Image: github.com · Notion Classic starting up on System 7 and loading a page, timed like a relaunch on a real SE/30
Classic Macs making HTTPS connections without a proxy
A maker used Claude Code to speed up HTTPS on 68k Macs and build native Notion and music-control apps on the resulting network engine.
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The author describes using Claude Code, including custom 68k assembly work, to reduce an HTTPS handshake from about seventy seconds to nine on a Classic II and from forty-nine seconds to seven on an SE/30. The same engine powers Notion Classic, a repaired standalone MacPlayer and an HTTPS application skeleton.
The reported minimum is a 68020, System 7.5, 8 MB RAM and networking hardware. The source explicitly notes that API keys are stored unprotected on the Mac, and that MacPlayer needs Spotify Premium.
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From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- 68k Macintosh Liberation Army: Fast HTTPS on 68k without a proxy: 3 apps + boilerplate code
The maker’s post on 68k Macintosh Liberation Army.
- The code: github.com
The project files and the author’s documentation.