The Atari ST was released in 1985. But is it usable on the modern Web today? How far can I push the experience?
These are important questions to answer! So I pushed ahead.
Project Notes
| Status | Completed |
| Goal | Connect my venerable Atari ST to the World Wide Web. Browse some sites! |
Starting with a NetUSBee Ethernet adapter, I installed TOS drivers and the STinG TCP/IP stack. I also used an ET4000 graphics card to push the resolution to a (somewhat) modern 1024x768 in 256 colours.
With those (and a successful TCP/IP ping) in place, I downloaded and configured Crystal Atari Browser (CAB).
The Web experience is slow and doesn’t support CSS - which rules out a lot of content. However I was able to make older sites work.
I’ll call this a success!
One Day Maybe
Is it possible to push this further?
In search of a better experience, it might be possible to use a proxy server to strip CSS and shrink images. Or use a text-based browser like Lynx. Browsh also looks interesting.
Lots of avenues for future investigation!
