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Internet browsing from DosBox under Ubuntu

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First post, by sapfeer

Posted on 2010-11-14, 14:18

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Hi there! I wonder if there a way to browse internet from DosBox... I tried to search the forum, but all I found is a reference to DosBox MegaBuild which runs only under Window, AFAICS...

Actually I'm just playing with so called "browser masquerading" and I would like to know how does Dos introduce itself to web-servers... There is no any really valid information at the web so I decided to go deeper and try to find out from the "source"... I know it's a bit weird, but I'm curious about it! 😜

Any help or comment is greatly appreciated!..
...any reference to source of information on how to set up such is also very welcomed!

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Reply 1 of 5, by ripa

Posted on 2010-11-14, 14:55

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The user agent string is provided by the web browser. You can make your windows web browser tell the web server it's an Apple II computer. Or you could make your DOS web browser identify itself as Windows.

Reply 2 of 5, by sapfeer

Posted on 2010-11-14, 18:41

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ripa wrote:
The user agent string is provided by the web browser. You can make your windows web browser tell the web server it's an Apple II computer. Or you could make your DOS web browser identify itself as Windows.

Sure! That's I'm playing with and I want to know what are valid DOS web browser identities.

Reply 3 of 5, by Qbix

Posted on 2010-11-14, 21:16

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use bochs or something like that.
it might work with dosbox, but that is not intended

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Reply 4 of 5, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2010-11-14, 21:33

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The only DOS-based browser I know of is Arachne.

I remember seeing a screenshot where h-a-l-9000 had Arachne running with his megabuild and appropriate packet drivers, but DOSBox is probably not the best platform for it.

Reply 5 of 5, by sapfeer

Posted on 2010-11-15, 07:38

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Thanks all for your comments! I've found the user agents database, which has some samples of MS-DOS user-agent strings, so my search is over!

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