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And the other solution is @rob 's solution: to change the PC yourself for another PC with a better OS but with the same I/O (serial port, parallel port and others) and with the original data / company softwares.
– leye0
Commented May 11, 2012 at 6:15
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I bet the "cheap developer" can't program a machine without TCP/IP support to fetch data from a website.
– ONOZ
Commented May 11, 2012 at 13:13
Or to create a cheap proxy website/service that works for Netscape 4.0
– Ivarpoiss
Commented May 11, 2012 at 13:52
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@ONOZ: 3.1 has TCP/IP support.
– grawity_u1686
Commented May 11, 2012 at 15:37
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surely two PCs is cheaper.
– leonigmig
Commented May 12, 2012 at 15:45

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