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You can now run the BIGGEST chat system of the 2000s at home!

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It's been 26 years since AOL completely revolutionized how people communicate over the internet with AOL Instant Messenger. Let's take a look at a project that AIMs to recapture and preserve the magic of that experience!

▶Researched and edited by: Ramen2X (contact (at) ramen2x (dot) com)

▶Retro AIM Server: https://github.com/mk6i/retro-aim-server
▶Retro AIM Server Discord: https://discord.gg/2Xy4nF3Uh9

▶ChivaNet: https://chivanet.org

▶Mike's JawnCon presentation on Retro AIM Server: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCXVUO2GSn8

▶Media credits:

"Early AOL Commercial (1995)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1npzZu83AfU

"AOL Commercial from 1999"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQcCnPWHlLk

"AOL Silicon Valley office" By Coolcaesar at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15894207

"Early AOL Commercial teaching us about instant messaging and Email from 2000"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhImr4uUYOs

"Animator vs. Animation 2"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxM1cnphLpw

"AOL goes down for 19 hours - CBS News"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHKGUu2gaOg

"Setting Up An iChat AIM Account"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuTa4mO-JgU

"msn messenger - TV Ad 1 - Australia 2004"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRLDuHBOk5o

"Get on AIM to chat with Jason!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHKEXFeSV9Y

▶Special thanks: Mike (mk6i)

▶Main channel: https://youtube.com/mattkc

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