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| - | | [[:protonet|Main]] | [[:protonet:about|About]] | >>**[[:protonet:features|Features]]**<< | [[:protonet:screenshots|Screenshots]] | [[:protonet:getting started|Getting Started]] | [[:protonet:wiki|Wiki]] | [[:protonet:contributors|Contributors]] | | + | | [[:protonet|Main]] | [[:protonet:about|About]] | >>**[[:protonet:features|Features]]**<< | [[:protonet:screenshots|Screenshots]] | [[:protonet:getting started|Getting Started]] | [[:protonet:wiki|Wiki]] | [[:protonet:Team]] | |
| ====== Features ====== | ====== Features ====== | ||
| - | PROTONET is a service that allows browsing of classic web sites with a variety of web browsers. It is the easiest way to browse the Internet as it appeared in it's early days. | + | PROTONET is an online service that allows users of vintage computers to browse classic web sites. It is the easiest way to browse the Internet as it appeared in it's early days. |
| - | * Service supports a wide variety of vintage computers and browsers using standard proxy communication methods | + | * Hundreds of classic web sites, and more are being added daily. Pages are reconstructed for historical accuracy. |
| - | * Get access to thousands of web sites from the early years of the Internet. Pages have been reconstructed for historical accuracy. | + | * Wide variety of vintage computers and operating systems supported. |
| - | * Thousands of working downloads, and more added daily. | + | * Service made available through standard web proxy technologies, which is supported in almost every web browser. |
| - | * Use restored historical search engines to discover new web sites. | + | * Access to thousands of file downloads that are no longer available on the Internet. |
| + | * Search the wide archive using period correct historical search engines and discover new web sites. | ||
| * Access and browse restored FTP (File Transfer Protocol) archives. | * Access and browse restored FTP (File Transfer Protocol) archives. | ||
| - | ===== Supported web browsers ===== | + | ===== Supported browsers ===== |
| - | Our services have been tested to work with the following OS/web browser combinations: | + | Our service uses a widely supported feature in web browsers called HTTP proxies. Due to the standard nature of this technology, our services have been tested to work with a wide variety of web browsers from different eras. |
| - | ^ System ^ Product Name ^ Version ^ Status ^ Description ^ | + | * [[Supported browsers|See our full list of software compatibility]]. |
| - | | **MS-DOS** | Arachne | 1.97 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | **Windows 3.1** \\ //(16-bit)// | Microsoft Internet Explorer | 1.0 | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Does not support proxies | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 2.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 3.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | Mosaic Netscape | 0.9 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | Netscape Navigator | 1.x | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 2.x | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 3.x | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | NCSA Mosaic | 1.0 | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 2.0 | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 3.0 | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | Opera | 2.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 3.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | **Windows 9x** \\ //(32-bit)// | Microsoft Internet Explorer | 1.0 | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Does not support proxies | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 2.0 | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 3.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 4.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 5.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 5.5 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 7.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 8.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 9.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 10.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 11.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | Netscape Navigator | 2.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 3.x | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | Netscape Communicator | 4.0 | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 4.5x | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | + | |
| - | | ::: | NCSA Mosaic | 1.0 | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 2.0 | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 3.0 | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | Opera | 2.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 3.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 4.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 5.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 6.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 7.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 8.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 9.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 10.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 11.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 12.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | **Macintosh** \\ //(68k)// | Mosaic Netscape | 0.9 | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | Netscape Navigator | 1.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 2.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 3.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 4.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | **Macintosh** \\ //(PPC)// | Netscape | 3.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | | ::: | ::: | 4.x | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not Tested | | + | |
| - | ===== Server Development Status ===== | + | ===== Service Development Status ===== |
| ^ Type ^ Description ^ Progress ^ Status ^ Notes ^ | ^ Type ^ Description ^ Progress ^ Status ^ Notes ^ | ||
| | **HTTP** | HTML GET requests | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | | **HTTP** | HTML GET requests | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | ||
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| | ::: | Dynamic content: Server pages | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | Error codes (such as 404 error) reported to the web browser properly. | | | ::: | Dynamic content: Server pages | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | Error codes (such as 404 error) reported to the web browser properly. | | ||
| | ::: | MIME types | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | | ::: | MIME types | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | | | ||
| - | | ::: | CGI scripts | 90% | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | CGI scripts work but further improvements are needed in parameter handling. | | + | | ::: | CGI scripts | 75% | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | CGI scripts work, but further improvements are needed, such as standard environment variables. | |
| | ::: | Search engines | 40% | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Partial functionality with Inode and Yahoo search. | | | ::: | Search engines | 40% | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Partial functionality with Inode and Yahoo search. | | ||
| | ::: | Page view counters | 0% | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Planned for a future release. | | | ::: | Page view counters | 0% | {{ :images:status-in-progress.png?nolink&24 |}} | Planned for a future release. | | ||
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| | ::: | System generated pages | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | Error conditions handled and presented to the web browser. | | | ::: | System generated pages | 100% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | Error conditions handled and presented to the web browser. | | ||
| | ::: | MIME types | 90% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | MIME type reporting handled mostly correct. | | | ::: | MIME types | 90% | {{ :images:status-done.png?nolink&24 |}} | MIME type reporting handled mostly correct. | | ||
| - | | **GOPHER** | Services on Gopher | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not implemented yet. | | + | | ::: | File descriptions | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Planned for a future release. | |
| - | | **IRC** | Services on IRC | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Not implemented yet. | | + | | **GOPHER** | Services on Gopher | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Planned for a future release. | |
| - | | **TELNET** | Telnet services | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Plans are for a future release | | + | | **TELNET** | Telnet services | 0% | {{ :images:status-refused.png?nolink&24 |}} | Planned for a future release. | |
protonet/features.txt · Last modified: 2020-09-10 02:34 by omolini
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