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AOL’s dial up internet takes its last bow, marking the end of an era (apnews.com)

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[–] BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Now to hook two modems to two computers and get them to 'talk' over WhatsApp...

Would that be a VPN tunnel of sorts?

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

That's just a direct connection. It used to be common for 2 player games to connect that way.

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[–] vladmech@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

So much Warcraft 2 with my cousin over direct connect. Those were good times

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