[Coco] How about a CoCo Web Browser?

[jdaggett at gate.net]

On 12 Mar 2009 at 20:06, Tim Fadden wrote:

> Cost/time effective?  We are talking about a COCO right?  If these are
> your concerns, why do you even mess with a CoCo in the first place?
> 
> I do it for the fun of it.   If I wanted fast and glitzy, I would be
> using my quad core 3 gig machine.
> 
> Tim.
> 

Actually to surf the net with the PC that you mentioned is a bit overkill 
there. A single Pentium at 250 MHz is more than sufficient. 

I am not trying to be negative but trying to point out that a Coco is a slow 
machine to be surfing the net. As I stated before other than the fascination 
of doing it for the fun of it there is no real practical reason to do so. Again I 
reiterate that doing it would be a project to do it so as to say that it can be 
done. 

Besides the Coco was the first computer that I ever had and the 6809 
assembly was the first that I learned. So I still have an affinity to the 
machine and assembly code. 

james
> jdaggett at gate.net wrote:
> > On 11 Mar 2009 at 17:56, 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
> >>     
> >
> >
> > Yes it is one of those projects to say I did it so that I can prove
> > it can be done type feelings. 
> >
> > james
> >
> >
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