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EPISODE · Aug 16, 2025 · 48 MIN

AOL Hangs Up - This Week In Retro 231

from This Week in Retro · host Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 America Online is hanging up on its dial-up service. Hexen and Heretic are remastered. We talk retro retail stores big and small. Plus a handful of other retro stories in brief. Stick around to the end for your answers to the Community Question Of The Week.  Could we trouble you to leave us a review on your platform of choice? Let us know if you do and you'll probably get a mention! 00:00 - Show Opening 02:38 - The Screaming Is Silenced Story Link: https://help.aol.com/articles/dial-up-internet-to-be-discontinued Additional Link: https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/08/09/you-had-mail-aol-finally-discontinues-dial-up-internet-service Are there any dial up services left?:  https://www.reddit.com/r/retrocomputing/comments/1j18hap/any_dialup_isps_left_in_2025/ 14:53 - Heretic and Hexen Are Remastered! Story Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3286930/Heretic__Hexen/ 24:27 - Housekeeping - News links found below 30:44 - Retro Retail Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1mjlvff/eb_games_going_retro/ Additional Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1mk41mq/another_one_bites_the_dust/ 43:48 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton Audio Podcast: https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/ Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. News In Brief Links: BBC Forgotten Internet: https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250731-a-journey-into-the-heart-of-the-forgotten-internet I Made A Floppy Disk: https://youtu.be/TBiFGhnXsh8?si=s1iaBj16TTIeLGXi Amiga A600 Flight Sim Cabinet: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1mkrpg1/anyone_want_an_active_amiga_flightsim_cabinet/ MOS6502  Is 50!: https://hackaday.com/2025/08/04/happy-birthday-6502/ Computer Entertainer Magazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnckC-JuOR0 FPGA BBC Computer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gGAg9Er1yU

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 America Online is hanging up on its dial-up service. Hexen and Heretic are remastered. We talk retro retail stores big and small. Plus a handful of other retro stories in brief. Stick around to the end for your answers to the Community Question Of The Week.  Could we trouble you to leave us a review on your platform of choice? Let us know if you do and you'll probably get a mention! 00:00 - Show Opening 02:38 - The Screaming Is SilencedStory Link: https://help.aol.com/articles/dial-up-internet-to-be-discontinuedAdditional Link: https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/08/09/you-had-mail-aol-finally-discontinues-dial-up-internet-serviceAre there any dial up services left?: https://www.reddit.com/r/retrocomputing/comments/1j18hap/any_dialup_isps_left_in_2025/ 14:53 - Heretic and Hexen Are Remastered!Story Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3286930/Heretic__Hexen/ 24:27 - Housekeeping - News links found below 30:44 - Retro RetailStory Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1mjlvff/eb_games_going_retro/Additional Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1mk41mq/another_one_bites_the_dust/ 43:48 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts!Bluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube:Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMAJason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton Audio Podcast:https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/ Subscribe to the audio version of the show!📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. News In Brief Links: BBC Forgotten Internet: https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250731-a-journey-into-the-heart-of-the-forgotten-internet I Made A Floppy Disk: https://youtu.be/TBiFGhnXsh8?si=s1iaBj16TTIeLGXi Amiga A600 Flight Sim Cabinet: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1mkrpg1/anyone_want_an_active_amiga_flightsim_cabinet/ MOS6502  Is 50!: https://hackaday.com/2025/08/04/happy-birthday-6502/ Computer Entertainer Magazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnckC-JuOR0 FPGA BBC Computer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gGAg9Er1yU

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