Get ready for a blast from the past, folks! The early internet was the wild west of the digital age.

When 56K was the standard for dial-up, you were lucky if you could get a decent connection. And don't even get me started on AOL's 3-hour load times...

An old 486 computer with a dial-up modem and a CD-ROM drive

But it was also a time of innovation, of pioneers pushing the boundaries of what was possible online.

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