Vintage Hive By @FoxCouncil

This project tries to help alter the modern internet to work on really old computers and systems, with a focus on cleaning the rough edges and bringing in multiple sources of archival internet data. Browse the web like you are back in 1999, or have access to modern encrypted websites from Windows 95 (just don't login to your bank with this!)

Table Of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Roadmap
• Help
• Data Sources

Installation

Windows 10/11

• Download Latest Release ZIP package for your operating system.
• Place ZIP package in an empty folder
• Unzip package in place.
• Run the VintageHive executable
• Allow the service access through your firewall

Linux

• Instructions Coming Soon

MacOS

• Instructions Coming Soon (Not Tested Either)

Usage

Defaults

Service	Port	Documentation
HTTP	1990	Docs
HTTPS	9999	Docs
FTP	1971	Docs
TELNET	1969	Docs

Intranet & Settings

• Main Url: http://hive.com
• 🧪 Shoutcast: http://radio.hive.com/

HTTP

When using this proxy, it will parse any http request through several processors, in decending order

• HelperProcessor.ProcessHttpRequest
• LocalServerProcessor.ProcessHttpRequest
• ProtoWebProcessor.ProcessHttpRequest
• InternetArchiveProcessor.ProcessHttpRequest
• 404

HTTPS

When using this proxy, it will parse any https request, create a certificate authority and generate certificates for processing through several processors, in decending order

• LocalServerProcessor.ProcessHttpsRequest
• DialNineProcessor.ProcessHttpsRequest
• 404

FTP

When using this proxy, it will parse any ftp request through several processors, in decending order

• ProtoWebProcessor.ProcessFtpRequest
• LocalServerProcessor.ProcessFtpRequest
• Exception

TELNET

This is a pure C# implementation of a Telnet server intended to allow really old machines like 386's and 80's Macs to access the same data they could using the HTTP proxy and Lynx (text only browser) or something similar. For cases where this is not possible this Telnet server seeks to provide an alternative way to view modern data through old software since Telnet clients were very popular and avaliable on every platform. Once connected type help to get a list of commands.

Usage Guides

Internet Explorer 6

• Open the Tools menu, and then select Internet Options
• Click on the Connections tab
• Select LAN Settings
• In the Local Area Network Settings dialog box, select the Use a proxy server for your LAN settings check box
• Input your host IP address and the port 1990 in the HTTP proxy field

More guides coming soon

Roadmap

• FTP Proxy Support
• HTTPS Proxy Support (with security downgrading SSL2)
• Custom Hosted Pages
• Download Center
• Emulated Services
  • ICQ - Coming Soon
  • AIM - Coming Soon
  • Yahoo! IM
  • MSN Messenger
  • POP3/SMTP
  • IRC
  • NetMeeting
  • etc
• Community Servers
• Gopher Support

Help

Q: I can't connect to VintageHive from my guest computer

A: Check your hosts firewall settings, make sure both the guest and host are on the same network and subnet

Sources

• Internet Archive
• ProtoWeb
• Geonames
• Open-Meteo
• DuckDuckGo
• GoogleNews
• GeoIPService