RTG - TeamSpeak Classic Brief Description

T:\Users\TeamSpeak> cd TeamSpeak1

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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 demand they had seemed simple. They wanted reasonable voice quality
(so you can actually understand each other), low bandwidth usage (for the poor people using 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 had a nice voice quality, but had 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

Receiving and sending voice from other users consuming maximum 640 bytes/s.
(Ideal for dial-up connections)
Hot Keys for mute microphone or mute speakers
It comes with no text messages, file sharing or overlays, it was set as a VOIP only
Freeware Software
You connect to our Server, join a channel and can talk with your friends, It's simple as that
Can be used as a private or testing voice chat communication, since not everyone will use it
anyways these days

Other Facts

It was made by Niels Werensteijin (Client) and Ralf Ludwig (Server).
Alternative Freeware solution to RogerWilco, which back in the days RogerWilco required a
GameSpy subscription in order to access it.
There are no Clients for Linux, but it was possible to make a Server for both Linux and Windows.
It was called TeamSpeak Classic or TeamSpeak 1.5 for majority of people back in 2001.
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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