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    Is Linux the new DOS

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      I don't think it was PBS I would have seen it.

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      • tonyshowoffT
        tonyshowoff @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said:

        I don't think it was PBS I would have seen it.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Chronicles

        Yeah, PBS

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
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          That's definitely the one. Must not have been syndicated where I grew up.

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          • tonyshowoffT
            tonyshowoff @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said:

            Must not have been syndicated where I grew up.

            Yeah, same here 😉

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              Bits & Bytes we had and it was epic. LOVE that show, even now.

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              • stacksofplatesS
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                So you linked this topic in another thread, and I just read through this. Did anyone else use HDM on DOS?

                0_1453484608178_hdm.png

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
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                  Not me, what did it do?

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                  • stacksofplatesS
                    stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    Not me, what did it do?

                    It was just a menu system. The left were pages and the right had the items you could run. You had to manually put everything in the menu, but then you could just hit the number that corresponded to your program.

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender
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                      I used something like that, but can't remember the name of it. I think it was built into DOS v6 or maybe one of the 5's

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                      • stacksofplatesS
                        stacksofplates
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                        I just remember running this on my 386 as a kid and playing Wolfenstein. Before that I had a Tandy 2000 with dual 5.25" floppy drives.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          I was already off of DOS by that era.

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                          • stacksofplatesS
                            stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            I was already off of DOS by that era.

                            I was 4 when I had the Tandy. 6 with the 386.

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                            • brianlittlejohnB
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                              The first computer I remember was my Dad's 286... The first one I had was a 486 with math coprocessor and 4MB of RAM (it was a hand me down)

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
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                                @johnhooks said:

                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                I was already off of DOS by that era.

                                I was 4 when I had the Tandy. 6 with the 386.

                                Whipper snapper.

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                                • stacksofplatesS
                                  stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  @johnhooks said:

                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  I was already off of DOS by that era.

                                  I was 4 when I had the Tandy. 6 with the 386.

                                  Whipper snapper.

                                  Haha, they were hand me downs from my dad. He had a side shop. He also did estimating for a paving company and managed their PDP-11.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    My dad, @SonshineAcres ran PDP-8 and PDP-11 as well!

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                                    • travisdh1T
                                      travisdh1 @stacksofplates
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                                      @johnhooks said:

                                      So you linked this topic in another thread, and I just read through this. Did anyone else use HDM on DOS?

                                      0_1453484608178_hdm.png

                                      In middle and high school we had something like that. It was a hand coded console graphics and batch programs that would run what you chose. You're taking me back. It might have originally been made on a program like that, but the students quickly learned how to customize it.

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