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1. skibz+M2[view] [source] 2025-07-28 15:14:17
>>saint1+(OP)
The author of this tool uploaded a YouTube video demonstrating it a few days ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15_-hgsX2V0

At one point in his demo, he uploads a file but terminates the upload more or less halfway. Then he begins downloading the file - which only progresses to the point it had been uploaded, and subsequently stalls indefinitely. And, finally, he finishes uploading the file (which gracefully resumes) and the file download (which is still running) seamlessly completes.

I found that particularly impressive.

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2. nkrisc+S6[view] [source] 2025-07-28 15:40:43
>>skibz+M2
It's very impressive, particularly if you remember waking up to a failed download from the night before over dial-up.
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3. paulry+5o[view] [source] 2025-07-28 17:18:59
>>nkrisc+S6
I recall we had special apps to queue and schedule our downloads, and resume them where servers supported it. They were a dream compared to the boredom of staring at progress bars.
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4. henry7+x21[view] [source] 2025-07-28 20:54:40
>>paulry+5o
Anyone remember DAP, Download Accelerator Plus? The colorful bars were nice. A part of my childhood, downloading shareware Windows games through dial-up.
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5. mk_stj+1W3[view] [source] 2025-07-29 18:18:02
>>henry7+x21
Download Accelerator Plus... wow what a memory.

Finding that piece of software around 2001-2002 was what allowed me to finally download a specific piece of, ahem, 'shareware', that was about 400 MB, zipped, that I would never have been able to finish on a 14.4kbps modem on a single very noisy phone line that usually dropped the call every 2 hours or so. It eventually took three days but the file came across uncorrupted. It wouldn't have been possible without the ability to resume downloads after dropped connections.

And that software download went on to allow me to start the path learning what I wanted to learn about, and that paved the way for my engineering degrees and thus setting me up for the last 20-some years. Wild how little pieces of the puzzle like that drive so much of your life.

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