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A brief history of Gopher, the global Internet information distribution protocol that preceded the World Wide Web.

youtube.com/watch?v=Flo9...

#retrocomputing #computerhistory #retronetworking #internethistory
What Happened to Gopher? The Internet We Lost
YouTube video by OFFLINE MUSEUM
youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
laf0rge.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy
#nokia is closing down their Munich site until 2030: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Nokia-plans-to-close-Munich-site-by-2030-11079263.html - is that part of the Siemens -> Nokia Siemens Networks -> Nokia legcay, and hence also the original Siemens GSM implementation (D900, ...) #retronetworking […]
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chaos.social
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
wossman.net.gy
This time, The Serial Port tackles the history of VLANs.

youtube.com/watch?v=Lq1z...

#retrocomputing #retronetworking #computerhistory #theserialport
1995: The Year of the Virtual LAN
YouTube video by The Serial Port
youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
wossman.net.gy
More essential viewing from @retrobytes.bsky.social.

What a way to start the weekend! 👌🏾

Thanks, John!

#retrocomputing #retronetworking #computerhistory
retrobytes.bsky.social RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 24d
I made a video, as I occasionally do. This one is about the world of email before we all started using Internet email, in particular company group mail.
youtu.be/czpiHZPyxLU
E-Mail before the Internet
YouTube video by RetroBytes
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
wossman.net.gy
Here's another banger from clabretro! This time he's cooked up ADSL service in his retro lab.

youtube.com/watch?v=uwgg...

#clabretro #retrocomputing #retronetworking #computerhistory #telecom
Homelab DSL
YouTube video by clabretro
youtube.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
laf0rge.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy
Ich war wieder bei golem.de im "Besser Wissen" Podcast zu gast, diesmal zum Thema "Geschichte des hauptsächlich GSM] Mobilfunks. Das Ergebnis könnt ihr unter <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/retronetworking" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 #retronetworkingrget="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.golem.de/news/podcast-besser-wissen-wie-der-mobilfunk-erwachsen-wurde-2509-200081.html hören. #retronetworking #gsm #cellular […]
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chaos.social
September 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
wossman.net.gy
Yet another awesome Internet history video from The Serial Port - this time about Internet Relay Chat or #irc.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UbK...

#retrocomputing #computerhistory #internethistory #retronetworking #unix
Internet Relay Chat.
YouTube video by The Serial Port
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August 31, 2025 at 7:25 AM
wossman.net.gy
Here's a look back at the early days of Internet access in Sweden, including an interesting bit of networking history in general, and a demo of a Swedish web site from 1994 that's still online today.

#retrocomputing #retronetworking #dialup #computerhistory

youtube.com/watch?v=WSH5...
Computer Networking and the Internet in 1994
YouTube video by Old Computers Sucked
youtube.com
August 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
laf0rge.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy
I just stumbled over this article about the history of video telephony: https://mashable.com/archive/videophone-turns-50 #retronetworking #telecommunications
The Videophone Turns 50: The Historic Failure That Everybody Wanted
The Videophone Turns 50: The Historic Failure That Everybody Wanted
mashable.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
laf0rge.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy
on my way to the optional friday meeting of early arrivers to RetroNetConf, our small German-language meeting of various #retronetworking enthusiasts https://osmocom.org/projects/retronetworking/wiki/RetroNetConf_2025 #telecommunications #isdn
RetroNetConf 2025 - Retronetworking - Open Source Mobile Communications
Redmine
osmocom.org
May 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
wossman.net.gy
Netbooting IBM OS/2 Warp Connect!

Nice. 👌🏾

youtube.com/watch?v=d16F...

#retropc #retrocomputing #retronetworking #ibmos2 #os2warp
Disk-less Tandys Part III - OS/2 Warp Connect 3.0
YouTube video by TJBChris
youtube.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
laf0rge.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy
does anyone know a museum or collection that contains a working/operational Ericsson AXE10 digital telephone exchange? #telecom #ericsson #history #retronetworking
March 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
laf0rge.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy
IGHfT (communications museum dresden) has just acquired a NZ96D (digital PBX built in 1988 in thr GDR) in ots original wooden crates, brand new. #retronetworking #telephony #gdr #ddr […]

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The two shelves of an NZ96D digital PBX from the GDR (socialist eastern germany). A single NZ96D line card in its original manufacturer packaging. Component side of a module of an NZ96D digital PBX from the GDR (socialist eastern germany).
January 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
laf0rge.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy
The German language podcast "Besser Wissen - Alles über ein Netz" by @Golemde chatting with me about #isdn history / #retronetworking has just been released at https://besserwissen.podigee.io/120-isdn
Alles über ein Netz
Wir sprechen mit dem ISDN-Experten Harald Welte über das lange Leben der Technologie hinter ISDN.
besserwissen.podigee.io
January 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
laf0rge.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy
At #38C3 I received a new addidion to my #isdn related #retronetworking collection of vintage tech: A Siemens K4301 Up0/S0 error meter: https://osmocom.org/projects/retronetworking/wiki/Siemens_K4301
View of a Siemens K4301 ISDN S0-Up0 Error Meter; The display is folded up/open, revealing the keyboard underneath. rear view of the connector panels of a Siemens K4301 Up0-S0 Error Meter
January 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
laf0rge.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy
Exzellenter umfangreicher Artikel ueber die Entwicklung digitaler Schaltkreise fuer digitale Uebertagung und Vermittlung von Telefonie in der DDR: http://www.gheinz.de/publications/berliner_ics/index.htm #retronetworking #isdn #gdr #telephony
Telefon-IC
www.gheinz.de
January 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
wossman.net.gy
Spoiler Alert: The break-up of AT&T in the early 80's directly lead to the development of UTP. I did NOT know that when I woke up this morning!

youtube.com/watch?v=f8PP...

#retrocomputing #til #todayilearned #retronetworking #theserialport #clabretro
youtube.com
December 27, 2024 at 3:56 AM
laf0rge.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy
Does anyone have software for the Tandberg MXP 1000 TTC7-12 ? My hardware has ISDN BRI circuits but the installed software omits any ISDN configuration...
https://osmocom.org/projects/retronetworking/wiki/Tandberg_MXP_1000_TTC7-12 #isdn #followerpower #retronetworking
Tandberg MXP 1000 video phone
December 15, 2024 at 6:28 PM
f.zz.de
Damit so social Network im Business Umfeld erfolgreich wird braucht es definitiv eine Sekretärinnenschaltung.

#retronetworking
September 24, 2023 at 11:35 AM