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RobotToaster ,

Now you can never leave

bionicjoey ,

But you can check out any time you like

Borgzilla ,
@Borgzilla@lemmy.ca avatar

Anyone remember download accelerator plus? I’d download stuff at night while everyone was asleep, then pause DAP/disconnect from the Internet in the morning. Rinse and repeat.

Fartbutt ,

My god yes! I remember downloading the Soldier of Fortune demo over the course of a month. 95 megabytes over a 28.8k connection.

cheezoid2 ,

GetRight was a godsend too

orca ,
@orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts avatar

I remember that but never knowing what the hell it even did lol.

TheHighRoad ,
@TheHighRoad@lemmy.world avatar

I remember the anxiety of downloading the Quake demo the afternoon it was released. My mother is a notorious phone talker, so I guarded the handset like a hawk and prayed to God that no one called. By some miracle it completed after a an hour or two. 1.1 mb I believe it was.

brsrklf ,

You’ve unlocked some deeply buried memory there.

I remember I used that not so much to “accelerate” downloads but mostly because it let me download stuff in multiple sessions, instead of trying to do it in my browser and lose everything because of a lost connection.

Hours to download a few MB, interesting times.

FartsWithAnAccent ,
@FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world avatar

ISPs: Lying about unlimited since the 90s.

FuglyDuck ,
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

20 hours… … …what were you doing?!

GordonFremen ,

Didn’t RTA.

RagingNerdoholic ,

I’ll give you 69 guesses

bobs_monkey ,

…pixel line…
…pixel line…
…pixe- nipple!!!

evatronic ,

Interlaced GIF was a godsend. You got the low res naughty bits early.

TheYear2525 ,

And by the time it’s done downloading in its full 320x180 glory, you’re ready to go again!

grabyourmotherskeys ,

Downloading Linux

Blamemeta ,

Some sort of game, idling for gold.

muddybulldog ,

Downloading Slackware.

FartsWithAnAccent ,
@FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world avatar

Downloading a short video?

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