Telehack is an online simulation of a stylized interface for

ARPANET The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was the first wide-area packet-switched network with distributed control and one of the first computer networks to implement the TCP/IP protocol suite. Both technologies became the tec ...

and

Usenet Usenet (), a portmanteau of User's Network, is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from the general-purpose UUCP, Unix-to-Unix Copy (UUCP) dial-up network architecture. Tom Truscott and Jim Elli ...

, created anonymously in 2010.Baio, Andy (June 13, 2011)
Playable Archaeology: An Interview with Telehack's Anonymous Creator
It is a full multi-user simulation, including 26,600+ simulated hosts with files spanning the years 1985 to 1990.Hoid (May 15, 2020)
Hack Like It's 1987 (An Introduction to the Telehack Retro Game)
Users can explore a pre- Web 1.0 archive of files, documents, scripts and

newsgroup A Usenet newsgroup is a repository usually within the Usenet system for messages posted from users in different locations using the Internet. They are not only discussion groups or conversations, but also a repository to publish articles, start ...

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