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h1. AOL !aol2.png! !{width:80%}2022-06-07 17_58_38-America Online.png! The "RE-AOL project":https://g.livejournal.com/10829.html has done some fantastic work in reverse-engineering and writing a new server backend for old AOL clients. They are providing a TCP server, which will speak the AOL propritary P3 protocol. The same P3 protocol was also used over dialup and ISDN lines back in the day. @manawyrm offers AOL 3.0 compatible access to RE-AOL in the OCTOI network at 030 1234 3063. "Video of a 56k V.90 dialup onto RE-AOL":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9cYW_QuidY The RE-AOL project itself is still pretty young and they seem to be missing a website. Most of their development seems to be happening in a Discord channel: https://discord.gg/reaol !aol3.png! h3. AOL access via modem The AOL client software has a folder called "ccl" (communication control language?), which contains a number of scripts for different countries and access providers. The default "AOLnet provider":https://gist.github.com/Manawyrm/c0d5e29703ec57d3f27571d08aeb5624 requires the following procedure: After the modem connect, the remote side sends: "ANSnet\r\nlogin:", to which the AOL client responds with "aol". The remote side will then send "connected" and start speaking the P3 protocol (for example by connecting the socket over to re-aol.org). !aol.png!
