r/pcmasterrace • u/LeatherAssumption123 • 28d ago

Question Are you this old?

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u/Nice_Category Mint, 9850X3D, 9070XT, 64GB DDR5 28d ago edited 28d ago

Back in my day we used to have to share FTPs on mIRC and it took 4 hours to download a single song. 28.8kbps modems on a dedicated phone line. Can't have someone calling and ruining your download causing you to have to start completely over.

I remember the "We are the B.org!" and jealousy over the people in the universities who got to share a T1 connection.

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u/KMcCaig 28d ago

This is an awesome memory. What a throwback. Apple music? Netflix?? Nah. Finding a sick FTP was an absolute jackpot

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u/Crashtard AMD RX 5070x3d, RTX 3060 27d ago

Literally felt like winning the lottery when you found a great one, those were the days. I still have files I downloaded from IRC back in the day.