Mastodawn

Entrando a Mastodon desde una VM con W98 y explorer de fábrica... a través de www.theoldnet.com para saltearse el https... aun así, solo puedo ver mi foto de perfil y la cara de violín de mi gato en lujosa compresión de colores... seguiremos indagando. #w98 #theoldnet

mado Sep 17, 2025

Webrings und Blogindexe – Internet wie aus einer besseren Zeit

https://blog.sengotta.net/webrings-und-blogindexe-internet-wie-aus-einer-besseren-zeit/

#blogging #theoldnet #indieweb

Webrings und Blogindexe – Internet wie aus einer besseren Zeit – Björns Techblog

Jason 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇨🇦

Apr 14, 2025

Amazon.com from 1998, running in Internet Explorer 5.

Hardware is a raspberry pi 4, emulation layer is Dosbox-X, web content provided by Wayback Machine via TheOldNet.com.

#Win98 #Windows98 #IE5 #InternetExplorer5 #RPi #RaspberryPi #Dosbox #TheOldNet

Clean Design Apr 5, 2025

I was reading a story today about #theoldnet and how if you leave an “&” symbol at the end of an #email , it means you want the recipient to reply back. Does anyone remember this or still do this today? I don’t recall that being a thing or maybe it was and I didn’t notice. Gonna tag below with adjacent words in hopes of response.

#aol #bbs #vintagecomputing #retro #retrotech @ActionRetro #dialup #486 #windows95 #prodigy #netscape #icq #compuserve #angelfire #geocities #irc

Daniele Verducci 🧉Dec 30, 2024

Hang on... this is bonkers! Booting an IBM PC compatible pc mounting a drive via the #serialport ! Something like the modern computers #netboot !
https://youtu.be/g7ScyiO19Pg?si=OcAB5Qsfl4xOykZ0
He uses the #xtide #opensource #bios (https://www.xtideuniversalbios.org/) and a null modem cable to a windows computer. Unfortunately it seems the disk #emulator app is available only for Windows, but I imagine it could be implemented in a #serial #wifi #modem firmware (like #zimodem or #theoldnet 's). Imagine having a #samba share on your #NAS and telling the wifi modem to mount an image on that, then turn on the old pc and boot it from your NAS via WIFI... awesome!!!

#retrocomputing #tandy #pc

Tandy 1500 HD: Serial Boot Mod

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Daniele Verducci 🧉Dec 29, 2024

I'm going to build a #wifi #serial #modem for my #amstrad PPC640. Something like #theoldnet 's wifi modem, but I'll use #zimodem on an #esp8266 , because it worked ok with my #commodore64 and now I have some experience with it...
The idea is having the esp emulate an #hayes modem on the #UART pins and convert it to rs232 using a #max3232 module.
I also will need to solder a 9 to 25 pin #rs232 adapter, because I absolutely don't remember where mine is (used last time a couple of home moves ago... 😅)

#dos #bbs #internet

Jakob Fel

Sep 25, 2024

The #ProtoWeb project is just awesome. As great as #TheOldNet is, this project takes that concept and puts it into a proper, dedicated browser (you can even simulate a 56k modem's speeds) where you can effectively relive the early days of the web.

The shareware here even appears to still be downloadable!

Definitely look into it if you're feeling nostalgic for the old web.

https://youtu.be/1FSd-XhGLqk

#retro #internet #90s

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Ivan 🇪🇸Aug 24, 2023

New instance, new #introduction! My name is Ivan, I'm a proud nerd who's passionate about open source and vintage tech.

I'm not exactly new to the fediverse as I've actually been a proud user for over three years. I've decided to migrate from Fosstodon due to instance drama.

I've got two children: My iMac G3 and an eMac (both of which have leaking capacitors)

Some of my interests include: #Linux #Tech #Matrix #Programming #RustLang #C #RetroTech #TheOldNet #VintageApple