A couple of companies made SCSI-to-Ethernet adapters about 15 years ago, but those were rare and expensive. The Mac Plus didn't have an Ethernet port, and things like WiFi were years from being invented when it was manufactured. Getting the Mac physically hooked to the network was a bigger challenge. MacWeb 2.0 was both old enough to run on my Plus and new enough to render HTML and speak HTTP. The web browser was relatively easy to find thanks to guys running long-forgotten FTP sites in the dusty corners of the internet. To accomplish my goal, I needed a web browser, a TCP/IP stack, and some way to connect the Mac to my home network. In doing so, Keacher takes us down memory lane to a time when the Mac OS was still categorized by a single digit. With fascinating and precise detail, Keacher describes the inherent and head-scratching hurdles that arise when trying to modernize a computer that was released during the Reagan administration. But that didn't stop Jeff Keacher from amping up his trusty 27-year-old Mac Plus in an effort to get it up and running on the modern-day internet. Released in early 1986 with a whopping 8 MHz processor and 4 MB of RAM, the Mac Plus doesn't have the makings of a machine meant to browse the web.
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