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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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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fox2263@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Download Managers were a god send for that reason.

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- 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.
  
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  - 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
    
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- demonquark@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Holy shit. I completely forgot about download managers.
  
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  - 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.
    
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RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Second house line was a game changer

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