Running a WEB SERVER on a 486 MS-DOS PC

Is it possible to host a web site on an ancient 1992 486 PC running MS-DOS in 2020? I explore the options, and a bit of server history.

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486/DX2 video: https://youtu.be/5kG3WH-nZTA
First website: http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html

Sources used in this video:

CERN: A brief history of the World Wide Web – https://youtu.be/k0gvAyCubGQ
NeXTSTEP Release 3 Demo – https://youtu.be/j02b8Fuz73A
Project Code Rush – The Beginnings of Netscape – https://youtu.be/4Q7FTjhvZ7Y
The Computer Chronicles – Internet (1995) – https://youtu.be/wf6kVEN1lbk
The Internet Show (1995) – https://youtu.be/IzqMrhG50q0
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8232360/next-cube-computer-1990-personal-computer

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