(1) unzip is needed only to unzip source files (if you will use git to download source, you will not need it),
(2) pkg_add gcc installs egcc (duh), so copying it is really needed (or just make symbolic link),
(3) this version is for OpenBSD, it compiles on 7.6 with newest motif and gcc BUT there is one thing - some variables are duplicated, linker will complain and moan, so adding "static" on problematic lines solves an issue (I am not able to attach affected files to post, but this is easy thing to correct).
Original source is here.
Mosaic supports: HTML (rather no more than version 1), Gopher and nntp (have not checked). No support for TLS. If website does not allow for downgrading to http then you will see HTTP 301 and the story ends.
What you can really do with this browser?
Of course HTML is screwed up, so you can surf only very specific websites like:
openbsd.org (I hope that someone in team will be laughing as fuck when they will see User Agent)
drevonor.com
hat.net
my SearXNG instance (in LAN, buttons do not work though)
triapul.cz
netbsd.org
frogfind.com
fsck.life (buttons do not work)
archie.serialport.org (search button does not show up)
browser.flanigan.us (you will find there more rusted web browsers)
To make it more usable you might want to setup magic proxy like wrp or webone.
As for gopher I just tested triapul.cz and my own gopherhole and they work flawlessly (no one could expect).
But I run MacOS/Linux!
No worries, here you will find binaries and sources.
But I run HP/UX, DEC Ultrix, SGI Irix or other oxidized relic!
No worries, download original source from here: gopher://gopher.quux.org/1/Software/Web/Mosaic/Unix and build it!
Proof of working
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