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Very cool, somehow I’ve never heard of this, but it looks like it could be very handy. Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll look into it and try it out on my home se

by cpsns 4y ago

Very cool, somehow I’ve never heard of this, but it looks like it could be very handy. Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll look into it and try it out on my home server.

anthk 4y ago
Yeah, bitlbee rocks, I use it under an i386 OpenBSD netbook (Atom CPU), it's much faster than Pidgin. Also, I use m68.news everywhere, as it can be read with no issues. Lynx on Gopher protocol will work "as is" for Mac OS 7 I guess, and it's very fast. 68k.news it's over HTTP and not HTTPS, so it will work as is too. This is the most recent version http://www.floodgap.com/retrotech/mac/lynx/download.html http://www.floodgap.com/retrotech/mac/lynx/download.html The interface it's weird and not so Mac like, I know, but it will fly for sure. And, well, you have Turbo Gopher too, but for your Mac version you would need the Threading extension. Gopher URL for Lynx: gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/gopher/clients/mac Proxied for the rest of machines (send it to the Classic Mac via AppleTalk or FTP or whatever). https://gopherproxy.meulie.net/gopher.floodgap.com/1/gopher/clients/mac https://gopherproxy.meulie.net/gopher.floodgap.com/1/gopher/... Gopher it's the perfect "web" for your legacy mac in order to find alternative media. No ads, no trackers no MB sized pages. You can even find news mirrors with ease. For instance: gopher://magical.fish:70/1/news Recommended portal for lots of Gopher "holes": gopher://magical.fish Blog aggregator: gopher://i-logout.cz:70/1/bongusta/ Old software for classic Macs gopher://i-logout.cz:70/1/software/Apple/Software_MacOS As you can see, if you can connect to the internet your Mac, you are far from obsolete. You can chat over IRC+Bitlbee to a big chunk of protocols, browse news, read "phlogs" from tech people, and even visit HN and Reddit over Gopher. HTTPS would be another issue, but you might be able to contact the Crypto Ancienne folks for help. EDIT: Well, now I focused into your shot, you already knew over Gopher. Still, Lynx with HNGopher (and a potentially well configured cryptoancienne) makes a seamless HN and Reddit browser over Gopher+HTTPS.
- cpsns 4y ago
  I’ve got the Mac hooked up via an esp8266 running a SLIP server. Most of what I do on it web wise is through Gopher, it’s just the best overall solution for a computer of that age imo. Things like HNGopher and 68k.news are great, those kinds of services make it very usable even in the modern world. I had no idea lynx ever had a 68k release, but I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. I have an HTTP proxy setup[1] which will downgrade https to http so that Netscape on the Mac can load sites, if for some reason I need to do so. Thanks again for the links. Someday I’d like to get a version of my site on gopher too. [1] https://github.com/atauenis/webone https://github.com/atauenis/webone
  - anthk 4y ago
    What I miss from Gopherpedia it's math support. It if had some support thru aamath it would be heaven. https://github.com/gchudnov/aamath https://github.com/gchudnov/aamath
anthk 4y ago
Also: https://github.com/cy384/ssheven https://github.com/cy384/ssheven You connect to SDF.org and power boost that MAC to the extreme :D https://github.com/cy384/ssheven/releases/tag/0.8.9 https://github.com/cy384/ssheven/releases/tag/0.8.9
anthk 4y ago
Ah, paradoxically I made a typo on my comment. The correct command for bitlbee it's "plugins", not "commands". But as I pointed a link to the Bitlbee wiki at the Quickstart section , I think everyone would figure it out.

by cpsns 4y ago

Very cool, somehow I’ve never heard of this, but it looks like it could be very handy. Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll look into it and try it out on my home server.

anthk 4y ago

Yeah, bitlbee rocks, I use it under an i386 OpenBSD netbook (Atom CPU), it's much faster than Pidgin. Also, I use m68.news everywhere, as it can be read with no issues. Lynx on Gopher protocol will work "as is" for Mac OS 7 I guess, and it's very fast. 68k.news it's over HTTP and not HTTPS, so it will work as is too. This is the most recent version http://www.floodgap.com/retrotech/mac/lynx/download.html http://www.floodgap.com/retrotech/mac/lynx/download.html The interface it's weird and not so Mac like, I know, but it will fly for sure. And, well, you have Turbo Gopher too, but for your Mac version you would need the Threading extension. Gopher URL for Lynx: gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/gopher/clients/mac Proxied for the rest of machines (send it to the Classic Mac via AppleTalk or FTP or whatever). https://gopherproxy.meulie.net/gopher.floodgap.com/1/gopher/clients/mac https://gopherproxy.meulie.net/gopher.floodgap.com/1/gopher/... Gopher it's the perfect "web" for your legacy mac in order to find alternative media. No ads, no trackers no MB sized pages. You can even find news mirrors with ease. For instance: gopher://magical.fish:70/1/news Recommended portal for lots of Gopher "holes": gopher://magical.fish Blog aggregator: gopher://i-logout.cz:70/1/bongusta/ Old software for classic Macs gopher://i-logout.cz:70/1/software/Apple/Software_MacOS As you can see, if you can connect to the internet your Mac, you are far from obsolete. You can chat over IRC+Bitlbee to a big chunk of protocols, browse news, read "phlogs" from tech people, and even visit HN and Reddit over Gopher. HTTPS would be another issue, but you might be able to contact the Crypto Ancienne folks for help. EDIT: Well, now I focused into your shot, you already knew over Gopher. Still, Lynx with HNGopher (and a potentially well configured cryptoancienne) makes a seamless HN and Reddit browser over Gopher+HTTPS.

cpsns 4y ago
I’ve got the Mac hooked up via an esp8266 running a SLIP server. Most of what I do on it web wise is through Gopher, it’s just the best overall solution for a computer of that age imo. Things like HNGopher and 68k.news are great, those kinds of services make it very usable even in the modern world. I had no idea lynx ever had a 68k release, but I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. I have an HTTP proxy setup[1] which will downgrade https to http so that Netscape on the Mac can load sites, if for some reason I need to do so. Thanks again for the links. Someday I’d like to get a version of my site on gopher too. [1] https://github.com/atauenis/webone https://github.com/atauenis/webone
- anthk 4y ago
  What I miss from Gopherpedia it's math support. It if had some support thru aamath it would be heaven. https://github.com/gchudnov/aamath https://github.com/gchudnov/aamath

anthk 4y ago

Also: https://github.com/cy384/ssheven https://github.com/cy384/ssheven You connect to SDF.org and power boost that MAC to the extreme :D https://github.com/cy384/ssheven/releases/tag/0.8.9 https://github.com/cy384/ssheven/releases/tag/0.8.9

anthk 4y ago

Ah, paradoxically I made a typo on my comment. The correct command for bitlbee it's "plugins", not "commands". But as I pointed a link to the Bitlbee wiki at the Quickstart section , I think everyone would figure it out.