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retroNET - Vintage Culture/Websites/Software

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Websites, software, games, fads, memes, or any general happenings that used to occur or had originated on computers 20+ years ago.

This community is software and internet focused. For retro hardware discussion try !retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

Some Cool Links

Archive.org Software Library

BBS: The Documentary

Classic Websites: Random Page / Search Engine

cool-retro-term: terminal emulator mimicing old cathode displays

Neocities: webhost homage to Geocities

Web Design Museum

Webamp / Webamp Desktop / Skin Library: cross-platform re-implementation of Winamp 2.9

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Archie and Gopher. Good times, man.

[–] a2part2@lemmy.zip 11 points 6 months ago

Gopher is still around

[–] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Archie, gopher, wais, Usenet, Telnet, and ftp were the internet at that point. The www was basically a guy with a fan page for the hobbit and someone who gave a virtual tour of MIT.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago