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56k.rip – the 1996 dial-up internet experience

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  1. jermaustin1 · · focus · HN ↗
    This is very similar to a project I'm working on called Sim95 [1]. It has an entire networking stack and visual basic style language. You can host your own websites, chat servers, anything you want, and everything runs over a virtual network (websocket that passes through a relay).

    It has all the warts of the early internet era: you can program a virus, get people to download it, delete their documents, etc., but it also has a lot of the charm, build a website, chat with strangers, enjoy the lack of facebook (for now until someone builds it).

    1: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sim95.kippy.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sim95.kippy.io&#x2F;

    1. tegiddrone · · focus · HN ↗
      I love the concept! It&#x27;s too damn fast though. I want to see my cursor change to busy when waiting for IO
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