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Doing Windows, Part 1: MS-DOS and Its Discontents
Has any successful piece of software ever deserved its success less than the benighted, unloved exercise in minimalism that was MS-DOS? The program that started its life as a stopgap under the name of “The Quick and Dirty Operating System” at a tiny, long-forgotten hardware maker called Seattle Computer Products…
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Games & GraphicsHistory & Retro Computing2018
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2018 | Doing Windows, Part 1: MS-DOS and Its Discontents by danso | 129 | 117 |
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