TheOldNet Reviews and Details

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• DialUp95 – A 90s inspired nostalgia hit

  Https://theoldnet.com and https://protoweb.org, try their proxy on legacy machines and have fun travelling in time. Also: https://wiby.me. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Hundred Rabbits – Low-tech living while sailing the world

  Yes 100%! Some other regular HTTP sites I like are: * http://theoldnet.com/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• I'm proud of my confirmation bias! Who's with me?!

  Yeah that is my beef with Google. I get WebMD might have a bit more info than howayahuascahealseverything.com , but smaller sites had more niche information. For me torrents, Yandex, and https://theoldnet.com/ are how I jam. If I need something simple I am not going to cry, but I find those sources much more unique (not so say that all are reliable, but it is surprisingly hard to find hobo websites now, but not on... Source: about 3 years ago

• Things to do on WINDOWS XP VM?

  Don't log into any accounts but apart from that you should be safe within your VM. As to what to do you could play old games, look at old websites through theoldnet.com, listen to old songs through win amp and stare at the visualizations(bonus points if you're high). Source: over 3 years ago

• Feeling bored of the internet, nostalgic, or want alternatives to Google? Here's a list of search engines!

  Lastly, if you're here because you miss the old/small web, try using Marginalia Search, Wiby, High Browse, or explore new frontiers through Gemini. There's also TheOldNet and Old'aVista, ProtoWeb, and Neocities. Source: over 3 years ago

• Dreamcast browser shows pics as Checkmarks

  Are they loading over HTTPS? I think the dreamcast browser is too old to really support proper secure protocols these days. You can try loading it through http://theoldnet.com/ and see what it makes of it. Source: over 3 years ago

• Wayback: Self-hosted archiving service integrated with Internet Archive

  Http://theoldnet.com For old or modern browsers without JS, such as DilloNG or Netsurf. - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago

• How to use a modem?

  Here's the project webpage http://theoldnet.com/. Source: over 3 years ago

• Dont you miss old sites?

  Did someone say rabbit hole? https://theoldnet.com/. Source: over 3 years ago

• Guess what year this picture was taken

  Probably within the past year using theoldnet.com for webpage viewing from the past. Source: over 3 years ago

• The Home Dialup ISP: Bell 103 through V.92 with automatic call recording

  Also, shoutout to [TheOldNet](http://theoldnet.com/) which works directly! Source: over 3 years ago

• Real quick and basic guide to getting Windows 98 running in 86box

  Set up internet connection through the control panel under internet. Set up a LAN connection. Can recomend downloading retrozilla for browsing the web and theoldnet.com and frogfind. Source: over 3 years ago

• [TOMT][WEBSITE] or [SUBREDDIT] Website where you could code an html website and they'd host it?

  Probably wrong, but only https://theoldnet.com/ comes to my mind.. Source: over 3 years ago

• What if we re-build a 2000's Internet?

  Oh and if you get XP to the internet, unfortunately you can only use HTTP sites with vintage browsers, so you will need The Old Net to use the Internet Archive. Source: over 3 years ago

• I just got windows 98 on the internet. let's gooo

  Also, I’m sure you already knew, but in case you didn’t, there’s a fun site designed with legacy hardware in mine called “The Old Net”. Basically, what the Old Net does is take web site captures loaded from the Wayback Machine, and renders them especially for machines of the same era the site captures came from. For example, if you want to see how Yahoo.com looked in the year 2000, plug it in to the search bars,... Source: over 3 years ago

• The Internet was more fun in the 90’s and early 00’s

  Well you can actually experience it, by going to the site The Old Net. Source: over 3 years ago

• Archived Geocities sites from 15+ years ago. I miss this era of the Internet.

  Http://theoldnet.com is another fun time waster for me. Source: over 3 years ago

• What can I use the internet for? Most websites don't work (I'm surprised it even works at all)

  Try FrogFind. There's also The Old Net (try lite if it's too slow), which is optimized for Internet Archive and Wikipedia usage and has a FrogFind option. Source: almost 4 years ago

• What browser will run on win98se?

  I don’t have Internet capabilities on my 98SE machine yet, however I definitely plan to see how Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20, Internet Explorer 6 with SP1, Opera 9.64, and RetroZilla 2.2 will fare on modern websites, mobile site versions, and even legacy archives. TheOldNet also sounds like a fun way to step back into the Internet of yester-years gone by! Source: over 3 years ago

• 14 obscure old websites from the past - vista simulator, the old internet, 30k flash games, watch old tv shows

  Http://theoldnet.com - Welcome to the old internet. Source: almost 4 years ago

• What is the most sustainable operating system?

  A lot of software built for DOS was built against a stable ABI and DOS is mostly a glorified bootloader, so software runs on the bare metal. However modern web browsing is way more complicated and needs CSS, Javascript and encryption to function and there are proxy services that convert the modern web to something that plays nice with modern machines like The Old Net and FrogFind, you're not going to be watching... Source: almost 4 years ago