Max dial up I had was 3.5 to 4 KB a second took like 30-45 minutes to download 1 song off limewire/ frostwire
lkl34
netscape the team behind it making firefox great browser’s i miss my lighthouse background lighting the dark of the internet always helping me find my way back :(.
Though thank to oldversions website before they were shtudown by usa i got the last version of netscape for my xp rig amazing browser back then.
Also why would we dox out selves with this question?
Taowulf
shit, dawg. I still have a download running from 1999. /s
Tyr_Kukulkan
You still have a few years left on that download.
BlitzWing1985
I hate the fact that I am indeed 39… thanks for the reminder.
nali_cow
Open
Open Folder
**c ā n c e l**
Crafted_Mecke
almost, but I am old enough to remember this GUI
Hattix
I remember that bug. When a transfer stalled, the time left would go up and up, but the reported transfer rate would stay the same as it was just before the connection died.
It’s obvious when you think about it. The time left was based on a moving average of how much was completed in the last whatever time vs how much was left to do, while the transfer rate hadn’t been updated, no new amount of data received had been measured.
WinSock2 had lost the connection but didn’t know it had. It wasn’t getting ACKs anymore but at the same time no “connection closed” message had been received, so it was waiting for a timeout… which was very, very long.
Elrothiel1981
Yeap I recognize that guess my 43 year old is show my age
Boss-Smiley
Even older, I remember a time where you communicate with your PC with DOS and not with Windows. Damn, I’m old.
thegree2112
I remember that screen well.
BogusIsMyName
Older. Much older.
AstralKekked
happy for you, dad.
FriendlyRomangutan
my first internet would download with 200 kb a second and only in perfect conditions. that was like 20 years ago and yes i did used IE and i hated every second i had to use that piece of shit. My pc was slow af and could only run IE without crashing for freezing the entire PC after a few minutes. I didn’t even know other browsers existed for like first year or two of having internet. Then i found Firefox and Opera. I could not run Firefox at all… my pc was a single core celeron D with 256MB DDR2 RAM and some shitty GMA iGPU. That browser would slow down my pc untill it froze and had to force shutdown or reset.
tailslol
indeed.
b0j4ngl35
JackSpadesSI
Dang, so that has at least 9 years left.
RaptorPudding11
I remember typing commands into DOS and BASIC (i think that’s what Commodore 64 used). I also remember typing commands into an Apple computer in Elementary school to make a turtle move around the screen. I think it was called Logo or something like that. I used it one time and never heard about it again. I’ve never met anyone else that remembers the turtle.
Jackpkmn
Not managing your downloads through IE was important, because you wanted the ability to resume interrupted or failed downloads. You didn’t check the checksum of the file you downloaded to make sure it wasn’t tampered with by a 3rd party, you did it because there was a significant chance it hadn’t come through correctly.
Amilo159
It’s fake man.
Netscape navigator 4.7 was released in September 1999 and it’s installer (file in picture, cc32e47.exe) was about 19mb.
Having a compressed installer take nearly 200mb hdd space would be absurd in 1999, as most PC only had 4-6gb of storage. Even today, Firefox latest installer for win64 is less than half of this fake cc32e47.exe, only 74mb.
EtotheA85
Well I am 39, thanks for reminding me 49% of my life is over. Really appreciate it. Now if you’ll excuse me I’m gonna shit in a paper bag, put it on your doorstep and light it on fire.
Lancaster1983
Reminds me of downloading the new Netscape Navigator. Seeing 8 hours on the time and going to sleep. Woke up to a failed download at 95% complete. This was the dialup days…
Saint--Jiub
I was ecstaic when it hit above 3kbps
Now I bitch if its under 15MBps
blokia
Mine is nearly finished
MakinBones
Much, much, older.
vintagegeek
No, I think I have at most 20-25 years left. Thanks for reminding me I’m old.
Hamshaggy70
So how’s it coming along
darksoul22666
I’m 47 and I just got this very same file downloaded just last month. It’s about time! At least the estimated time was accurate.
CYCLONOUS_69
Ahh, those days..
sassyquin
4kbps!!!! He flying!
iGappedYou
When your destroying the deathmatch server and mom picks up the phone 🪦
Brief-Floor-2784
How bout the box of 33 (iIrc) floppys to install windows (3.1 I think it was at the time)!
ThickFurball367
39 years? No, close though, I’m 33. I am old enough to remember that loading bar though
Rogaar
Older. Good to see folder names like “Other Stuff”. I still use a Stuff folder till today. Fuck i’m getting old.
BaconFinder
Older…
shawndw
Internet Explorer was a great browser for downloading Netscape. Also go have a coffee and when you come back it’ll say something more reasonable.
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Max dial up I had was 3.5 to 4 KB a second took like 30-45 minutes to download 1 song off limewire/ frostwire
netscape the team behind it making firefox great browser’s i miss my lighthouse background lighting the dark of the internet always helping me find my way back :(.
Though thank to oldversions website before they were shtudown by usa i got the last version of netscape for my xp rig amazing browser back then.
Also why would we dox out selves with this question?
shit, dawg. I still have a download running from 1999. /s
You still have a few years left on that download.
I hate the fact that I am indeed 39… thanks for the reminder.
Open
Open Folder
**c ā n c e l**
almost, but I am old enough to remember this GUI
I remember that bug. When a transfer stalled, the time left would go up and up, but the reported transfer rate would stay the same as it was just before the connection died.
It’s obvious when you think about it. The time left was based on a moving average of how much was completed in the last whatever time vs how much was left to do, while the transfer rate hadn’t been updated, no new amount of data received had been measured.
WinSock2 had lost the connection but didn’t know it had. It wasn’t getting ACKs anymore but at the same time no “connection closed” message had been received, so it was waiting for a timeout… which was very, very long.
Yeap I recognize that guess my 43 year old is show my age
Even older, I remember a time where you communicate with your PC with DOS and not with Windows. Damn, I’m old.
I remember that screen well.
Older. Much older.
happy for you, dad.
my first internet would download with 200 kb a second and only in perfect conditions. that was like 20 years ago and yes i did used IE and i hated every second i had to use that piece of shit. My pc was slow af and could only run IE without crashing for freezing the entire PC after a few minutes. I didn’t even know other browsers existed for like first year or two of having internet. Then i found Firefox and Opera. I could not run Firefox at all… my pc was a single core celeron D with 256MB DDR2 RAM and some shitty GMA iGPU. That browser would slow down my pc untill it froze and had to force shutdown or reset.
indeed.
Dang, so that has at least 9 years left.
I remember typing commands into DOS and BASIC (i think that’s what Commodore 64 used). I also remember typing commands into an Apple computer in Elementary school to make a turtle move around the screen. I think it was called Logo or something like that. I used it one time and never heard about it again. I’ve never met anyone else that remembers the turtle.
Not managing your downloads through IE was important, because you wanted the ability to resume interrupted or failed downloads. You didn’t check the checksum of the file you downloaded to make sure it wasn’t tampered with by a 3rd party, you did it because there was a significant chance it hadn’t come through correctly.
It’s fake man.
Netscape navigator 4.7 was released in September 1999 and it’s installer (file in picture, cc32e47.exe) was about 19mb.
Having a compressed installer take nearly 200mb hdd space would be absurd in 1999, as most PC only had 4-6gb of storage. Even today, Firefox latest installer for win64 is less than half of this fake cc32e47.exe, only 74mb.
Well I am 39, thanks for reminding me 49% of my life is over. Really appreciate it. Now if you’ll excuse me I’m gonna shit in a paper bag, put it on your doorstep and light it on fire.
Reminds me of downloading the new Netscape Navigator. Seeing 8 hours on the time and going to sleep. Woke up to a failed download at 95% complete. This was the dialup days…
I was ecstaic when it hit above 3kbps
Now I bitch if its under 15MBps
Mine is nearly finished
Much, much, older.
No, I think I have at most 20-25 years left. Thanks for reminding me I’m old.
So how’s it coming along
I’m 47 and I just got this very same file downloaded just last month. It’s about time! At least the estimated time was accurate.
Ahh, those days..
4kbps!!!! He flying!
When your destroying the deathmatch server and mom picks up the phone 🪦
How bout the box of 33 (iIrc) floppys to install windows (3.1 I think it was at the time)!
39 years? No, close though, I’m 33. I am old enough to remember that loading bar though
Older. Good to see folder names like “Other Stuff”. I still use a Stuff folder till today. Fuck i’m getting old.
Older…
Internet Explorer was a great browser for downloading Netscape. Also go have a coffee and when you come back it’ll say something more reasonable.
I am indeed
There was “Get Right” for this!
Definitely man