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

▶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