Is it really hard to connect my laptop to the internet now, just using a regular phone jack on the wall?
Is it really hard to connect my laptop to the internet now, just using a regular phone jack on the wall?
Hey everyone! I have an old laptop that doesn't have a standard Ethernet port. It only has a phone jack. Is it possible to connect the internet through that phone socket? Maybe by using something like an ethernet-to-phone adapter. I want to avoid using a USB WiFi adapter because their drivers don't work with Windows 9X.
I know you'd need dial up service right now. You should check if it's actually available where you live. If so, there are no emulators or adapters I'm aware of that can turn this kind of modem into a LAN-compatible device today.
I'll just do some messing around. Basically, I really want a cool old computer and operating system. I'd like it for sure that my laptop actually turns on and runs.
Is this machine so outdated it won't even get online? Does the built-in web browser on this thing work with modern websites anymore?
My computer runs Internet Explorer. I put up a virtual machine running Windows 98 the other day. The internet was working fine, but not all websites opened well.
There are lots of versions for Internet Explorer. Things that work on Windows 9x are no longer okay to use. Also, a virtual machine feels totally different from just using an old laptop by itself.