Hi! :)

I considered using a web browser on my P476 and SE/30 to access the Macintosh Garden. I came across this discussion thread that discusses which older browsers will work to access that site. The iCab 2.99 can work, yet I prefer the Netscape Navigator 2.02 because of its lightweight and disabling javascript features.

So, by changing the user-agent string, the website will think a browser is acceptable. iCab 2.99 has that option.

I am wondering how it can be done with Netscape Navigator 2.02? [nerd-face]

I believe I fixed that years ago, while access is possible it doesn't look very pretty at all

Functionality over eye candy. :)

So, the user-agent string isn't needed as the site is already set up to accept Netscape 2.x, correct?

>> retr01 said:

Functionality over eye candy. So, the user-agent string isn't needed as the site is already set up to accept Netscape 2.x, correct? Click to expand...

That should be correct, though if you run into a 403 error with a vintage browser, do let me know ;)

Talking about vintage browsers, I tried Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator on Macintosh Garden from my Power Mac 6400 running MacOS 9.1, both browsers are the versions installed with the system from an install CD, and they behave quite differently: Netscape doesn't render the garden well (as shown in this thread), but IE (version 4.5 I believe?) does render it (nearly?) perfectly. What is odd then is that the download speeds on IE are absolutely abysmal, but with Netscape they're really great! (I have a 10baseT comm slot card)

>> Francois said:

Talking about vintage browsers, I tried Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator on Macintosh Garden from my Power Mac 6400 running MacOS 9.1, both browsers are the versions installed with the system from an install CD, and they behave quite differently: Netscape doesn't render the garden well (as shown in this thread), but IE (version 4.5 I believe?) does render it (nearly?) perfectly. What is odd then is that the download speeds on IE are absolutely abysmal, but with Netscape they're really great! (I have a 10baseT comm slot card) Click to expand...

I reckon the issue is CSS when it comes to the aged Netscape browser, and Internet Explorer comes with a few quirks as well... as you say. If you start a download and click on say, the desktop to deactivate the IE window ... see if that boosts the download speed.

I use fetch on my SE/30 and connect to the root of the site. You can capture the FTP site credentials by using another device to copy the FTP link on any file on the site and examining it. The FTP folder contents of /apps or /games are too big to navigate on the Mac, so I use my phone or another computer to find the filename, then type it in full - e.g. "games/Beyond_Dark_Castle.sit_.hqx" or whatever.

>> patters said:

I use fetch on my SE/30 and connect to the root of the site. You can capture the FTP site credentials by using another device to copy the FTP link on any file on the site and examining it. The FTP folder contents of /apps or /games are too big to navigate on the Mac, so I use my phone or another computer to find the filename, then type it in full - e.g. "games/Beyond_Dark_Castle.sit_.hqx" or whatever. Click to expand...

Perhaps something like this would help when searching for files? http://macintoshgarden.org/arch_fs.php (https works as well)
The correct credentials should already be provided for the FTP links

Provided of course, your browser has the proper helpers for FTP links :)