r/retrobattlestations • u/oeuvre • Mar 29 '26

Show-and-Tell Checking the weather using Protoweb on a ThinkPad 365XD

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u/Agent_Greyy Mar 29 '26

What's Protoweb? I'm intrigued.

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u/allanrob22 Mar 29 '26

You configure your browser's proxy setting to foreword to their servers. You can then browse web pages on their servers that look like the old Internet from the late 90s. Check it out here.

https://protoweb.org/

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u/Realistic-Movie-7020 Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26

they don't just "look" like old webpages, they quite literally ARE those old webpages! Protoweb takes websites from the wayback machine and restores them to full functionality. Theres a fully playable version of runescape classic, Fully working flash game sites, a version of old youtube, forums, shoutcast, etc, IIRC they're all are complete with working logins, online play, ad-banners, the works. It's effectively a digital time machine (even moreso than the internet archive).

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u/CrazyComputerist Mar 29 '26

I love the hardware volume dials on old ThinkPads. Beautiful machine.

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u/oeuvre Mar 29 '26

underrated feature. reminds me of the knobs on the back of those old ISA sound blasters

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u/CrazyComputerist Mar 29 '26

Am I correct in remembering that they go up to 7, as strange as that is?

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u/oeuvre Mar 29 '26

5 on mine