pinesal wrote on 2022-03-09, 15:26:(I wasn't sure which board to post this at, move if needed) […]
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(I wasn't sure which board to post this at, move if needed)
Using a Linksys LNE100TX which I found at Goodwill factory sealed in the box for $8.
I bridged my wifi network to an ethernet connection using one of these
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08V5BW55G
That's a good idea, actually. Much better than using an outdated WiFi at home for the sake of compatibility (say, WEP64 and 802.11b).
pinesal wrote on 2022-03-09, 15:26:
And we are back in 1996 baby!
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Cool! Back then we (my family) had T-Online v1.2 software for Windows 3.1 with the then-brand new KIT standard.
Browsing the actual Internet needed an extra step.
The software was then showing an icon with a moving highway and Netscape Navigator showed up. Was NN 1.2 or 2.1, not sure.
It was installed on my father's Win95 PC, a 486DX40 with 16MB RAM..
About the same time, the Micky Maus Magazin was full of screenshots of interesting websites.
One issue even shipped with a CD-ROM that contained jokes as audio tracks and the T-Online software.
The jokes would nowadays qualify as "dad jokes". 🙄😂
Edit: It was issue #37 from '98, actually. My bad. 😅
Edit: Back in '96 things like QuickTime and Real Player were popular still.
Websites used *.mov and *.ra files for their embedded content, if memory serves.
My father had QT 2.x installed, I believe.
That was good enough to watch little videos in 160x120 pixels or so.
- I do remember watching the video news at tagesschau.de on that Win95 PC.
The modem was an 28k8 or 33k6 model, afaik.
Anyway, I don't mean to high jack your thread.
These things just came to mind because you're mentioning 1996.
That time was a time of transition to me.
It was roughly about the time when the people in my neighborhood slowly became aware of the internet.
"Time, it seems, doesn't flow. For some it's fast, for some it's slow.
In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel
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