Releases: jhhoward/MicroWeb
MicroWeb Version 2.0
MicroWeb 2.0 contains several improvements over previous versions:
- Support for more video modes, including monochrome and colour modes
- GIF images are now loaded
- PNG and JPEG dimensions are loaded but not the content
- Improved font rendering and better Unicode support for accented characters
- More HTML tag support including tables and forms
- Can now leverage EMS memory (if available) for larger pages and images
Version 0.53
Changes since last release:
- Added support for 640x400 mode used by Olivetti M24, AT&T PC 6300, Compaq Portable II/III, and Toshiba T3100 (thanks to @mlaux )
- Updated mTCP library to version to 2023-03-31
Contributors
Assets 5
Experimental HP 95LX build
An experimental build for the HP 95LX palmtop using the custom 240x128 resolution
Will run on HP 95LX, HP 100LX or HP 200LX
Alpha release
Improved memory management so larger pages can be loaded. Fixed some layout bugs.
Boot disk images include a minimal FreeDOS installation with multiple packet drivers to choose from.
For PCem, use NE2000 packet drive (set network address 0x300 with IRQ 3 for your emulated network interface)
For VirtualBox use PCnet-PCI II for your network device and choose the AMD PCNet packet driver
Alpha release
Now includes support for CGA, EGA, VGA and Hercules display modes. Note that in Hercules mode, the mouse cursor is currently not visible.
Several improvements to parsing and rendering. Images are now displayed as boxes with alt tag text.
Boot disk images include a minimal FreeDOS installation with an NE2000 packet driver. Can be used to test with PCem (set network address 0x300 with IRQ 3 for your emulated network interface)
Prototype release
This release includes simple text encoding support that maps extended character sets to the closest available Latin character. Support for UTF-8 Latin1 supplement and Latin Extended A pages, plus support for Windows-1250 and Windows-1252.
Image tags are now parsed with alt tags displayed.
'pre' and 'code' tags are now parsed and a mono space font is available.
Boot disk images include a minimal FreeDOS installation with an NE2000 packet driver. Can be used to test with PCem (set network address 0x300 with IRQ 3 for your emulated network interface)
Prototype release
Now supports HTTP/1.1 which allows access to many more websites. Various bug fixes.
The http://68k.news and http://frogfind.com site both work well. When redirected to HTTPS, FrogFind is now suggested as a way to access the site.
Can be used in tandem with a web proxy like https://github.com/DrKylstein/retro-proxy by setting HTTP_PROXY as a DOS environment variable.
Boot disk images include a minimal FreeDOS installation with an NE2000 packet driver. Can be used to test with PCem (set network address 0x300 with IRQ 3 for your emulated network interface)
Prototype release
Various bug fixes. UI improvements and now usable without requiring a mouse.
Just about functional enough to load http://68k.news and http://frogfind.com sites.
Boot disk images include a minimal FreeDOS installation with an NE2000 packet driver. Can be used to test with PCem (set network address 0x300 with IRQ 3 for your emulated network interface)
Prototype release
First prototype release. Just about functional enough to load http://68k.news and http://frogfind.com sites.
Boot disk images include a minimal FreeDOS installation with an NE2000 packet driver. Can be used to test with PCem (set network address 0x300 with IRQ 3 for your emulated network interface)