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Slack
11/05/08

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I miss winsock
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discounteggroll
11/05/08

@Slack: @Mio:

LOL, that gave me a good laugh
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strider_mt2k
11/05/08

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Wow.

It's like hearig about the dearth of an actor who you didn't know was alive to begin with.

R.I.P.

The deceased will be survived by DOS 6.2.2.

In Lieu of floppies please send donations to the Vista fund.
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OMG! Ponies!
11/05/08

@strider_mt2k: 6.2.2 sucked. It wasn't as bad as DOS 4 (worst OS of all-time) and was a step up from 6.0 and the short-lived 6.1.

Nothing beats DOS 5, an operating system so solid that it required no point upgrade.
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Mandatory_Field
11/05/08

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Firstly, yayy, thanks Gizmodo: I can now post comments from my iPhone when I should be working.

Secondly, anybody ever see how fast 3.1 would run on a much more modern system?like a 300MHz Pentium with huge memory? Like 32MB? Wow. Kinda like we'll be saying about Vista on a current machine in 5 years or so?
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Ubik2501
11/05/08

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"With as much dignity as he could muster, the Old Man gathered up the sad remains of his shattered Operating System. Later that night, alone in the backyard, he buried it next to the garage. Now I could never be sure, but I thought that I heard the sound of CANYON.MID being played. Gently."
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OMG! Ponies!
11/05/08

@Ubik2501: CANYON.MID. Oh my farking gosh.

Let me put up the stone wallpaper and revel in the sound from my Sound Blaster 16.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
11/05/08

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I still have a copy of it on the 500MB (yeah that has HUGE back then) hard drive from my first PC, which was the only item salvaged when that box bit the dust.

I wonder if it still boots...
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reddingofish
11/05/08

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I miss typing win every time I started my computer. It was like I had a choice. I thought one day I might be able to type OS2 or Unix or something on the same computer. Now all I get is a little picture to click on. Still, that sure is a cute puppy.
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OMG! Ponies!
11/05/08

@reddingofish: It's not a choice; it's an affirmation. The computer asks what you want to do.

WIN
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discounteggroll
11/05/08

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I thought the words "packard" and "bell" had been flushed from my memory for good. thanks a lot Mark
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OMG! Ponies!
11/05/08

@discounteggroll: Packard Bell used TabWorks.

Yes... I know what a Packard Bell runs. Not only am I a nerd; I'm an old nerd.
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OMG! Ponies!
11/05/08

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Windows is dead. Long live Windows.
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Curves
11/05/08

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Sheds a tear for the loss of my first windows. Like the 18 years of childhood, it went so fast.....
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
11/05/08

@Curves: With the former being a lot more enjoyable no doubt..
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OMG! Ponies!
11/05/08

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Those bastards are killing Progman! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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net_addict
11/05/08

@OMG! Ponies!:
U do know that progman is still available in XP, right? Just go to Run -> progman. I'm not sure about Vista...not gonna upgrade anytime soon.
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OMG! Ponies!
11/05/08

@net_addict: That Progman is a pretender. In my mind, the only real Progman is the one from Windows 3.11 for Offices.

I love you, Windows 3.11 on a DOS 5 install. I wrote you a poem:

Autoexec.bat

Command.com and config.sys

cd c:\windows
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Hyman Decent
11/05/08

@net_addict: WTF is progman? I just tried Run -> "progman" on my XP PC and nothing happened. Do you have to be logged in as an administrator?
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OMG! Ponies!
11/05/08

@Hyman Decent: PROGMAN.EXE was the file name for the Program Manager under Windows 3.x and NT 3.x.

You can find it at "C:\WINDOWS\system32\progman.exe"

That's right. I know how your hard drive is laid out. It's like I'm psychic.

I'm in ur komputer/expandin ur directory treez
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