Replying to my own comments because I missed the edit window...
I just remembered that the Falcon was actually my first personal system with Internet access and a web browser. The browser was called CAB, I think some incarnations still exist for macOS. And you had to use some additional software for the TCP/IP stack, because TOS didn't have one. I think I was using something called PPP Connect, which only really worked with CAB and related tools, and an alternative stack called STinG. Detailed memories are vague though.
Same here, first computer I ever bought and connected to the Internet ! I think I had to fiddle some PPP settings back then (I think 94-95 ?) with the help of my local ISP to get it working (tech support was nice enough to entertain/help teenage me), but it all worked great in the end. I managed to boot it up a few years ago (it did have a VGA out via an adapter which helps a lot).
At that point I can't quite remember if PPP Connect required MultiTOS/MinT/MagiC or not ? I think maybe only one of the stack did. I definitely remember CAB was the good/last browser option but it wasn't the first. Can't remember the name of the first one, or the email client though.
It was also my first Linux computer, somehow, which I installed on a iomega Zip (SCSI ?) drive. I think it took 15 minutes to launch X11 and at that point the whole thing was excruciatingly unusable.
Also first computer I overclocked, a french company called Centek had made a tiny board that reclocked the 68030 from 16 to 25 MHz. I looked it up and found their website here : http://centek.free.fr/atari/ct2/ct2_hist.htm
Looks like the version I have (probably Centurbo 1 rev2 ?) overclocked both the CPU an the bus (which may or may not impacted the RAM ? Hard to remember). They made a few iterations, going up to 50 MHz.
Many extremely fond memories of that machine in any case. But at that point the PC market was opening up and there was no going back.
> Also first computer I overclocked, a french company called Centek had made a tiny board that reclocked the 68030 from 16 to 25 MHz. I looked it up and found their website here : http://centek.free.fr/atari/ct2/ct2_hist.htm
Oooh that brings up some memories! I remember that name and I know I had some overclocking card, not sure anymore if it was the CENTurbo II though or maybe the Nemesis/CENTurbo 1. I'm pretty sure it was not a CT60 or Afterburner 040, as those were probably above my budget. But now that I read about it, all those names ring some bells again ;)
There was also something that allowed use of PCI graphics cards IIRC, but that might just have been the CT60 actually.
It was fun tinkering with all that stuff, what a contrast to todays unified RAM soldered everything computers...
I used iCab (the Mac port of CAB) for a few years in the early '00s since it had a very good balance of features and resource usage. It's still around but it's been rewritten to use WebKit so there's not really much point to it anymore.
OmniWeb was great! Loved the vertical tabs. I wish Safari supported them. My screen is far wider than it is tall and vertical scrolling is a natural movement, darn it!
I just remembered that the Falcon was actually my first personal system with Internet access and a web browser. The browser was called CAB, I think some incarnations still exist for macOS. And you had to use some additional software for the TCP/IP stack, because TOS didn't have one. I think I was using something called PPP Connect, which only really worked with CAB and related tools, and an alternative stack called STinG. Detailed memories are vague though.