▲ 161 ▼ 56k.rip - The full 1996 dial-up experience (56k.rip) submitted 1 week ago by klu9@piefed.social to c/retronet@lemmy.sdf.org 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments The full 1996 dial-up experience: the handshake, the wait, someone picking up the phone. Sound on. From https://mastodon.social/@HobbyBuilder/117345001508833633
[–] inari@piefed.zip 9 points 1 week ago (3 children) That cometlink website somehow feels too well-done for 1996 permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] adarza@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 child) the 'computer' booted up way too fast, too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago Not enough hard drive clicking noise either. permalink fedilink source parent [–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago I think it's trying to be like an AOL/CompuServe type instead of a standard ISP, which back then would not have had nearly that much information. I think it's sort of like.... a passing generalization, like how accurate a ren faire is or a theme park. heh It wasn't really quite like that, but this is close enough to give folks not around then a general taste of it. :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 child) the 'computer' booted up way too fast, too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago Not enough hard drive clicking noise either. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago Not enough hard drive clicking noise either. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago I think it's trying to be like an AOL/CompuServe type instead of a standard ISP, which back then would not have had nearly that much information. I think it's sort of like.... a passing generalization, like how accurate a ren faire is or a theme park. heh It wasn't really quite like that, but this is close enough to give folks not around then a general taste of it. :) permalink fedilink source parent