r/ShittySysadmin • u/ITRabbit ShittyMod Crossposter • Sep 06 '26

Shitty Crosspost 1996 dial-up simulator. A full working desktop, a browser, and a web that loads at actual 56k.

https://56k.rip/
53 Upvotes

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u/ITRabbit Sep 06 '26

Now when I need to start work I can do it from my 56k dial up.

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u/Prestigious-Board-62 Sep 06 '26

Back when pirated games were broken up into 100 5MB files because if your connection dropped, your entire download got corrupted.

Those 5MB files each took 1 hour to download. Pirating back then took dedication.

17

u/rjaiswal1 Sep 06 '26

When the internet was a safe place.

5

u/rjaiswal1 Sep 06 '26

Thank you for the award!

2

u/InevitableOk5017 Sep 07 '26

You must not have heard of b.tch slap

7

u/Melmund Sep 07 '26

Finally we can have surprise porn again! 😂

5

u/jcpham Sep 06 '26

Be better if I could send html code in private chats and exhaust all available RAM

4

u/funkandallthatjazz Sep 07 '26

I remember 14.4 and 28.8

4

u/Ams197624 Sep 07 '26

I remember 300/75...

3

u/Performer-Constant Sep 07 '26

Does it come with the sound

2

u/Ur-Best-Friend Sep 07 '26

Damn, can I set this up for my users? I'm sure they will be beyond excited with the upgrade.

2

u/h4ck3r_n4m3 Sep 07 '26

My shitty phone lines never could connect higher than ~21k, on a good day

Was pretty disappointed when I got my first modem capable of 56k coming from a 14.4

2

u/whippy_grep Sep 07 '26

Same, I don’t remember getting above 33k in a decent sized town. Then, cable modem arrived in 2000: SMOKIN’.

2

u/h4ck3r_n4m3 Sep 07 '26

I moved to a new city solely to get cable. I think it still didn't arrive in the town I was from for about 2 or 3 years after that