Welcome to EINet MacWeb, your Macintosh vehicle for browsing the World
Wide Web and navigating the EINet Galaxy.

[MacWeb][1] is an early web browser first released on May 31, 1994. I
believe it was the 3rd browser ever developed for the Mac, and would
even run on [B&W compact Macs.][2]

I found 1.00A1 on a hard drive recovered from a broken Mac LC II.
After testing it I searched for other versions on the web and found
0.98a, 1.1.1E1, and 2.0, along with a patch to upgrade 2.0 to 2.0c.
All uploads are simple StuffIt archives because none of the versions I
found were original disk images.

I've tested MacWeb on a Performa 6300 running System 7.5, a PowerBook
PDQ running Mac OS 9.2, and SheepShaver 2.3 running Mac OS 9.

* I could connect to the Internet and load simple web pages with all
versions. (Forget anything modern. I uploaded some simple Claris Home
Page files to a server for testing.)

* Versions earlier than 2.0 cannot resolve URLs using modern DNS
servers. You have to use the server IP address.

* Versions earlier than 2.0 cannot render JPEGs.

* Links do not work in versions earlier than 2.0. For some reason
MacWeb inserts two periods in the URL. If you copy the link (hold down
the mouse button on the link to get a popup) and correct the problem,
you can paste it in the URL bar and it will work.

* The pages render with no or limited styling. 2.0 is the best here.

* MacWeb 2.0c+ is 2.0 with some minor tweaks to improve compatibility
with black and white Macs like the Macintosh Plus:

 * Antoine H�bert's 2.0c patch has been applied to fix a bug that
   would cause the screen to black out if a page had a background
   color set
 * User interface elements have been cleaned up to render better on
   1-bit black and white displays
 * Included a modified version of the GIFWatcher Desk Accessory
   (created using Desk Accessory Piggyback) that runs as a standard
   application. Set it as the "helper" application for .GIF files,
   and GIFWatcher will open them automatically when you request them.
   Thanks to Chris Adams of the Mac SE Support Pages ([archived
   here][3]) for this workaround

`MacWeb_2.0c_plus.sit` was compressed using Stuffit Deluxe version
5.5.

Works great with [MacProxy Plus][4]!

Compatibility
Architecture: 68k PPC

I can't seem to find an official requirements list in any of the
documentation. I believe all versions require a Mac Plus or higher.
Based on my testing System 7.5 - Mac OS 9.2 all work. I can confirm
from sources online that System 7 works, but I have no idea about
System 6.

Two of the archives, 1.00a3.2 & 1.1.1E1, have a PPC build. But all
versions will run on Power Macs.

0.98a 68K - Min RAM 2MB / Preferred RAM 2MB

1.00A2 68K - Min RAM 700K / Preferred RAM 2MB

1.1.1E1 68K - Min RAM 750K / Preferred RAM 2MB

1.1.1E1 PPC - Min RAM 1.5MB / Preferred RAM 2.5MB

2.0 68K - Min RAM 1MB / Preferred RAM 2MB

4.0 - "MacWeb 4 is a preliminary new release of Hypertext system
MacWeb3.xx in which the textual editor is replaced by a multimedia
editor.

You may freely use this preliminary version of MacWeb4 on any
Macintosh of the Mac II familly,
i.e : Mac II, x,ci,si, fx, vi LC II, LC III, Centris, Quadra,
Powerbooks...

Using it as a structured hypertext system is possible on Mac II, with
quite good response time.
Using it as a knowledge-based hypertext system requires at least a
Centris to obtain resonable response time.

Some problems may occur when runing on ordinary Mac or Mac SE."

  [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacWeb
  [2]: http://www.keacher.com/1216/how-i-introduced-a-27-year-old-computer-to-the-web/
  [3]: https://ia800100.us.archive.org/0/items/macweb-evolt_browsers/macweb.htm
  [4]: https://github.com/hunterirving/macproxy_plus

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