In the AOL days, I got on newsgroups and hunted songs. Good luck finding what you wanted. Then I’d download 6-12 pieces and use software to tack those pieces into a single MP3. At 56K. (Really 53K, at best, and that was with tweaking modem strings and whatnot.)
53Kbps was what you got? Psst, damn younglings. In my day we reached 8Kbps speeds and considered ourselves lucky if our moms didn’t want to call anyone…
Arduous?! Why you little…
In the AOL days, I got on newsgroups and hunted songs. Good luck finding what you wanted. Then I’d download 6-12 pieces and use software to tack those pieces into a single MP3. At 56K. (Really 53K, at best, and that was with tweaking modem strings and whatnot.)
I repeat: Why you little…
53Kbps was what you got? Psst, damn younglings. In my day we reached 8Kbps speeds and considered ourselves lucky if our moms didn’t want to call anyone…
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