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If you set your http proxy to be "theoldnet.com" port 1997, and (important!) add an exclusion for web.archive.org, then you can browse the entire web from 1997.

If you set your http proxy to be "theoldnet.com" port 1997, and (important!) add an exclusion for web.archive.org, then you can browse the entire web from 1997. You can also change the port number to your preferred year. This is really fun on retro systems / web browsers. Detailed instructions: https://theoldnet.com/docs/httpproxy/index.html https://theoldnet.com/docs/httpproxy/index.html

aardvarkr 5y ago
Now that’s a fun fact! Thanks for sharing this blast from the past
stolen_biscuit 5y ago
That is awesome!
qwerty456127 5y ago
Is there something like that to translate the modern web into some lo-fi HTML 3 to view on an old computer?
- LeoPanthera 5y ago
  You could use WRP, which renders web pages into giant imagemaps. https://github.com/tenox7/wrp https://github.com/tenox7/wrp There's also Browservice: https://github.com/ttalvitie/browservice https://github.com/ttalvitie/browservice
- torgoguys 5y ago
  FrogFind will make things into about html2 and change any links on the page to go through FrogFind as well. It is lo-fi, not trying to mimic the orginal page, unlike those that do the giant image trick. Just paste your URL to the end of this URL to use it: http://frogfind.com/read.php?a= http://frogfind.com/read.php?a= EDIT: example using a random MDN page: http://frogfind.com/read.php?a=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Fonts/Variable_Fonts_Guide http://frogfind.com/read.php?a=https://developer.mozilla.org...
scrollaway 5y ago
This is such a clever, fantastic use of port numbers. You can kinda tell when an idea grows directly from a core joke, pun or other clever play.
- api 5y ago
  Unfortunately it will stop working some time in the 656th century.
  - scrollaway 5y ago
    What do you think will be easier to do by then: More port numbers, or a new calendar?
    - api 5y ago
      Judging by the IPv6 translation: new calendar. In the 656th century we will be behind 50 layers of NAT.
      - dheera 5y ago
        NAT Mille Crepe cake
  - omegalulw 5y ago
    It's crazy that by that time IPv6 may be too small. Lazy googling suggests there are less than 50 billion devices connected to the internet today. That mean even if devices _just_ double every century IPv6 would be saturated by 130th century.

aardvarkr 5y ago

Now that’s a fun fact! Thanks for sharing this blast from the past

stolen_biscuit 5y ago

That is awesome!

qwerty456127 5y ago

Is there something like that to translate the modern web into some lo-fi HTML 3 to view on an old computer?

LeoPanthera 5y ago
You could use WRP, which renders web pages into giant imagemaps. https://github.com/tenox7/wrp https://github.com/tenox7/wrp There's also Browservice: https://github.com/ttalvitie/browservice https://github.com/ttalvitie/browservice
torgoguys 5y ago
FrogFind will make things into about html2 and change any links on the page to go through FrogFind as well. It is lo-fi, not trying to mimic the orginal page, unlike those that do the giant image trick. Just paste your URL to the end of this URL to use it: http://frogfind.com/read.php?a= http://frogfind.com/read.php?a= EDIT: example using a random MDN page: http://frogfind.com/read.php?a=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Fonts/Variable_Fonts_Guide http://frogfind.com/read.php?a=https://developer.mozilla.org...

scrollaway 5y ago

This is such a clever, fantastic use of port numbers. You can kinda tell when an idea grows directly from a core joke, pun or other clever play.

api 5y ago
Unfortunately it will stop working some time in the 656th century.
- scrollaway 5y ago
  What do you think will be easier to do by then: More port numbers, or a new calendar?
  - api 5y ago
    Judging by the IPv6 translation: new calendar. In the 656th century we will be behind 50 layers of NAT.
    - dheera 5y ago
      NAT Mille Crepe cake
- omegalulw 5y ago
  It's crazy that by that time IPv6 may be too small. Lazy googling suggests there are less than 50 billion devices connected to the internet today. That mean even if devices _just_ double every century IPv6 would be saturated by 130th century.