And it ran in 128K RAM, and took up 200 KB of space.
Does anybody out there have their own favorite programs, lost in the mists of time and to Bill Gates' monopolistic greed?
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In digging through our garage, I recently came across a DOS-based word processor from the late 1980s called My Word!. It was a Wordstar-style program, which meant you could do almost anything by hitting CTRL and entering two-key commands. No, it wasn't WYSYWIG, but it could merge drives and perform operations that would force Word to access Excel.
And it ran in 128K RAM, and took up 200 KB of space.
Does anybody out there have their own favorite programs, lost in the mists of time and to Bill Gates' monopolistic greed?
And it ran in 128K RAM, and took up 200 KB of space.
Does anybody out there have their own favorite programs, lost in the mists of time and to Bill Gates' monopolistic greed?
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There was a great multitasking program, called Desqview, in DOS. He could not only multitask DOS programs, but Windows 3.0, as well. I liked it best because you could assign a program to run in a given window, and ALT+number that window to the front. Thing was fast, featured resizable fonts and screens--and ran on a couple of MB of memory.
I liked it best because you could assign a program to run in a given window, and ALT+number that window to the front. Thing was fast, featured resizable fonts and screens--and ran on a couple of MB of memory.To the Righteous belong the fruits of violent victory. The rest of us will have to settle for warm friends, warm lovers, and a wink from a quietly supportive universe.
LOLOriginally posted by Aegis:
<STRONG>I remember back when WordPerfect was used. God, that bright blue screen really got to me after awhile...
I can relate. I'm clinically blind thanks to that damn program. 
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
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I admit to being a Wordstar man back then, myself. My wife says that when nurses were filling out reports at the end of shift, all you could hear down the corridors was, "What's the command for backing up to the top of a file?" Altogether: "CTRL+QR!"
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X-tree gold!
And Bubble Bobble for an old classic game
And Bubble Bobble for an old classic game
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Oh, that was a classic! So was PC Tools. And then there was PC-Qwik, a really neat caching program.Originally posted by Vehemence:
<STRONG>X-tree gold!
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You know, I still use something at the DOS level called RCDScan. It makes a copy of the names of all your directories. Then you only need to type "to ***" with even a partially completed directory, and you're moved there. If there are multiple directories with those letters, it gives you a list to choose from. I wish Windows Explorer was that intuitive.
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Classic stuff, hours of entertainment!Originally posted by Aegis:
<STRONG>I loved Bubble Bobble! That was like the greatest game!
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Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter. Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.
Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter. Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.
Ah Bubble Bobble. They just don’t make games that wonderfully f*cked up any more. None of these modern games have any bubble blowing dinosaurs that turn monsters (like flying purple whales) into candy so can escape to the next floor of a 100 level maze. How can today’s children learn the true magic of life, love, friendship and happiness?
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
We're talking NES (that's Nintendo Entertainment System for the layman). It predates most PCs (though I have fond memories of the Apple 2e I had at that time).
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Actually, I was refering to the PC version of bubble bobble. I never had A NES... but had a Sega Mega DriveOriginally posted by Kayless:
<STRONG>We're talking NES (that's Nintendo Entertainment System for the layman). It predates most PCs (though I have fond memories of the Apple 2e I had at that time).</STRONG>
Way back though, I had a Caleco Vision
Man they were cool Use to play games like "Looping" and "Zaxxon" Cartoon Law III
Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter. Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.
Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter. Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.
Hehehe man I loved our old Caleco Vision. I was playing Donkey Kong when I was just a tyke.Originally posted by Vehemence:
<STRONG>Way back though, I had a Caleco Vision
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Cool! I remember that one. Remember Ladybug? Pacman?Originally posted by Kayless:
<STRONG>Hehehe man I loved our old Caleco Vision. I was playing Donkey Kong when I was just a tyke.
Some classics Cartoon Law III
Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter. Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.
Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter. Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.