No, that’s not a typo. I did run into this virus warning the other day, surfing the web on my 1988 Amiga 500.

Now, computer viruses are annoying, and I hope nobody has suffered data loss or some other trouble because of this bugger, but I found it very heart-warming at the same time, with…

• Virus infections still being a thing on the Amiga (this one being called Happy New Year 96, hehe),
• Aminet and its wiki pages still serving content over HTTP (thankfully, as I don’t have any SSL library installed), and mostly
• being able to browse the web (certain corners at least) on that machine – a little slow, but bearable. (I’m using AWeb Lite which can run on 68000 Amigas.)

Really makes me want to pursue the goal of having a retro-friendly version of this website, served over HTTP with a simplified markup and layout. You can still make a beautful website with tables only – I should know because I was there! :)

This could work with some dirty browser detection magic (allow HTTP and switch the layout if the user agent contains “Amiga” or something). There could be, I don’t know, maybe a dozen Amiga users in the world who could enjoy this if they ever stumble upon my little blog… Good thing neither rationality nor audience size are a concern for my projects!