LCGuy
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
I'm thinking of entering the Retrochallenge with a little project of my own: to not only get my LCIII (my very first computer) on the Internet for the first time, but also to use it as my main internet computer for 2 weeks. Its running System 7.1, and I'm thinking that with an appropriate browser, such as Netscape 2, mobile versions of webpages (for example, Facebook), java turned off, and the Twitter 68k client, it should be doable. However, there's a slight problem: My internet connection is a 3G broadband dongle, which connects via USB.
The oldest computers I have that have USB are a Pentium III, and a G3 iMac, obviously none of which are anywhere near old enough to qualify for the retrochallenge. This leaves me in the position where the only thing I can do is to connect to the internet via a non-qualifying system and use said non-qualifying system to share the Internet connection to the LCIII (where I'd do all my Internet use). I'm just curious...is it acceptable for a qualifying system to connect to the Internet via a shared internet connection on a non-qualifying system, or should I come up with a different idea?
The oldest computers I have that have USB are a Pentium III, and a G3 iMac, obviously none of which are anywhere near old enough to qualify for the retrochallenge. This leaves me in the position where the only thing I can do is to connect to the internet via a non-qualifying system and use said non-qualifying system to share the Internet connection to the LCIII (where I'd do all my Internet use). I'm just curious...is it acceptable for a qualifying system to connect to the Internet via a shared internet connection on a non-qualifying system, or should I come up with a different idea?