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[–] thessnake03 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Back in the late 00's there was an older instrument computer that booted directly to DOS. I was the only one that knew what that was and how to launch our control software (from the large floppys). Everyone else needed to have windows to computer.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I had a similar experience with a diagnostic machine at my high schools auto shop. That thing had just been sitting around for like a decade before I figured out how to get it going for the teacher. I had been using dos since before I can remember to play games on my dad's PC. I didn't understand a ton of it because he just gave us a notebook with the commands to type to start the game but I think starting with it so young really helped wire my brain for using computers because when I came back to it when I was older everything just clicked.

[–] thessnake03 2 points 1 day ago

Oregon Trail and Maniac Mansion ftw!