[Coco] How about a CoCo Web Browser?

[Tim Fadden]

What I think would be the best thing about it is being able to download 
files text/bin, C source etc from the various coco sites directly to the 
coco, and save them on a hd or floppy to run, compile etc, eliminating 
the .dsk images etc.   Or even cooler yet create a coco browser with a 
memory based download area to save .dsk images, and then the ability to 
write them out to a real coco floppy!  use the PC for a network 
apliance, and do everything on the COCO! Now were talking.  I don't know 
about all you speed readers out there, but I can't read much faster than 
300 baud any way! ha ha ha :-)

Tim



John W. Linville wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 05:30:27PM -0400, jdaggett at gate.net wrote:
>   
>> On 11 Mar 2009 at 14:28, John W. Linville wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:37:03PM -0400, jdaggett at gate.net wrote: >
>>> First off you need some means of connecting to the internet either
>>> through > a modem or through a PC/MAC. Then you can think about a web
>>> browser. > Can't put the cart before the horse or the cart wont go
>>> anywhere. 
>>>
>>> I think he was presuming to use the "get any file via http" feature of
>>> CoCoNet to account for the communications piece...
>>>
>>> John
>>>       
>> Yes that would work if you don't mind 56K dial up speeds. 
>>     
>
> Probably 115k or so FWIW, but I doubt the coco could eat the data
> much faster than that anyway.
>
>   
>> Better off would be to have a dedicated hardware that floated on the buss 
>> that did all the TCP/IP stuff and hooked up to a router to do the PPPOE 
>> stuff. It would be faster. 
>>     
>
> Sure, but so would just using a PC... :-)
>
>   
>> Sorry I am not thrilled with dial up speeds for internet connections. Even on  
>> Coco3. Roger's BT and Boisey's Drivewire are fine products for what they 
>> do and do best. Trying to put web browser traffic over it to a PC or a MAC 
>> to gain internet is not efficient or cost effective in my opinion. 
>>     
>
> No probably not.  But it would be a damned cool project for someone
> that would enjoy that as a hobby. :-)
>
> John
>