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Re:User-agent string changes by WorldWideWayne on Saturday November 22, 2014 @10:56AM (#8645790)
Looks like they used something along the lines of "NCSA Mosaic V# (OS/Machine info)".

I'm wondering if the last one listed on this page is correct though:

    NCSA Mosaic/1.0 (compatible; NCSA Mosaic; AmigaOS 5.9; FuckYou ver.0.9.3)
From http://www.webuseragents.com/browser/ncsa-mosaic/ncsa-mosaic...
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Re:User-agent string changes by TazeTSchnitzel on Saturday November 22, 2014 @10:59AM (#8645802)
I think "FuckYou ver.0.9.3" is some obscure (possibly joke) browser claiming NCSA Mosaic/1.0 compatibility, note the "compatible;", like IE pretends to be Mozilla. That specific string is only found on webuseragents.com:

https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=FuckYou%200.9.3#...

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