Internet Explorer 4 for Unix - Solaris 2.6
- Follow this tutorial to get Solaris 2.6 up and running:
- https://learn.adafruit.com/build-your-own-sparc-with-qemu-and-solaris/overview
- Download ie4setup.gz at https://browsers.evolt.org/browsers/archive/ie/solaris/4.0/
- Gunzip before transferring it over to solaris 2.6 via hotjava browser and run a local web server to serve any file to solaris via http.
Here's the end result.
Something looks off.
- The "e" in the top right looks kind of greenish.. should be blue.
- The Icons on the button are not transparent and have white boxes around them.
Maybe I'm in 256 color mode instead of 16 million color mode?
Comments
Did anyone make a Firefox build for 2.6? That would work with more modern websites than IE/Netscape.
For 2.6, I couldn't find one. :(
The oldest build I found was for 2.8:
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/1.0/contrib/
Solaris 2.8 is Solaris 8. I already knew they had builds for Solaris 8. Hmm, maybe check an older Mozilla build?
EDIT: Here’s a 1.2 beta build for Solaris 7:
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/moz-sol/1.2a-02-09-25/
1) To get beautiful 24 bit True color, add the -g and tcx options as follows to qemu:
qemu-system-sparc -vga tcx -g 1024x768x24 -M SS-5 -m 256 -drive file=sparc.qcow2,bus=0,unit=0,media=disk
The tutorial on:
https://learn.adafruit.com/build-your-own-sparc-with-qemu-and-solaris/overview
does not mention this detail at the time of this comment.
2) Also with the tutorial at adafruite.com, my DNS wasn't working. I may have fumbled up the commands in the tutorial. But thats ok. Simply copy the /etc/nsswitch.conf.old to the empty /etc/nswitch.conf. Then edit one line by adding dns to the hosts: files line as below:
hosts: files dns
take care not to edit the other lines.
Thats all! Enjoy for True color solaris 2.6 !!!
What "Gunzip before transferring it over to solaris 2.6 via hotjava browser and run a local web server to serve any file to solaris via http" exactly mean?
Hotjava doesn't work for me, but I tryed to ping google through terminal and it works.
Did you know how to connect share folder from local machine to qemu sparc?