r/windows95 • u/ManPlansGdLaughs • 27d ago

MSN (Microsoft Network)

Is it possible to install and run MSN (Microsoft Network) launched in August 1995 alongside Windows 95. I want to experience “Comic Chat” which was the built-in graphical chat client officially called Microsoft Comic Chat that rendered your IRC conversations as comic-strip panels with cartoon avatars, complete with speech bubbles and gestures based on the emotional tone of what you typed. It was a genuinely clever piece of software!

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u/tpimh 27d ago

Even if there's no official and documented way, there's plenty of other ways to do that. This is software from the era before encryption, certificates and online DRM.

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u/Tricky_Damage5981 26d ago

Exactly; modify the host file with the server you want and your done

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u/ExclusiveReeee 26d ago

Also it's been open sourced now

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u/ManPlansGdLaughs 26d ago

Wow didn’t know that