Dialing up on the old family pc!

Welp, after a good and long wait, here it is, finally. I was able to lug this computer around to 3 separate locations and two different houses for recording LOL. Hopefully, you will enjoy this wonderful computer and its AOL connection

[{COMPUTER SPECS}]
Intel Pentium R 82437vx 75-150 MHz
16Mb Ram
1.19 GB Unknown brand
Running Windows 95
3.5 floppy
Sony DVD/RW CRX217E out of a Dell Dimension 2800 parts PC
all with a gigantic 17" ViewSonic E773 Monitor (capable of 160hz surprisingly)
and to dial-up, is the old US Robotics V90

#retrotech #oldtech #retrocomputer #dialup #builtnotbought #AOL #americaonline #AOLinternet #oldinternet #oldcomputers #retro #microsoft #windows95

[howaboutsomesoyfood]

I'm glad people keep PCs like these instead of just throwing them away. They're pieces of history.

[malwaretestingfan]

I'm glad there still computers like these alive.

[miaomiaochan]

Brought back memories of fiddling on the family computer in our old bonus room in the mid- to late '90s.

[erduson]

Im glad you keep old stuff instead of just throwing it away. Windows 95 on real hardware indeed brings back more memories than windows 95 on a VM

[MillerMeteor]

I'm 60. In 2009 or 10 I went to the home of a friend's parents to help take care of them. In an upstairs bedroom I discovered a Gateway PC, running Windows 98, and still turned on (no internet connection though). It was a complete PC outfit. It had the Gateway tower unit, the Gateway monitor, Gateway keyboard, and a Gateway mouse. There was also the quick start guide, whatever that would be called, plus the original manual and original receipt. Also a Gateway Country foam rubber promo cow. There was also a printer, which I think was an HP. The documents folder was empty except for 2 documents created in the year 2000. The whole thing was a time capsule. I should have rescued it when I had the chance. I'm sure that the man who later cleaned out their house, threw it all away. I have no doubt.

[blenderbachcgi]

Finally! A good quality video of dialing up to the world wide web! Sadly I never got to see this in action, so this is the next best thing! :)

[gamarleton]

the panicked clicking of the power button and nervous laughter 😂

[savijsreedharan]

You are simply awesome men!!! kudos for your workings...
You woke up my old memories back. seriously back to school. very clean and nice look of daddy computers !!!!

[ben_and_jace]

i’m obsessed with retro tech so sometimes i use this old mini modem to connect with dial up because i can and windows is amazing for stuff like that.

(and also to test my patience i deleted and installed chrome while on dialup. wasn’t fast.)

[ARandomInternetUser]

I wish I could have a computer as old as this one and do dial-up. Closest PC I have, age-wise, is an old e-machines with a Celeron CPU and 128MB of RAM. One of these days I'll get dial-up for fun.

[Chokluss]

this is so nostalgic, you can almost smell the plastics

[kobirelf]

What makes me laugh about the turbo button is not many people realise it wasn't to speed up the PC it was too actually slow it down which I never understand why they called it turbo

[anta]

Holy sh*t Windows 95. My 1st exposure to Windows after having a PC built in 96 or 97. Can't believe there are people who are still using it. The dial up modem tone certainly launched many memories, like having a telephone bill skyrocketed to around $100 (exactly not common if you used phone for... phone call at that time). And of course downloading 10-20 MB Nintendo 64 ROM may took about 30 minutes. Nowadays you can easily download 1 or 2 GB files less than 5 minutes. Ahh... good old times :)

[Calenrandir]

This video was so amazing that I had to take notes. Each chunk is an independent thought - not connected.

Wow, what a beautiful setup! I'm not even a computer guy, but lucky for me my grandfather was! This is just such a beautiful example of something that, to me, represents him and a hobby he always took pride in, and to hear that it came from your grandparents makes this that much more meaningful.

Wow, I've never seen someone take the time to sync the refresh rate to the frame rate. Legend!

NO F'ING WAY... IS HE REALLY GONNA USE AND AOL FREE TRIAL FROM 1997 IN 2022?!?! JUST WHO DOES TF HE THINK HE IS?!?! SIR YOU HAVE MY SWORD!

WHOA you got that fresh 5.0! ...I remember every single icon on the ribbon. I could navigate through this just as fast as any other interface that I currently use on a daily basis, so deeply is it etched into my psyche.

Dang that sounds like a nice modem.

Too bad that it didn't work! It WOULD be sick to check that email... could you imagine?? The fact that you got it all the way to dialing up makes this, still, such an incredibly invaluable treasure. Just WOW!

As you can tell, I really enjoyed this video. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this!

[unkowncontentcreator]

This is awesome. I just got out my old family computer (2006) about a week or two ago. I was at my dad's probably about 4 years ago now and found it in his garage. He said I could have it. It was still basically new besides years of smoke and then dust. I cleaned it up like I didn't the last time I pulled it out (which was for an hour)this time I opened it up, upgraded the ram from 512mb to 4gb and installed an old Radeon 7750, re-pasted the cpu (found the old thermal paste to be intact after removing the heatsink.. oops) but it is as it has been since my dad set it up. Same account, same name. Same apps installed. Makes me happily sad. Nostalgia is a bastard.

[brentsummers]

That is quite a fast machine for Windows 95 & the external modem would have been expensive as heck when it came out.

[SeanFerree]

Waiting for that dialup to connect always seemed like forever. I think if someone was on the phone line it wouldn't connect either lol

[ObviateJamaa]

Very cool informative video. Keep up the good work! I'm getting ready to watch your other videos about these old treasures!

[sonicgalaxy]

Welp, I'm very glad I experience those type of old Windows PCs and so happy they are keeping these computers alive. I used to have those PCs, but not anymore because its outdated. Those old machines maybe outdated, but that doesn't mean it can fade from existences or history.

[smugshrug]

loved that Logitech ball mouse as a kid. Somehow i played FPS games on it. Probably not very well, though..