Ancient Web Browsers

Cello

Thomas R. Bruce's pioneering Windows browser. Although a relatively late comer among ancient browsers, it predates the earliest versions of Mosaic for Windows.

Versions

Pre-release: 12 April 1993
Beta 0.1 ¹: 8 June 1993
Beta 0.2: 14 June 1993
Beta 0.3: 16 June 1993
Beta 0.4: 18 June 1993
Beta 0.5: 24 June 1993
Beta 0.6: 30 June 1993
Alpha Winsock release r3: 6 September 1993
Alpha Winsock release r6: 13 October 1993
Beta 0.8: 5 November 1993
Beta 0.9: 16 November 1993
1.0: 16 February 1994
1.01a: 17 March 1994
1.01a-mod: Modified (by me) to send valid HTTP/1.0 GET requests

¹ See readme.1st distributed separately from the program files

Additional Files

Distinct TCP/IP: Required by Cello versions up to Beta 0.6
Trumpet Winsock 2.0: Required by Cello versions later than Alpha Winsock release r3
Emulation Image [21.4MB]: Drive image and DOSBox-X config file (network-enabled)

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