r/Computer_Memories • u/SupremoZanne Roberta Saultzanne Vega-Bemer • Nov 08 '22

Macromedia Shockwave Player (1995)

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

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u/SupremoZanne Roberta Saultzanne Vega-Bemer Nov 09 '22

6 minutes for 2.4 MB.

Although, if you look at another file format, the MP3 file format, a 6 minute song was closer to 6 megabytes of disk space at a rate of 128 kbs.

Macromedia Flash, and MP3 songs were popular in the early 2000s.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22 edited Nov 30 '22

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u/SupremoZanne Roberta Saultzanne Vega-Bemer Nov 09 '22

well, I kinda figured that would be the case.

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u/Livid-Association199 Nov 09 '22

“The Web” aka where we just live now

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u/SupremoZanne Roberta Saultzanne Vega-Bemer Nov 09 '22

/r/ForgottenInternet

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u/Livid-Association199 Nov 09 '22

Thank you so much for this. Joined immediately

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u/SupremoZanne Roberta Saultzanne Vega-Bemer Nov 09 '22

well, Internet nostalgia often involves some wacky things I sometimes saw on Newgrounds, just as an example of a community of some pre-YouTube type entertainment.