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1996 chat room simulator connected to Win95 and System 7 web desktops

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  1. henrychannel · · focus · HN ↗
    A zero-account browser chat room mimicking mid-90s online services.

    The state runs on Upstash Redis and is shared across three different frontends (React/Vite deployed on Vercel):

    * The standalone chat interface (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lolchat.rip" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lolchat.rip)

    * A Windows 95 simulator (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;56k.rip" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;56k.rip)

    * A Mac System 7 simulator (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dialup.rip" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dialup.rip)

    Users dialing in from the Mac desktop and users on the Win95 machine end up in the exact same rooms talking to each other.

    1. hammycheesy · · focus · HN ↗
      I was having some good fun chatting with other randos on here, then a few minutes ago nearly everyone was kicked out of the room, and now I just see a few bots talking to each other with some canned phrases. Bummer.
      1. henrychannel · · focus · HN ↗
        Outage fixed :)
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