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TeamSpeak Generation [version 1.1-alpha]
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Description
TeamSpeak Classic - also known as TeamSpeak 1.5 - was first
released in October of 2001 and set
the foundation to the
TeamSpeak legacy.
Released as "Freeware", the first version of
TeamSpeak featured a client-server architecture,
firewall-friendly
client communication, multiple channels (formerly known as
"rooms"), user
administration and cross-platform support
for both Windows and Linux Server side. At the time,
TeamSpeak
Classic's competitors lacked either most of all of these features
and were not nearly as
scalable of a solution.
Today, the TeamSpeak Classic product is now "retired"
and is no longer supported, but with the help
of our community, it
was revived and can be used today for the ones that need to use
it.
Brief Description
TeamSpeak was written out of frustration with currently
available similar products. Being two
hardcore team game players,
the creators of TeamSpeak could not find a (freeware) program that
suited all their needs. The demands we had seemed simple. We
wanted reasonable voice quality
(so you can actually understand
each other), low bajdwidth usage (for the poor people isdn) and no
connection troubles (if you can play a game on internet, you must
be able to use TeamSpeak).
Surprisingly, the team found no such program. Most popular were
RogerWilco and Battlecom.
RogerWilco had an awful sound quality and used tcp to send
voice data. This is a bad idea and
fills up low bandwidth
connections really fast. Battlecom has a nice voice quality, but
has an awful
network protocol. Odds are, that if you share your
internet connection (ICS, MASQUERADE)
you can't use battlecom.
So then, they created TeamSpeak Classic, it uses only 640 bytes
per second upstream MAXIMUM.
It has a reasonable voice quality and
it can almost always connect. If you can play games on Internet,
you
can use TeamSpeak Classic. Also the team, had great ideas for
the future, planning even a
Linux Server version, which for the
time was uncommon.
Because they were nice guys, they made TeamSpeak Classic
freeware. This means that you can
download it and use it for
free.
Also they didn't include any annoying banners or shit like
that.
Totally free, totally no shit. So enjoy this little
program and improve your teamplay with it.
Features
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Receiving and sending voice from other users consuming maximum
640 bytes/s.
(Ideal for dial-up connections)
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Hot Keys for mute microphone or mute speakers
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It comes with no text messages, file sharing or overlays, it was set as a VOIP only
Freeware Software
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You connect to our Server, join a channel and can talk with your friends, It's simple as that
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Can be used as a private or testing voice chat communication, since not everyone will use it
anyways these days
Other Facts
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It was made by Niels Werensteijin (Client) and Ralf Ludwig
(Server).
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Alternative Freeware solution to RogerWilco, which back in the days RogerWilco required a
GameSpy subscription in order to access it.
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There are no Clients for Linux, but it was possible to make a Server for both Linux and Windows.
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It was called TeamSpeak Classic or TeamSpeak 1.5 for majority of people back in 2001.
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A patch version 1.2.3 for Linux Server was released maybe around
2006 (Not confirmed).
First Release: August 03, 2001
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