Ahoy!

When I downloaded files on dialup, I used a program called GetRight. It allows segmented downloading. Download and setup GetRight, then use GetRight to download the patch. If the transfer is interrupted, no problem, as it will resume downloading where it left off. Sorry, but big files take a long time on dialup, that is just the way it is. Good luck!

Capt. BC

Ya think ?

Egads. Yeah, no matter which way you look at it, downloading that large of a file is going to be a pain on dial-up. Your method won't make it faster... as long as you're downloading it, it's gotta go through the dial-up.

It's kinda like sucking a really thick milkshake through a tiny straw (kinda like the one's normally sticking out of a can of WD-40). Stir it all you want, it's still gonna suck hard.

I'd say find a friend that has broadband, and download it there. Or private message some helpful member of the board (I'll volunteer myself) with your snail mail address... have them download the patch, burn it to a CD for you, and send it via snail mail. As slow as that may sound, it'll still be faster than dial-up.

I use dialup. The 1.2 patch was about 8.5 hours I think. But like the man said above, GetRight makes it much much easier to live with. Doing a DL in 4 or 5 chunks makes a huge difference. Just be warned though, not every server is GetRight friendly.

Or you can try Free Download Manager. It will support resuming if your connection breaks, and can also split up your downloads, and works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Its available in a couple dozen languages or so. And its completely free.

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm

What the hell are you all talking about? Downloading from email will take as much time as downloading from the web as someone already said here... Actually it'll take even more time because the file would have to be reencoded for the mail attachment format... Duh... :rotfl:

i call shenanigans. no one has dial up anymore. thats so 1995.

Heh. Don't I wish. I've had clients buy a new PC, pay for me to come out and install it for them, etc... just to find out that "we've got dial-up, we don't feel that we use the internet enough to pay for broadband." Or I know they can't get dial-up, 'cause I had to drive three miles down a dirt road to get there, and I seriously hope these guys aren't mostly-crazed people who have watched Deliverance too many times, since nobody's gonna hear me if I start screaming bloody murder.

I hate dial-up. :shifty:

Anyway... so... to get this back on topic...

1.2 disk
 

Did you get the disk?.. If not I'd better chase it.