works, you must ping HN again when it does!

truncate 11y ago

Really cool work. Looking forward to updates. When I tried to run Internet Explorer and open a website, the window closed (crashed I guess). I really want to open some common websites on Win 98 :D

khedoros 11y ago
They don't tend to work (you end up clicking a "script error" acknowledgement a lot). It's less fun than it sounds like it would be.