Dial Up. Yeah I know the sound and I know the time it took to load anything with. But it’s something I won’t ever miss having. I would much rather be on a 1MB connection if I had to choose between that or dial up ever again. I also hated how easy it was to be kicked off, if anyone called the phone, you were off it in seconds.
I navigated Europe in 1997 while hitchhiking using nothing more than paper maps and a sharpie to mark where I’ve been and where I wanted to go. It was pretty fun. Only got off track once or twice.