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Re:Napster.com banned at some universities for clogging netw... by jonstewart on Saturday September 25, 2021 @08:52PM (#28657436)
Ah, Hotline… 1998…
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Re:Napster.com banned at some universities for clogging netw... by iJohnDoe on Saturday September 25, 2021 @08:54PM (#28657458)
Fond memories of Hotline too.

Is there a replacement or equivalent for Hotline today?

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Re:Napster.com banned at some universities for clogging netw... by peterburkimsher on Saturday September 25, 2021 @09:48PM (#28657696)
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

The closest spiritual successor, I suppose, would be SoulSeek.

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Re:Napster.com banned at some universities for clogging netw... by amatecha on Sunday September 26, 2021 @03:33AM (#28659096)
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

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Re:Napster.com banned at some universities for clogging netw... by 0des on Sunday September 26, 2021 @09:06AM (#28660575)
Many times i've dabbled with recreating it, but with a more modern approach. Is anybody out there also interested in this?
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Re:Napster.com banned at some universities for clogging netw... by jonpurdy on Sunday September 26, 2021 @12:30AM (#28658402)
Don’t forget Carracho, a Mac specific Hotline replacement.
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