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I_fucking_hate_them_now (media.piefed.world)

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[–] aaaaaaaaargh@feddit.org 10 points 1 week ago

That's not even DOS I think. As far as I know Win 95 came up with this monstrosity in an attempt to circumvent the 8.3 character limitations present in older versions of DOS.