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I built a retro 486 PC, bought a modem and could not find any dial-up ISPs in Australia. The 19xx prefix is not dial-able using VoIP line that I set up (we don'
by nuker 4y ago
I built a retro 486 PC, bought a modem and could not find any dial-up ISPs in Australia. The 19xx prefix is not dial-able using VoIP line that I set up (we don't have POTS lines anymore).
- prox 4y agoWell, you can built a new internet! Just find some more computers to connect to!
- mynameisash 4y agoI would - unironically - love to build an 'early internet' where we could dial in (or just emulate it via an intentionally low-bandwidth, high-latency layer over home wifi). Go back to chat rooms, islands of communities centered around a particular topic.
- anthk 4y agoTildes. https://scribe.bus-hit.me/message/tilde-club-i-had-a-couple-drinks-and-woke-up-with-1-000-nerds-a8904f0a2ebf https://scribe.bus-hit.me/message/tilde-club-i-had-a-couple-...
- Cyberdog 4y agoYou're in luck - here's a list of still-operative dial-up BBSes: https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/bbs/connection/dial-up/list/brief/ https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/bbs/connection/dial-up/list/b...
- myth_drannon 4y agoThere is a device you connect to your computer port and it can emulate dial up. It connects to your wifi but your computer sees it as a modem, then you type regular AT commands and instead of a number it connects to telnet BBSs.
- Handytinge 4y agoAs someone who did support for dial up in Australia many years ago, I've been thinking of doing this. It would be trivial to set up a VoIP service restricted to outbound POPs.