Surfing the internet with legendary PCs
Hello everyone,
I’d like to share a small story that unexpectedly turned into a project.
A few weeks ago, I started an internship at Simple CRM, a company that develops customer relationship management software. I thought my internship would revolve around AI, automation and sales processes.
But on my very first day, something completely different caught my attention.
On the CEO’s desk I noticed an unusual device. I asked him what it was, and he told me it was a Nokia Communicator. That simple question opened the door to a whole world I had never really seen before. Brice started showing me other machines from that era — Psion devices, Pocket PCs, Sharp organizers, even older computers like the Commodore 64.
As he talked about them, I realized how much passion and nostalgia these machines still inspire. He even told me he would love to use them again in daily life. The problem, of course, is that today everything depends on the internet.
That’s when the idea appeared.
What if there was a way to browse the modern web again using these legendary machines?
Brice had already started experimenting with this idea and created a proxy that adapts modern websites for older systems. He made it freely available here:
https://telex.wasmer.app/vintage.php
The project is also open source on GitHub:
https://github.com/bricecornet/TERMINAL-PROXY/
This is where my “quest” begins.
During my internship, I’d like to help improve this proxy so that vintage machines can access the web again, even with the limitations of old browsers and systems.
That’s why I thought of asking the community here.
If some of you have Windows 95 or Windows 98 setups, it would be extremely valuable if you could try the proxy and share the results.
If you test it, it would help a lot to know:
If anyone wants to go further, contributions on GitHub are very welcome.
Thanks a lot for reading and for helping keep these classic systems alive.
David
I’d like to share a small story that unexpectedly turned into a project.
A few weeks ago, I started an internship at Simple CRM, a company that develops customer relationship management software. I thought my internship would revolve around AI, automation and sales processes.
But on my very first day, something completely different caught my attention.
On the CEO’s desk I noticed an unusual device. I asked him what it was, and he told me it was a Nokia Communicator. That simple question opened the door to a whole world I had never really seen before. Brice started showing me other machines from that era — Psion devices, Pocket PCs, Sharp organizers, even older computers like the Commodore 64.
As he talked about them, I realized how much passion and nostalgia these machines still inspire. He even told me he would love to use them again in daily life. The problem, of course, is that today everything depends on the internet.
That’s when the idea appeared.
What if there was a way to browse the modern web again using these legendary machines?
Brice had already started experimenting with this idea and created a proxy that adapts modern websites for older systems. He made it freely available here:
https://telex.wasmer.app/vintage.php
The project is also open source on GitHub:
https://github.com/bricecornet/TERMINAL-PROXY/
This is where my “quest” begins.
During my internship, I’d like to help improve this proxy so that vintage machines can access the web again, even with the limitations of old browsers and systems.
That’s why I thought of asking the community here.
If some of you have Windows 95 or Windows 98 setups, it would be extremely valuable if you could try the proxy and share the results.
If you test it, it would help a lot to know:
- which Windows version (95, 98, 98SE, etc.)
- which browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, etc.)
- whether it works correctly
- and if not, what bug or error you encounter
If anyone wants to go further, contributions on GitHub are very welcome.
Thanks a lot for reading and for helping keep these classic systems alive.
David
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