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Back then we were moving a terabyte a week on one Hotline Server alone. Napster was already way way more popular (and accessible).

by deusum 5y ago

jonstewart 5y ago
Ah, Hotline… 1998…
- iJohnDoe 5y ago
  Fond memories of Hotline too. Is there a replacement or equivalent for Hotline today?
  - peterburkimsher 5y ago
    I'd forgotten Hotline (I was only 8 years old in 1998 and never used it) but the logo looked familiar. GLoarbLine PhareRouge seems to run on Mac OS 10.13.6, but I don't know any IP addresses to connect to. https://hotline.fandom.com/wiki/Clients https://hotline.fandom.com/wiki/Clients The closest spiritual successor, I suppose, would be SoulSeek.
  - jonpurdy 5y ago
    Don’t forget Carracho, a Mac specific Hotline replacement.
  - amatecha 5y ago
    Hotline is still around. There's also KDX. You can get clients here[0]. Hit the default tracker (hltracker.com) to find servers :) [0] https://preterhuman.net/gethotlinekdx.php https://preterhuman.net/gethotlinekdx.php
  - 0des 5y ago
    Many times i've dabbled with recreating it, but with a more modern approach. Is anybody out there also interested in this?
romanhn 5y ago
Curious if any P2P networks existed before Hotline. I recall using it briefly before Napster burst onto the scene, and always considered it to be the pioneer.
amatecha 5y ago
I'm so happy to see so many people mention Hotline in here! Aahhh the good ol' days :) Indeed, when Napster came along, it wasn't too surprising to me .. that is, other than the true p2p nature of it, rather than server/client/tracker. That was indeed awesome. But there was also a bit less accountability so you got a lot of sketchy/crappy stuff, whereas hl servers (and users) had somewhat of a reputation to uphold (IMO).
cblconfederate 5y ago
Ah yeah. I thought that today everyone would run their own hotline server. Instead we have facebook
Svperstar 5y ago
I tried really hard to get into Hotline, I still remember the "welcome to Hotline" girl. Every hotline server I tried was either terrible or so full it was impossible to connect or use. Never had a good experience with it. Guess I wasn't in the loop enough.

Back then we were moving a terabyte a week on one Hotline Server alone. Napster was already way way more popular (and accessible).

by deusum 5y ago

Back then we were moving a terabyte a week on one Hotline Server alone. Napster was already way way more popular (and accessible).

jonstewart 5y ago

Ah, Hotline… 1998…

iJohnDoe 5y ago
Fond memories of Hotline too. Is there a replacement or equivalent for Hotline today?
- peterburkimsher 5y ago
  I'd forgotten Hotline (I was only 8 years old in 1998 and never used it) but the logo looked familiar. GLoarbLine PhareRouge seems to run on Mac OS 10.13.6, but I don't know any IP addresses to connect to. https://hotline.fandom.com/wiki/Clients https://hotline.fandom.com/wiki/Clients The closest spiritual successor, I suppose, would be SoulSeek.
- jonpurdy 5y ago
  Don’t forget Carracho, a Mac specific Hotline replacement.
- amatecha 5y ago
  Hotline is still around. There's also KDX. You can get clients here[0]. Hit the default tracker (hltracker.com) to find servers :) [0] https://preterhuman.net/gethotlinekdx.php https://preterhuman.net/gethotlinekdx.php
- 0des 5y ago
  Many times i've dabbled with recreating it, but with a more modern approach. Is anybody out there also interested in this?

romanhn 5y ago

Curious if any P2P networks existed before Hotline. I recall using it briefly before Napster burst onto the scene, and always considered it to be the pioneer.

amatecha 5y ago

I'm so happy to see so many people mention Hotline in here! Aahhh the good ol' days :) Indeed, when Napster came along, it wasn't too surprising to me .. that is, other than the true p2p nature of it, rather than server/client/tracker. That was indeed awesome. But there was also a bit less accountability so you got a lot of sketchy/crappy stuff, whereas hl servers (and users) had somewhat of a reputation to uphold (IMO).

cblconfederate 5y ago

Ah yeah. I thought that today everyone would run their own hotline server. Instead we have facebook

Svperstar 5y ago

I tried really hard to get into Hotline, I still remember the "welcome to Hotline" girl. Every hotline server I tried was either terrible or so full it was impossible to connect or use. Never had a good experience with it. Guess I wasn't in the loop enough.