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Why couldn't 56k modems handle dropped connections?
by ipnon 8y ago
Why couldn't 56k modems handle dropped connections?
- pixl97 8y agoMost file transfers at the time would have to start from the beginning if you dropped. This sucked when it took 10+ hours to download a file that size.
- lathiat 8y agoProps to my old friend, GetRight download manager
- Topgamer7 8y agoBrings me back to the days of hopping from download manager to download manager when one added undesired features, or stopped working. I recall using flashget. Which I liked if I recall because you could have multiple connections download the same url. Which got around per connection qos. And showed you nice tiles of progress. Also supported resume, was great for the old days of slow connections :)
- therein 8y agoHow about Internet Download Manager or FlashGet. Thinking about these things take me back. :) https://i.imgur.com/Imc5Lgp.gif https://i.imgur.com/Imc5Lgp.gif
- jwdunne 8y agoI was using an old version of IE and the download would just fail without option to resume. If there was a way, my 9 year old self never figured it out.
- jandrese 8y agoThe modem wouldn't care, but the primitive file transfer applications of the time couldn't handle it. ZModem supported resume, but early Internet browsers and ftp clients usually didn't implement the feature.