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I visited my parents this weekend and my Dad showed me these and asked if he still needs them.
[REQUEST] I Wonder If They Still Work?
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HFultzjr
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Grab an old computer and fire them up.
I wouldn't hook it up to the internet though!
I wouldn't hook it up to the internet though!
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I would donate them to a Computer Museum. 
glennd
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They get a place next to my copy of Microsoft Word For Windows version 1.0.I would donate them to a Computer Museum.
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Would you like a boxed copy of OfficeXP to stand alongside them?
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Is XP classified as 'Vintage' yet?
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I must admit, now that I think about it the fastest computer I've used Windows 3.11 on is a 486DX. I'm pretty sure it was the 33Mhz model. Damn, it feels like forever ago. I was 7 years old lol. I also had a touch screen 386 laptop with a monochrome display that ran 3.11.
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Win 3.11 and DOS 6.22 are lightning fast on Pentium class computers, now you need copys of Xtree Gold and Wordperfect to go with them
The last DOS computers I used in an office setting (up until about 2 years after Windows was released if I recall correctly) were damned fast. The biggest user complaint we had after moving to Windows units were that they seemed so SLOW.
About 5 years ago when the Portazip tape punch and reader at work finaly died of old age, I donated the remaining stock of paper tape to The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park.And Supercalc with the Silverado option
When you start to see computer stuff you have used in a museum then you are vintage
They were very grateful and my wife and I were given free tickets
The tape that I gave them was 8 hole, what they also need is the 5 hole stufff as that is what the Colossus uses.
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Anyone here tried MS-DOS 7.1?
MS-DOS 7.1 (CDU)
Originally 86-DOS, written by Tim Paterson of Seattle Computer Products, DOS was a rough clone of CP/M for 8086 based hardware. Microsoft purchased it and licensed it to IBM for use with Microsoft's IBM PC language products. In 1982, Microsoft began licensing DOS to other OEMs that ported it to...
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Can't remember if it was Office or Windows, in the mid to late 90s, installer was on (23) 3.5" floppies!
95 came on 13 floppys but it seemed like 39 as something would go wrong resulting in format and start again at least 3 times
Office 97 was on 45 or 55 (pro) floppies. Windows 95 has 2 versions (for floppies) 13 or 21 disks
I presume the different numbers of floppy were 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 ?Office 97 was on 45 or 55 (pro) floppies. Windows 95 has 2 versions (for floppies) 13 or 21 disks
I somehow skipped 8" and 5 1/4, going from Hollerith cards to 3 1/2
Nope, I think 3"1/2 only but many versions: Office pro & "home", Windows 95 full & upgrade...I presume the different numbers of floppy were 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 ?
I somehow skipped 8" and 5 1/4, going from Hollerith cards to 3 1/2
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