▶Sponsored by PCBWay: https://www.pcbway.com/
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