Hehe
It brings a tear to my eye....
@echo off
SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\
LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:123
LH C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE
DOSKEY
CLS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
FILES=30
STACKS=0,0
BUFFERS=20
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ANSI.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=C:\MTMCDAI.SYS /D:123
Originally posted by CrowleyOh Lord! I remember that. Still having to load DOSKEY. You were even worse off if you compressed your drive. I did that once.
Hehe
It brings a tear to my eye....
@echo off
SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\
LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:123
LH C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE
DOSKEY
CLS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
FILES=30
STACKS=0,0
BUFFERS=20
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ANSI.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=C:\MTMCDAI.SYS /D:123
Am I the only one who hates the Windows Program Files and My Documents directory setup? I still use 8 character directory names, all my games are loaded in c:\games, and my music, c:\audio, etc. I hate having to count the digits before the "~1". I think the XP "dos" shell allows you to type the full name, but really.
cd\win\profiles\garble~1\blabla~1\warble~1\gimme a break.
Originally posted by hopscotchHehe, DriveSpace and DoubleSpace?
Oh Lord! I remember that. Still having to load DOSKEY. You were even worse off if you compressed your drive. I did that once.
Am I the only one who hates the Windows Program Files and My Documents directory setup? I still use 8 character directory names, all my games are loaded in c:\games, and my music, c:\audio, etc. I hate having to count the digit ...[text shortened]... pe the full name, but really.
cd\win\profiles\garble~1\blabla~1\warble~1\gimme a break.
I lost data and had to format so many times, I can't even remember...
Remember MSBACKUP when you wanted to copy a game from a buddy. Bloody hell, I spent hours copying and restoring games using truckloads of stiffies...
Originally posted by hopscotchWhen you look back at all those 5" floppy discs, then the hard 3and something 'floppy disc's that were not floppy anymore but we still called them floppy (and stilll do) disc's, it really does make you wonder 'Was it all worth it?"
Oh Lord! I remember that. Still having to load DOSKEY. You were even worse off if you compressed your drive. I did that once.
Am I the only one who hates the Windows Program Files and My Documents directory setup? I still use 8 character directory names, all my games are loaded in c:\games, and my music, c:\audio, etc. I hate having to count the digit ...[text shortened]... pe the full name, but really.
cd\win\profiles\garble~1\blabla~1\warble~1\gimme a break.
Of course it was. The fact it took 25 disc's to load your programme and as somebody else has already pointed out that then one disc was corrupted, the fact you'd sat there for 26 hours straight and then couldn't get the blasted thing to work.....
As I said in my first posting, I was taking night classes to learn DOS, I worked with a guy who was better with DOS than I was, so we talked all day about "...is that a back slash or forward slash?"
This I read in a National Newspaper (not a comic) several years ago. This is how I remember the text so please don't quote me...
It was an intervier asking someone high up in computing.
Q What causes computers to crash?
A They don't. They sometimes stop that's all.
Q But isn't that the same thing?
A No.
Q So what causes these computers to, as you say 'stop?'
A You're twisting my words. I never said that they all stop. Some will that is what I am saying, when they are pushed too hard.
Q So are you saying we shouldn't use rely on computers too much?
A No.
And so it went on and on....
About 16 years ago I was plesantly surprised to meet this reporter who had this cutting and showed it to me. I was supposed to be decorating his hallway, but we spent a day and a half drinking Scotch (I hate the stuff but it's all he had. Couldn't let him drink on his own now....) and talking DOS, or as it is now referred CR*P.
On a different note I recently sold a book entitled DOS The Easy Way.
I didn't know there was an easy way? I flicked through it and gladly popped it in a padded large envelope and waved farewell....
These 'smileys' were made for DOS 😕😠😳🙁:'(😞🙄😲:'(🙂😠:'(🙁😴😴😴🙂😠😳🙁🙁
Just found this hidden somewhere dark and dusty.
10 reasons computers must be Males
10. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.
9. A better model is always just around the corner.
8. They look nice and shiny until you bring them home.
7. It is always necessary to have a backup.
6. They'll do whatever you say if you push the right buttons.
5. The best part of having either one is the games you can play.
4. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
3. The lights are on but nobody's home.
2. Big power surges knock them out for the night.
1. Size does matter.
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Wrong E-Mail
Mr. Steve Johnson, a businessman from Wisconsin, went on a business trip to Louisiana.
He immediately sent an e-mail back home to his wife, Jennifer. Unfortunately, he mistyped a letter, and the e-mail ended up going to a Mrs. Joan Johnson, the wife of a preacher who had just passed away. The preacher's wife took one look at the e-mail and promptly fainted.
When she was finally revived, she nervously pointed to the message, which read: "Arrived safely, but it sure is hot down here."
Originally posted by CrowleyYou missed off a line in your autoexec.bat file:
Hehe
It brings a tear to my eye....
@echo off
SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\
LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:123
LH C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE
DOSKEY
CLS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
FILES=30
STACKS=0,0
BUFFERS=20
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ANSI.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=C:\MTMCDAI.SYS /D:123
PROMPT $P$G
😉
Originally posted by TheSphinxFor pure word processing, Word on a DOS machine was leagues faster than anything possible in Windows until XP and machines running faster than 2.4 GhZ. While making so much more possible, simple tasks became slower in Windows. Only in the past six months have I been running a machine that runs Word as well as that old 1 MB box that I bought in 1989.
For anyone who came into computers when Windows were introduced, it cut the time of writing a letter by about 20 minutes.
I still miss the ease of editing a long series of endnotes in Word for DOS. The type of editing I was doing on that amber screen in 1992 still requires printing and checking by hand with the latest versions of Word.
I never enjoyed DOS, but I do also think bigger doesn't always mean better.
Powerpoint 97 was the best, most intuitive Microsoft Office program ever in my opinion. Later versions of the same are far harder to use because the program keeps trying to be 'helpful'. Word demonstrates the same problem at times. My favourtie example: it's 'helpfully' reformatted entire documents because it thinks it knows what a numbered paragraph should look like, and the undo button won't restore the original.
I also remember being rather disappointed with the quality of many PC games compared to the ZX Spectrum I used to have. Sure, the graphics were several degrees of magnitude better, but the gameplay was often lacking in comparison. I think programmers used to work really hard to achieve good results when they only had 48Kb to play with. They couldn't make it all whizz-bang, so they focused on other things. Nowadays, they get lazy because of all the extra space they have. Who really cares if the latest hit ships on 3 CDs instead of 2?
Around 1980, I started with a TRS-80 Model 1, level 2 from Radio Shack. It had four times as much ram memory as the original level 1, so that was 16K of ram.
It didn't have disks. All programs were on cassette tapes and had to be loaded from a cassette player. It took about five minutes to load a simple little game, and that was only after you managed to get the volume set just right!
The operating system was imbedded in the Z80 processor chip, and as far as I remember programs were written in either BASIC or ASSEMBLY language.
I don't miss those days at all!
Originally posted by mwmillerI don't miss cassette tapes! One game I had died after I accidentally pressed the record button for a split second along with play. It didn't go all the way down, but that one moment was enough to consign Spindizzy to the dustbin of gaming history. *sob!*
Around 1980, I started with a TRS-80 Model 1, level 2 from Radio Shack. It had four times as much ram memory as the original level 1, so that was 16K of ram.
It didn't have disks. All programs were on cassette tapes and had to be loaded from a cassette player. It took about five minutes to load a simple little game, and that was only after you mana ...[text shortened]... programs were written in either BASIC or ASSEMBLY language.
I don't miss those days at all!
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Originally posted by lauseyWell, technically it is the command shell that is simulated, not the actual Unix or Linux operating systems.
For example, pressing Tab to complete directory names to simulate Unix and Linux operating systems.
I once used windows95 for a month with no mouse as part of a bet with a coworker. Of course I spent most of my time in various telnet windows to our variety of servers; so it didn't bother me much. Had to learn about ctrl +esc (because i had no start button on my keyboard) and I still use that instead of the start button. Old habits die hard...
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Originally posted by Checkmate187I think my dad had the same one. The cassette drive was embedded in the (huge) keyboard?
My first computer was a Commodore 64 with a cassette drive. That's right, a cassette drive... I couldn't afford the disk drive, that came later.
I thought I was a big shot, first one of my friends to get a computer.
Good times.
We had a box with an external floppy drive.
I'm not sure - I was too young, so I can't remember what it was exactly now...
Originally posted by CrowleyI'll think you will find that was an Amstrad.
I think my dad had the same one. The cassette drive was embedded in the (huge) keyboard?
We had a box with an external floppy drive.
I'm not sure - I was too young, so I can't remember what it was exactly now...
The C64 cassette drive was seperate (cream coloured) and connected to the C64 body via a cable.