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It was a simpler time (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 4 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Ugh, never. But installing the OS ... also ugh

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Windows 3.1 was only about 10 floppies with DOS being about four. But Office was about 40.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (3 children)

    I recall a Win95 installation involving on the order of 20 diskettes.

    I never purchased or manually installed MicroSlop Office prior to the advent of fully administrated local area networks, so from such specific pain I was spared

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I already had my first CD-ROM drive (so futuristic!) when 95 came out. But I did install Office on Win3.1 from floppies. Soon after that I switched to OpenOffice and haven't used commercial software (other than the Windows that came with the PC) ever since.

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