command prompt

[digitard]

This is my favorite 'Windows History' link...

http://members.fortunecity.com/pcmuseum/windows.htm

I remember seeing it back a few years ago at Insight and sorta amused by the timeline and things.

I mean 'Windows 1.0' was released in 85. Its been almost 20yrs.

[Bolter]

Im still trying to get my head around the fact that some folk don't know life without computers!

[MindJob]

It's amazing how far Operating Systems have come, and how quickly.

Could you imagine Mr. Joe Average PC User trying to install hardware without plug and play?

Open up a command prompt to the average user and all of a sudden you are a 'computer expert' LOL

[Muzikman]

Up until 2000/XP and UBS devices, I still perfered none plug and play devices where I got to change the jumpers for IRQs.

[brianlojeck]

I miss the days when you could make your computer run faster by switching the display to black and white.

when you quit windows (3.1) to do any real work.

but I'm glad I wasn't a professional back then. ;-)

as for a dos command, try

dir /s/a

that should show you a list of all the files on your drive.

[Mango]

Damn I feel OLD!

[brianlojeck]

remember when the best-practice to make your computer totally virus-proof was to always boot off of a write-protected floppy, and never put system files on your hard drive, and people accepted this as a really good idea? ;-)

when you had a different boot floppy for different uses, like a gaming one, a networked one, etc...?

when viruses did something funny before they screwed up your system? (like you got to watch roaches crawl around, or a russian soldier would flip you off before the system died)

I'm with mango... I feel so old...

[personman]

I can seriously remeber using dos in kindergarden.. lol

One thing I distinctly remember was there was a kid named demitri or something and I was like
"hm.. demitri... deltree?"

[gimp]

Muz, you bringing up 3.1 brougt back fond memories of Skifree and Wintris. Thank you.

Got me thinking. Does anyone know where I could find a copy of SkiFree and Chips Challenge that would work now? Those games were awesome! I've still got my old computers lying around but I don't feel like lugging the out and hooking them up.

[BobTheCow]

Got me thinking. Does anyone know where I could find a copy of SkiFree and Chips Challenge that would work now? Those games were awesome! I've still got my old computers lying around but I don't feel like lugging the out and hooking them up.

Ski.exe

[OysterBoy]

i am 14 years old.

Translation: is 13 years old.

[master_alexander]

Translation: is 13 years old.

what do you mean? i don't get it.

[personman]

He's trying to be funny.

[master_alexander]

He's trying to be funny.

oh. to let you know it's not working.
but dancing bannanas work....

....

[shatter_storm]

DOS is still current curriculum at my school, unfortunatly. Microcomputer Hardware 1 has you making boot floppies, installing CDROM drivers, editing autoexec.bat, loading himem.sys, connecting to a novell network, all sorts of boring and stupid stuff.