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[–] grue@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago (31 children)

Where're all the DOS kids at?! 5 hours and 66 comments, but not a single mention yet.

Never mind solving problems with Windows; shit gets real when the thing boots to aC:\> prompt and you need to know things like the difference between CGA/EGA/VGA/Hercules graphics modes and WTF an IRQ is just to install your games in the first place.

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 9 points 3 months ago (11 children)

Kids these days don't know the pain of trying to get enough free conventional memory to run something.

[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

or defragging a disk.

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