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This landed at exactly the right time for me. I've just pulled out my 7100/66av power pc from the cupboard to play with. It lacks any modern browser (and probab

This landed at exactly the right time for me. I've just pulled out my 7100/66av power pc from the cupboard to play with. It lacks any modern browser (and probably the power to deal with https) so I resorted to hosting simple http server on my modern computer and downloading things I wanted to there and then going to the mac to download it again.

ndespres 1y ago
If it helps, Macintosh Garden has a FTP server, but everything is un-organized in one of 2 folders, apps and games. Too slow to get a directory listing on these older systems but you can get a file directly if you know what you’re looking for.
duskwuff 1y ago
> It lacks any modern browser (and probably the power to deal with https) It should be able to run Netscape 4, but HTTPS will indeed be an issue - less because of speed, more because a browser that old will lack support for modern cipher suites.
- wanderingjew 1y ago
  I fixed that https://bbenchoff.github.io/pages/MacSSL.html https://bbenchoff.github.io/pages/MacSSL.html
- anthk 1y ago
  There's a modern Lynx build for Classic Mac. Also: gopher://magical.fish has tons of services, among gopher://sdf.org for phlogs and gopher://bitreich.org/1/lawn for a big directory. And, by connecting to the public servers of http://bitlbee.org http://bitlbee.org with any IRC client you can access modern IRC+TLS servers and a good chunk of protocols too (Discord, Mastodon, Steam, Jabber, Linc, Facebook chat, Telegram....)
  - classichasclass 1y ago
    If you mean the updated MacLynx I've been working on, I don't have TLS in it yet, but now that the PowerPC version is back I'm planning to embed Crypto Ancienne in it for opportunistic TLS 1.3 (unfortunately too much for anything less than a high end 68040). https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/04/maclynx-beta-6-back-to-power-mac.html https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/04/maclynx-beta-6-back-to-p...
geerlingguy 1y ago
Also be sure to check out FrogFind! http://frogfind.com http://frogfind.com
- roygbiv2 1y ago
  Currently returning server error.
johnklos 1y ago
A stock Amiga 3000 with a 25 MHz m68030 can browse modern sites using modern SSL [0] without much fuss. Granted, some m68k optimizations have been done, but if an '030 can do it, an '040 can, and a PowerPC 601 absolutely can. [0] https://www.ibrowse-dev.net/amissl/ https://www.ibrowse-dev.net/amissl/

ndespres 1y ago

If it helps, Macintosh Garden has a FTP server, but everything is un-organized in one of 2 folders, apps and games. Too slow to get a directory listing on these older systems but you can get a file directly if you know what you’re looking for.

duskwuff 1y ago

> It lacks any modern browser (and probably the power to deal with https) It should be able to run Netscape 4, but HTTPS will indeed be an issue - less because of speed, more because a browser that old will lack support for modern cipher suites.

wanderingjew 1y ago
I fixed that https://bbenchoff.github.io/pages/MacSSL.html https://bbenchoff.github.io/pages/MacSSL.html
anthk 1y ago
There's a modern Lynx build for Classic Mac. Also: gopher://magical.fish has tons of services, among gopher://sdf.org for phlogs and gopher://bitreich.org/1/lawn for a big directory. And, by connecting to the public servers of http://bitlbee.org http://bitlbee.org with any IRC client you can access modern IRC+TLS servers and a good chunk of protocols too (Discord, Mastodon, Steam, Jabber, Linc, Facebook chat, Telegram....)
- classichasclass 1y ago
  If you mean the updated MacLynx I've been working on, I don't have TLS in it yet, but now that the PowerPC version is back I'm planning to embed Crypto Ancienne in it for opportunistic TLS 1.3 (unfortunately too much for anything less than a high end 68040). https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/04/maclynx-beta-6-back-to-power-mac.html https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/04/maclynx-beta-6-back-to-p...

geerlingguy 1y ago

Also be sure to check out FrogFind! http://frogfind.com http://frogfind.com

roygbiv2 1y ago
Currently returning server error.

johnklos 1y ago

A stock Amiga 3000 with a 25 MHz m68030 can browse modern sites using modern SSL [0] without much fuss. Granted, some m68k optimizations have been done, but if an '030 can do it, an '040 can, and a PowerPC 601 absolutely can. [0] https://www.ibrowse-dev.net/amissl/ https://www.ibrowse-dev.net/amissl/