One thing I do not get happy nostalgic vibes from is dialup. I like 90s games (and play some to this day), I’ve been meaning to get a Windows 98SE box (it’s not easy finding good components), I even like the mid 90s UI style (think Win 3.11, Win95) more than Frutiger Aero which seems to be having a retro resurgence.
But I do not miss anything about dialup, the experience was terrible.
It’s like with VHS. Adding VHS styling to a FHD video is cool, now try watching a VHSRip (as a fan of 80s/90s b-movies, there are a few niche releases that are only available on VHS), the quality is terrible.
Once upon a time I used a phone line in a camping ground put in by a new company called Sprint. For the short time we used it, we had a solid 53333 bits/sec, which is perfect 56k because of technical reasons. It was glorious. Still not cable, but at the time it was something else from having grown up with 300/1200 baud in the past, being able to read the text as it came in.
One thing I do not get happy nostalgic vibes from is dialup. I like 90s games (and play some to this day), I’ve been meaning to get a Windows 98SE box (it’s not easy finding good components), I even like the mid 90s UI style (think Win 3.11, Win95) more than Frutiger Aero which seems to be having a retro resurgence.
But I do not miss anything about dialup, the experience was terrible.
It’s like with VHS. Adding VHS styling to a FHD video is cool, now try watching a VHSRip (as a fan of 80s/90s b-movies, there are a few niche releases that are only available on VHS), the quality is terrible.
Once upon a time I used a phone line in a camping ground put in by a new company called Sprint. For the short time we used it, we had a solid 53333 bits/sec, which is perfect 56k because of technical reasons. It was glorious. Still not cable, but at the time it was something else from having grown up with 300/1200 baud in the past, being able to read the text as it came in.