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Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

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Re: Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

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Post by pndy »

manytimesaway wrote: post #10
bensyverson wrote: post #9

This is fantastic. To me, this is one of the greatest side-effects of agentic coding; adding new functionality to vintage, abandoned or obsolete hardware. It gives me hope for a solarpunk future where e-waste gets a more functional second life.

So, making obsolete hardware relevant by using the technology that's accelerating their "irrelevanceness" ?

You are aware that there's a huge retrocomputing community around the world that with hearts and passion preserves old machines and software?

Re: Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

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Post by gattilorenz »

Springtime wrote: post #7
felixding wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly. I don't know why some people'd change the branding.

The project didn't, only the HN submission title.

Not the submission title, just the automatically revised submission title. Pretty sure I submitted it with the proper casing/spacing

Re: Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

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Post by mplsllc »

pndy wrote: post #20

Anyone had luck running it under infinitemac? I can't boot anything beyond 9.0 and it throws some error upon launch - seems it needs at least 9.1.

It needs carbonlib - is that installed on the OS? I was able to get it to work on 9.1 with the last released CarbonLib.

Re: Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

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Post by mplsllc »

Hey everyone! This is my project, I've been working really hard (yes using AI to help) for about two months straight now. I am not just letting it be, I am going to keep tooling with it every day to make it better and better.

The latest version uses real, third-party verified, TLS 1.3 so I am pushing all the limits that I can. Thanks for sharing!

Re: Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

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Post by chongli »

manytimesaway wrote: post #10
bensyverson wrote: post #9

This is fantastic. To me, this is one of the greatest side-effects of agentic coding; adding new functionality to vintage, abandoned or obsolete hardware. It gives me hope for a solarpunk future where e-waste gets a more functional second life.

So, making obsolete hardware relevant by using the technology that's accelerating their "irrelevanceness" ?

There's no acceleration here. Vintage Macs are 100% obsolete. They can't get any more obsolete than that. They can, however, become MORE relevant for hobbyists through the development of new software for them.

What could be better than that?

Re: Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

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Post by addaon »

prokopton wrote: post #11
manytimesaway wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, making obsolete hardware relevant by using the technology that's accelerating their "irrelevanceness" ?

Can hardware became more obsolete?

Yes. Discrete 74 series TTL logic ICs were quite obsolete; CMOS versions replaced them. But now with new generations that are not level-compatible with the TTL versions, the TTL versions are even more obsolete.

Re: Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

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Post by pndy »

mplsllc wrote: post #24
pndy wrote: post #20

Anyone had luck running it under infinitemac? I can't boot anything beyond 9.0 and it throws some error upon launch - seems it needs at least 9.1.

It needs carbonlib - is that installed on the OS? I was able to get it to work on 9.1 with the last released CarbonLib.

Yes, some older version but I've grabbed carbonlib 1.6.1 from macintoshrepository and that helped with launching MacSurf under that premade 9.0 machine
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