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One thing I do not get happy nostalgic vibes from is dialup. I like 90s games (and play some to this day), I've been meaning to get a Windows 98SE box (it's not easy finding good components), I even like the mid 90s UI style (think Win 3.11, Win95) more than Frutiger Aero which seems to be having a retro resurgence.
But I do not miss anything about dialup, the experience was terrible.
It's like with VHS. Adding VHS styling to a FHD video is cool, now try watching a VHSRip (as a fan of 80s/90s b-movies, there are a few niche releases that are only available on VHS), the quality is terrible.
Once upon a time I used a phone line in a camping ground put in by a new company called Sprint. For the short time we used it, we had a solid 53333 bits/sec, which is perfect 56k because of technical reasons. It was glorious. Still not cable, but at the time it was something else from having grown up with 300/1200 baud in the past, being able to read the text as it came in.
Totally spoils those nice scrolling ANSI banners that BBSes used where it wss intended that the line speed would regulate the unveiling of the art. :-)
YES. Loved my little Enterprise warping in image built from Commodore PET characters for my BBS signature.