As some may know, I have managed to get my 1990s Risc PC connected to the internet. The actual goal was to enable me to link it to one of the Macs here so I can do backups and move files around. It’s that or using a floppy disk (the older Archimedes will need floppy disk swapping). The magic is that I can use a web browser and see what sites look like. There are better browsers around, but it appears that I’d need an OS update for them to work - so no Firefox goodness for me right now. Instead, I have to use ArcWeb, which really does put things into perspective. Here is a page from x404 in all its glory.



No CSS, no JavaScript. Just plain text and the odd graphic. How did we cope?

It’s rather interesting to do this. I’ve got an FTP link to my MacMini, and using that I can put files form the RPC on any Mac I have using DropBox or MobileMe. I can also retrieve files by sending them to the Mini. I don’t think there is a RiscPC DropBox client. I would be very surprised if there was one.

I think it was a website I visited that reminded me the way websites were designed in the late-90s. All very text-based and minimal graphics. Another website had a similar layout but animated GIFs for buttons - an object that rotated on its axis.

Yes but when most people were on dial up it was necessary. Many sites now are obese in comparison.

I agree it was necessary back then but a lot of these sites haven't been updated. They were more fan-based sites rather than anything else. Similar to geocities.

I was thinking about this just the other day. No [LIFTED], no ads.

Lol, impressive. TBH it looks like some websites do that haven't been prepped for IE9

(The GF uses IE9, not I BTW)

Now got DropBox connectivity

This is a fudge. I can FTP to the MacMini, and access that machine’s DropBox folder. Files then propagate to all the machines that access DropBox. This includes the iPad, which is my latest in a succession of ARM based machines. This FTP access should allow me to back up the hard drive of the RPC from time to time.