Marshall Lewis also pointed out that by getting the Felixs Emailer disk image, you can get a Mac with a HD floppy drive on-line as long as it has at least 2MB RAM. Back to FAQ Index 1.2.3 – How do I get an old Mac set up for WWW access?
You can pretty much follow the directions above for getting a Mac set up for e-mail; however, I highly recommend that any Mac to be used for browsing be running at least System 7 and have 8MB or more of RAM. While somewhat more difficult, you can certainly browse the Web with a browser like MacWeb 1.00A3.2 on a 68000-based Mac such as a Plus, SE, or Classic. Don’t expect to be able to do much; MacWeb likes to freeze early and often. iCab is far and away the best browsing option for most people on 68K Macs now, except for the 68000-based Macs, which can’t use it. Any other 68K Mac running at least System 7 can and should use iCab, which is light on RAM usage, very fast, and supremely configurable. Two tips: load up on RAM to the extent possible and put the browser’s cache on a RAM disk for best speed, and turn off multiple connections in the Preferences for maximum stability. Netscape 2.0.2 is probably the next-best choice for most browsing needs on a 68030 or lower. You’ll also probabl
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