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    Worlds First Browser on Vista: Mosaic

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Nocturnal310, Nov 30, 2007.

  1. Nocturnal310

    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    So what if i was too young when Mosaic came out..i downloaded it yesterday from the Mosaics FTP ...v3.0

    It installed & opened ...but when i type any address windows says 'program not responding'

    Everytime it says that so i uninstalled it..

    Look, this was like an experiment & i wanted to experience what the worlds first web browser felt like......

    So any suggestions to make it work? any XP guys tested it??


    You all can get it here : ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Mosaic/
     
    Nocturnal310, Nov 30, 2007
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  2. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    download virtual PC, install windows 98, have at it

    p.s. Mosaic 3 was not the first web browser....obviously, 1 and 2 were earlier, but there were others even earlier still. Look up worldwideweb, viola, midas...there were some earlier DOS based programs that were not true browsers, but conceptually similar....like Gopher.
     
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    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    First GUI based....install windows 98 from where?
     
    Nocturnal310, Nov 30, 2007
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    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    worldwideweb, viola, midas all had GUIs

    But, what I mean is if you install VirtualPC you can run Windows98 from within Vista as a virtualmachine....then you can run Mosaic, inside Windows 98, inside Vista
     
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  5. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Have you tried compatibility mode? It may work there.
     
    Thomas, Dec 1, 2007
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