Windows94@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoWhich software was ahead of its time?message-squaremessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down14
arrow-up1173arrow-down1message-squareWhich software was ahead of its time?Windows94@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square167fedilink
minus-squareMIDItheKID@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoReal Player. Nobody had enough bandwidth to actually stream anything. I guess some people had IDSN, and maybe even fewer cable internet, but the majority of the world was still on dial up. You can’t stream video on dial up.
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoIt was pretty good for the time indeed! I had a 10MBit link back then, watched a lot of funny videos through RP.
minus-squareRoopappy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoI liked that I could get loud bursts of static in real-time!!
Real Player.
Nobody had enough bandwidth to actually stream anything. I guess some people had IDSN, and maybe even fewer cable internet, but the majority of the world was still on dial up. You can’t stream video on dial up.
It was pretty good for the time indeed! I had a 10MBit link back then, watched a lot of funny videos through RP.
I liked that I could get loud bursts of static in real-time!!