===== Building and running a "retro internet" for retro computing users =====
  * **Speaker**: Cursed Silicon  
  * **Room**: CC 234  
  * **Time**: Sun 10:25 am – 10:55 am  

  * **Format**: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A)  
  * **Difficulty**: Some experience required  
  * **Track**: Networks  
  * **Additional Tags**: Hardware, Creative  
  * **Presenter Location**: In-person  
  * **Experience**: first time speaking  

==== Description: ====  
Using old (retro) computers on today’s modern web is extremely difficult — from security concerns to complete incompatibility with newer standards. **Compu‑Global‑Hyper‑Mega‑Net (CGHMN)** is a community project built to solve exactly that problem by providing a dedicated network for retro computing enthusiasts.

This talk explores how CGHMN recreates a **1990s–early 2000s internet experience**, allowing vintage systems across the world to connect, collaborate, and communicate in an environment tailored to their limitations. Attendees will learn what it takes to build and operate a “retro internet,” why it matters, and how the community keeps it fun and functional.

**Target Audience:**  
  * Retro computing folk  
  * Linux enthusiasts  
  * Technologists curious about alternative networking ecosystems