Although it sucked so much if you were downloading something like a large (for the time) game and had call waiting or someone picked up a phone in another part of the house. 3 hours down the drain.
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Mcdolan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
fox2263@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Download Managers were a god send for that reason.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Definitely, but there was a time before them. A dark and evil time when your world could be destroyed by a guy calling to sell gutter cleaning services.
fox2263@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Or your mam deciding to call her sister for 3 hours even though she just saw her.
It took a very long time to get counter strike
demonquark@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Holy shit. I completely forgot about download managers.
fox2263@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I had one, I forget its name, but it was a firewall AND download manager. Bizarre combo if you ask me but it was pretty cool. Its logo was a lightning bolt I think.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Second house line was a game changer
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
When “going online” was an activity, not a necessity of life
GenesisJones@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hey are you off the phone??? I wanna get online!!!
-Shouted from a different floor where the PC was
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hey get off the phone I want to look at saucy pictures of, um, shut up it’s my gravy magazine okay
UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Going offline is my weekend activity. Time to pile up the firewood for winter.