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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@ParanoidPizzas, who has never had the joy of downloading a game with a 56k modem and receiving a phone call in the middle of it, has not had a real internet experience

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I remember the fear any time something was greater than 1MB. My first download on any new computer was always a download manager to try and avoid the constant drop-outs and restarts.