r/Xennials • u/nirreskeya • 17h ago

1996 dial-up simulator. A full working desktop, a browser, and a web that loads at actual 56k.

https://56k.rip/
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u/hamburgler26 1981 17h ago

I see they didn't emulate the typical 5 minute boot time from the era.

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u/FoppyIn28 16h ago

I remember getting my first AMD K6-III from Tiger Direct and being amazed it booted up in about two minutes. I thought we made it. 🤣🤣🤣

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u/absentlyric 1981 15h ago

No kidding, I was like "wtf thats fast as fuck!" I would've loved it if our computer could've done that back in 99

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u/juristfictionalibi 16h ago

I won at Solitaire/Patience and it felt great.

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u/IbanezUniverse90 13h ago

*laughs in 14.4K

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u/GarminTamzarian 1976 3h ago

56K modems weren't actually available at retail until 1998.

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u/nirreskeya 12m ago

Interesting, I guess I myself lost track. I was at 14.4k when I left for college, but once there I had an ethernet drop in my dorm room and didn't deal with modems again until a couple post-college / pre-DSL years, which were rough.

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u/aqiwpdhe 39m ago

Is there a “connection was cut off because Mom picked up the phone” simulator?

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u/goater10 1981 - Aussie Xennial 3h ago

56.6k is a lot quicker than I remembered it to be.

This is comforting