Connecting to AOL 4.0 with Dial Up! 90's Throwback.

Testing out my 19 year old email on America Online 4.0. Using the 20$ a month service plan.
The laptop I am using is a 2004 Dell Latitude D600.

Of course this isn't my main computer, but it was one of the only laptops I had around that ran AOL 4.0 correctly.

[geekjoe]

For anyone still wondering, America Online has discontinued the client back in 2017. Unfortunately as well as the Dial-Up service (I think). However, you can still access AOL using a different ISP but that removes the nostalgia factor.

[TheCodedtestament]

This brings back memories. I could stay hours in chat rooms. Now I get on the internet and after 10 minutes I am bored.

[Sprklnstrwbrygrly]

I think society was a lot more patient than today while web surfing. Remember how you could find AOL trial cds ALL OVER THE PLACE.

[ferroth]

Welcome, you've got mail!...From 10 years ago!!!

[BtownFun]

May seem kind of weird, but I really like looking up these dial-up Internet videos on YouTube every now and then. They rekindle fond memories of being a kid and discovering an amazing new technology for the first time. Even though I was young, I could tell we were at the beginning of an amazing new era. Good times.

[vxbdiiy]

This is surprisingly valuable footage. The guy who is making the AOL 4.0 emulator discovered that almost all footage of the AOL log-in process was fake. So this should help him emulate in a more historically accurate way. Thanks!

[jenniferclark]

I remember getting AOL when my family got a new computer in 1999. It was awesome. I would talk to people on the message boards. It was mostly the music boards, and we talked about not only music, but about school, how our day was, our families/friends/etc.

[swallowedinthesea]

Nostalgia of logging in and an AOL customer service pleading me to not cancel back in the late '90s.

[bhzaddybhzolby]

Truly the sound that defined a generation.

[MrJacMac]

Hard to believe this was only 20 years ago.Seemed so state of the art then.Like comparing an 8 track player to an i-pod player

[DioAureo]

Lol "Fuck Halo 5 I want HD remakes"

[IkeOrangeBox]

Damn, 75k views! I never thought this video would get that much. Thank you guys so much! Who doesn't like to get a little nostalgic some times.

[fandomguy]

0:52 I love how the sound of a stable connection (Static) is in the background of the You got mail sound data.

[loading...]

OMG! Please do not delete this video. It’s worth more than gold 😢

[SDGuy]

😢that is the most beautiful sound. Nothing sounded so good in 1992.

[haloraptor]

The 90s called they want your computer back

[CursedLemon]

"Fuck Halo 5. I want an HD remake of..."

Congratulations, buddy. <3

[thegamingchef]

I got on AOL a few years back...It makes you think of them Ancient civilizations long gone...You can visualize at one time it was a busy community, Hustle and bustle, now it's quiet and Baron...I'd get on Friday night and there would be a bunch of people on it...now its nobody.

[TheBambam]

whatever you do don't get on the phone !

[StupidMAN-fhch]

Hearing "Youv'e got mail" just gave me so much nostalgia I cant even handle it.