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Before that we used real audio files. I remember downloading so much music via .ra files on IRC via XDCC. Back then it was a great choice because we were stil
by lunchables 8y ago
Before that we used real audio files. I remember downloading so much music via .ra files on IRC via XDCC. Back then it was a great choice because we were still using modems. The quality was basically AM radio level, but the files were tiny so the trade off was worth it.
- daveslash 8y agoOn my 28k modem with my Win 3.1 machine, I relied pretty heavily on MIDI files. I had a good collection Greenday, Nirvana, and movie theme songs (Ghost busters, Jaws, Jurrasic Park, Spaceballs, etc..) Oh, and I recently discovered that browsers no longer even support MIDI files.... yes, I _recently_ tried to create a webpage that would play music on load, don't ask me why...I'm just an awful person sometimes.
- lunchables 8y agoI'm hugely nostalgic for the early web, I don't blame you at all. If you've never seen it, this is worth scrolling through: https://www.cameronsworld.net/ https://www.cameronsworld.net/
- daveslash 8y agoThank you. That was amazing. The dancing girls especially made me reminisce (of my 13 y/o days). My parents never knew that I installed some secret dancing-girl thinger on the home-computer. I constantly wonder, and struggle with, how the internet impacts my 14 y/o stepdaughter in ways of which I'm unaware.... and how to approach it.