85.225.4.170 — This old 286 computer running at 8 MHz, with 1 MiB ram and no hard drive (the OS, all software and the site is on a single floppy!) still serves a purpose by acting as a fully functional web server running DR-DOS. Also includes a description of how to build your own server on an 8088 or newer, and links to all software required!
Nov 26, 2006 View in Crawl 4
tharwatNov 26, 2006
On a similar note...<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/apple/Browsing_the_Web_from_an_1984_Apple_II_Computer">http://digg.com/apple/Browsing_the_Web_from_an_1984_Apple_II_Computer</a>
Closed AccountNov 26, 2006
Hey I may try this with my old Z80, it's still in the box with dual 8" drives and 64K.
posnegNov 27, 2006
What's an MiB?
grumpyrainNov 27, 2006
"Requirements:An 8088 CPU or newer640 KiB RAM720 KiB Floppy drive or a harddrive (Dont tell me you have such a luxury item =P)A network card and packet driverEZ-NOS (download + howto here)"There you go, 640K is enough for anyone :)
starguyNov 27, 2006
I've been serving webpages of my car stereo head system for years. Its a Riocar Mark 2, 20gb harddrive, Arm processor, with 10bt jack running Hijack Linux. Its a lot better webserver than that crusty old power sucking thing, because (1) its low power, (2) its totally silent, and (3) it spins down the harddrive very quickly after access. All three of which make it ideal for a webserver you have on all the time, but which get infrequent requests. I can't stand to have a computer running constantly sucking power and making noise.I've never had anyone every do it besides myself, but remotely from anywhere in the world, using the lojack webpage with java applet, someone can step through its play list, and chose what music to play on it.
sebbbeNov 27, 2006Submitter
==== NEW URL TO THE SERVER ================ ITS UP ============<a class="user" href="http://85.225.7.48/">http://85.225.7.48/</a>^^ New URLThe server is up and running.
sebbbeNov 27, 2006Submitter
Yeah, it got a little too much for it, but it fought its way up again :-D And it served happily ever after.
Closed AccountJan 30, 2007
Has the IP changed?
lcp03oJul 16, 2008
haha this is funny<a class="user" href="http://www.computing-tips.com/2008/02/23/how-to-install-a-floppy-drive/">http://www.computing-tips.com/2008/02/23/how-to-in ...</a>
miker00lzOct 15, 2008
i'm running an 8088 web server at www.8088online.comi wrote the software myself.