machintosh plus to internet

One can connect a Macintosh Plus to the Internet, but remember that this computer does not have built-in Ethernet. As ChitlinsCC indicated, do not expect modern web pages to work at all. Only a handful of web pages would still be accessible via a really old browser.

A site like knubbelmac.de (use Google translate, if necessary) could perhaps be of interest in this context.

I once connected a Macintosh SE (which, in contrast to a Macintosh Plus, had an internal hard drive) to the Internet. The SE had 2.5 MB of RAM. The machine was running (a limited) System 7.0. The connection was made through a serial dial-up modem (to an Internet service provider with a modem pool) over the phone lines. The connection software was MacPPP 2.0.1. In order to handle the Internet protocol, MacTCP was separately installed. A MacWeb browser handled web pages. At that time, one could use an early version of Eudora for email (but this is usually not possible today because of authentication requirements). File transfers using an appropriate FTP client were also possible.

You could try the same with a Macintosh Plus (if you can find an ISP that still offers dial-up). To begin with, the machine should have the maximum amount of RAM (4 MB). You would also need an external SCSI hard drive (alternatively, a SCSI Zip 100 drive). Only connect SCSI equipment to the Macintosh Plus DB-25 SCSI port (never connect DB-25 parallel printer or DB-25 serial modem cables to a SCSI port; these cables will damage the SCSI circuits of the computer!).

A serial dial-up modem can be found, for example, via an online auction site (almost any 9.6 kbps to 56 kbps PC-style modem with a DB-25 connector should work; the higher speeds will not be used). A Macintosh modem cable (DB-25M to MiniDIN-8M) is needed for the connection to the Macintosh Plus MiniDIN-8F modem port.

Do not hesitate to post back if you need further details.

>if I get the Ethernet Transceiver coax?

Ethernet transceivers were external adapters for Macintosh computers with built-in Ethernet and an AAUI port. Depending on the type of transceiver, different cable systems could be used (such as the now normal twisted pair).

It is possible to use Ethernet with a Macintosh Plus, but that would require a special external adapter. LocalTalk-to-Ethernet adapters would normally not be capable of handling TCP/IP, so one would have to look for an appropriate SCSI-to-Ethernet adapter (with TCP/IP support) instead. SCSI-to-Ethernet adapters were made by, for example, Asanté and Dayna. Unfortunately, these adapters are relatively rare, and thus expensive.

"Modern" internet CONTENT cannot be displayed by a MacPlus

IMO, connecting it by buying something will waste the money and prove a disappointment with results

FWIW, I have a Powerbook G3/500 Firewire (2000) - the first notebook to be classified a "supercomputer" (a gigaflop - 1 billion floating point calculations per second) - it runs OSX Tiger and BARELY will browse web pages with a "special" version of the Firefox browser

ChitlinsCC Said:

”FWIW, I have a Powerbook G3/500 Firewire (2000) - the first notebook to be classified a ‘supercomputer’ (a gigaflop - 1 billion floating point calculations per second) - it runs OSX Tiger and BARELY will browse web pages with a ‘special’ version of the Firefox browser”

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What is the version of Firefox you mention?

In my experience, the only problem is with embedded video - the CODECs these days rely on CPU power that even the First Notebook Supercomputer is incapable of decoding - you might get it to display a posterframe, but PLAYING it is a no go

TenFourFox: A fork of Mozilla Firefox for the Power Macintosh and Mac OS X Tiger PowerPC

Thanks!

Wow! That does go back for compatibility. I plan to give it a go.

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