Dialup aesthetics in 2022

[Sylvian]

Anyone here miss dialup and dialup aesthetics?

I'm probably going to make my own dialup provider using this tutorial

The protocol for dialup is called ppp (point to point)

I can't remember the source for this, but I read that ppp protocol is based on original phone calling where the phone-numbers represented physical locations, and each phone along the line would forward your request to its destination. This no longer happens, because there aren't physical links between telephones anymore -- the trunks in your telephone poles get routed to a VOIP

It's also difficult to have a dialup soft modem as they can't get the tones right(?)

Why make a dialup service provider? Just for artistic purpose. I once thought maybe having your own dialup provider would be useful for a rural area. However, a lot of rural places in the world don't have telephone poles. So purely for creativity

[Melooon]

Hmmmmmm, dialup aesthetic It made an intense noise that was not very helpful if you wanted to sneak online without your parents knowing..
Also also those routers are made by USR, that's the company that made all the killer robots in I,Robot

Id love to hear how your project progresses though. I always though if I had a big house (or a house at all) it would be fun to have a per floor terminal system for storing recipes and notes and stuff! Something like this but just in home (although you could also connect it to a server and then your friends could have terminals too and you could make your own mini bbs)

Using something like this!

It's also difficult to have a dialup soft modem as they can't get the tones right(?)

Is that really true? Im dont know much about dial tones, but a software tone should be pitch perfect?

[Sylvian]

Hmmmmmm, dialup aesthetic It made an intense noise that was not very helpful if you wanted to sneak online without your parents knowing..

Also also those routers are made by USR, that's the company that made all the killer robots in I,Robot

Lol, I don't think I ever sneaked online without my parents knowing. I miss neopets, though. Some really great pixel art and banners, I enjoyed that you could create your own page with html and css.

Id love to hear how your project progresses though. I always though if I had a big house (or a house at all) it would be fun to have a per floor terminal system for storing recipes and notes and stuff! Something like this but just in home (although you could also connect it to a server and then your friends could have terminals too and you could make your own mini bbs)

Using something like this!

That's cool, I like it. I've wanted to make a LAN service library portal for old VHS and books. Not too much space ATM sadly :/ so probably just gonna add some more stuff to my networking area on my rack. I started out trying to use koha, but it seemed really bloated for my use case.

It's also difficult to have a dialup soft modem as they can't get the tones right(?)

Is that really true? Im dont know much about dial tones, but a software tone should be pitch perfect?

I need to find the source, IIRC there is some problem with tones