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Using a modern web to recreate 1980s horribly slow & loud loading screens - Remy Sharp

2,884 views · Published 2 August 2018 · 29:52 · Indexed 19 October 2026

Channel: JSConf · 2018 · Science & Technology

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These days people chase the dream of high performance, fast loading slick web sites. But in the 1980s computers were ugly, slow and loud: let’s make that instead 👴👵💪

The first generation of home computers launched a movement of developers and hackers across the world. But to start your app, you had to load a tape (a really old usb-type-thing), press play, and patiently wait for the screech of the program to load (akin to listening to a fax machine).

Why invest time in building fast website, when we can have fun building slow old retro machines using JavaScript. The end result is a mix of Web Audio, canvas API, cameras, audio jacks, binary, typed arrays, blobs, history of computing and a lot of questionable JavaScript.

OMG JSConf EU is coming back in 2019 https://2019.jsconf.eu/

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