# Oldest SDMB-compatible browser software **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-sdmb-compatible-browser-software/82237 "2001-09-17T19:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-sdmb-compatible-browser-software/82237/1 "2001-09-17T19:43:40Z")
I’m bored and out of sorts…my division chief just quit so all today’s appointments are cancelled. OK, just for the heck of it, I’m going to see what is the most ancient browser I can use to get here and post a message. Mosaic for Macintosh v. 2.0.5, © 1985 ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-sdmb-compatible-browser-software/82237/2 "2001-09-17T19:45:17Z")
Don’t you mean 1995? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-sdmb-compatible-browser-software/82237/3 "2001-09-17T19:48:03Z")
:embarrassed: I do indeed mean 1995. **NOT** 1985. Geez! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-sdmb-compatible-browser-software/82237/4 "2001-09-17T19:54:08Z")
MS Internet Explorer for Windows NT ver 2.0 (1996) ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-sdmb-compatible-browser-software/82237/5 "2001-09-17T20:01:42Z")
Damnit. I tried lynx - good, old-fashioned, text-only no graphics I spit on your mouse support lynx. I tried to post, and it complained that I wasn’t cookied. No problem, I thought, and went ahead with logging in. Fortunately I remembered my password. Back to this thread I went, and it complained again, even though the index page welcomed me by name, so the cookie was set. It made me cry that I couldn’t post through Lynx. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-sdmb-compatible-browser-software/82237/6 "2001-09-17T20:16:38Z")
Fooey. Two defeats in a row. America Online no longer allows version 2.x to log on at all, and the affiliated browser won’t work unless AOL is logged on. I did get here to this thread in Mosaic 1.0.3 (1994) but even when I cheated (stealing the URLs from a more modern browser to establish that I was logged on–something I couldn’t do in Mosaic 1 due to nowhere to type the username and password), I could not get the board to accept me as a person with legitimate posting privileges from Mosaic 1. An era before cookies? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-sdmb-compatible-browser-software/82237/7 "2001-09-18T00:26:17Z")
I’ve got a NeXTStation sitting here that I have to get hooked up to the home network. Once I figure it out, I’ll try WorldWideWeb.app (1990!) and see if I can get in. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-sdmb-compatible-browser-software/82237/8 "2001-09-18T04:51:52Z")
Right now I’m on Netscape Navigator 2.02 , copyright 1995.