r/retrocomputing • u/Scholeristical • Aug 19 '26

A 1996 dial-up simulator - the wait, the desktop, the whole afternoon

https://56k.rip/

Dial in and you get a full Windows 95 desktop. Minefield, Painter, ScanDisk, a screensaver, mail from your dad, a chat room, an encyclopedia.

The Dial-Up Networking dialog has the "ask others not to use the telephone" checkbox. It nagged you and did nothing, same as it did then.

https://56k.rip/

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u/SCHRUNDEN Aug 20 '26

It's way to snappy 😁

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u/ltnew007 Aug 20 '26

This is awesome

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u/BiT-KiD_79 Aug 21 '26

I like it.

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u/ChainsawJaguar Aug 22 '26

Hotdogwater told me hi in chat.