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Browsing via a remote session (https://gemini.circumlunar.space/clients.html) is classic. Telnetting to a machine that had a text web browser was a real thing back in the early 90s

Someone is either old or has done some serious homework (maybe both). Good job.

Note: also, since people who don't know what they're talking about occasionally seem to want to challenge me on early (pre-1996 or so) web history here's some references:

Page 500 from the 1994 "The Internet Complete Reference" by Harley Hahn: http://9ol.es/1994-internet-book.jpg (info: http://9ol.es/1994-copyright.jpg)

Page 272 from the 1993 "The Online Users Encyclopedia" by Bernard Aboba: http://9ol.es/1993-internet-book.jpg (info: http://9ol.es/1993-copyright.jpg)




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