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[–] 17 points 23 hours ago (1 child)

I had to install PC-DOS because Windows didn't exist.

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  • [–] 2 points 18 hours ago

    On my family's 386, it booted into DOS, which I wasn't literate enough to figure out at the time, but I knew how to load MS DOS Shell, which was a text-based file GUI I could navigate to launch DOS programs, or I could run Windows 3.1 to play Castle of the Winds. (And I was aware Windows has other purely theoretical uses. It was only necessary for Castle of the Winds.)

    I remember when my aunt got us a 320MB hard drive loaded with shareware games. That was life changing.

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