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Re: FS: PCMCIA ethernet cards for A600 and A1200
« on: November 26, 2010, 12:47:17 PM »
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How well will this setup surf the web? What kind of web browsers are available? I figure it won't do web video (heck, my Mac PowerBook 400MHz won't do web video!) but can it do other modern web stuff like HTML 5, etc?

Using a webbrowser on a classic Amiga is, well, a rather interesting experiencen when you are used to more modern computers and browsers.

In short: browsers for the classic Amiga are completely outdated when it comes to supporting any more or less recent webstandards and even a pretty decent Amiga (68060@50 MHz with 64 MB ram, ethernet, scsi-drives) will not make it an enjoyable  experience. Sites like Aminet work, albeit rather slow, and display correctly but more modern websites (CSS!) either have a completely mangled layout or (partly) refuse to work.

There's more than just browsing the web, though, and when it comes to ftp, irc, e-mail and stuff the situation is entirely different. The best programs available on the Amiga for different tasks range from pretty decent to very good in which case a decent Amiga (68020 and up, several MB of fastram) will provide you with an enjoyable experience on the internet.
Life sucks. Then you die. Then they throw mud in your face. Then you get eaten by worms. Be happy it happens in that order... My Amiga 1200