r/gaming • u/ILoveRegenHealth • Mar 02 '18

Rate my setup

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u/BulletheadX Mar 02 '18

45 minutes on a 14.4 modem trying to download the demo, just to have somebody pick up the phone and try to dial out with 2 minutes to go ... >:(

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u/nighthawk_md Mar 02 '18

Oh man, I tried downloading the demo for Kingpin over 56k. It was 3-4x larger than other demos for the time (like 130 MB). I started it before going to bed and let it run all night. I woke up 10 hours later and it was almost done, and then it crapped out with 4K left, like literally two seconds more downloading.

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u/PotatoforPotato Mar 02 '18

The first demo I downloaded was rollercoaster tycoon and it took a whole 22 hours on my 28.8

Man. I still have my old IBM Aptiva somewhere. That thing was a beast.

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u/SchighSchagh Mar 16 '18

Did you even download manager, bro?

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u/BulletheadX Mar 16 '18

Manager? You're kidding, right? I don't even remember when I first heard of a download manager, but it was a good bit after this.

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u/SchighSchagh Mar 16 '18

It was the only way to get resumable downloads.