XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Ahhh, the good old days of managing startup files to try and free up memory.
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Do you ever get nostalgic for old software?
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diggmcbadass
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I was ready to call this thread stupid, but then I started watching the screen shots and all them feels man.
As a kid, Internet wasn't really a thing I had access to so most of my computer time was spent with random software found on CDs that my dad would get from a magazine. Anything that could be used for something creative, I spent hours with. I probably spent a lot more time messing around with random software as a kid than I ever did playing games.
As a kid, Internet wasn't really a thing I had access to so most of my computer time was spent with random software found on CDs that my dad would get from a magazine. Anything that could be used for something creative, I spent hours with. I probably spent a lot more time messing around with random software as a kid than I ever did playing games.
Bah, you scrub. Don't tell me you didn't have a play.bat sitting in your root directory? Play PAC *enter*.
...what about a custom boot menu so you could boot into a stripped down, memory maximised setup?
Come to think of it: Programs I don't miss at all - memmaker. And edlin.
What I'm missing - debug.com (or rather, its replacement d86.com ) and pkunzip. Also:
Nibbles.bas
Gorilla.bas
So many hours wasted.
Pankratous
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only MSN messenger
I really don't know why they got rid of this.
The latest version of MSN that I remember is significantly better than Skype is today, and Skype has been out for years.
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
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Yes, WinAMP might as well have been the OS for my first decent computer since it was the only thing I ever used it for.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I did the same thing, made a batch file that launched a menu giving you a bunch of choices, and after picking one it would swap out the proper autoexec/config files, rebooted the system, and launched your selected game. When you were done and had exited back to DOS, it would then restore the autoexec/config to whatever the "default" ones were for general computer use.
I kinda miss batch files. I know we have WSH and bash (etc) scripting, but it's just not the same...
Oh, also:
and its predecessor
So many hours wasted on trivial and not so trivial shit. Best time of my life.
But yeah, IRC was the shit back then. Probably still is.
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Oh, also:
and its predecessor
So many hours wasted on trivial and not so trivial shit. Best time of my life.
Th... That's not mIRC.
But yeah, IRC was the shit back then. Probably still is.
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mhi
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Yep; I was gonna post that one. It was called MSN Explorer.
Also if am not mistaken, Netscape was the first with tabs.
pinsomniac
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Disappointed that no one's posted this yet, if we're including games.
My friends and I primarily rely on IRC for communication even now. We're all old people I guess.
I still use mIRC. And I would probably also classify message boards as being primarily for old people now. All the hip kids are on reddit or whatever and I am incapable of understanding/navigating the format.
umop_3pisdn
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nope but mainly cause i look at this screen all day at work
Is this common inventory software? I used the exact same application in a previous job.
Message boards and IRC go hand-in-hand. All GAF mods are strongly encouraged to use IRC to communicate, too.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Is there a lot of /slap variations involved?
Zvonimir Boban
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pinsomniac
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Nah, IRC is alive & well with younger folks. It was just reskinned & rebranded as Slack.
oh yeah, that was the name. The few times I used it were on an "internet café" (remember those? Here in Chile we still have some, though we call them "cybercafé") while on vacation. My PC just had plain ol' MSN Messenger.
it was the only office suite I had for... a couple of years, and it was decent. We couldn't afford a legit MS Office, and couldn't download a pirated copy either. Saved my ass a couple of times but the feature selection was very limited.
Later I had popdos.
Mr_Appleby
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Deluxe Paint
I hate doing pixel art in photoshop, seriously thinking about running this under an emu, or indeed my old a500.
I hate doing pixel art in photoshop, seriously thinking about running this under an emu, or indeed my old a500.
I used that and Midnight Commander and Total Commander later. But I managed to migrate away from that style of file management eventually.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
terrisus
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The internet's greatest oxymoron.
MrCunningham
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Not long ago I booted up an old Win 98SE PC and it was like a nostalgia trip for me. Kind of funny to try and connect to the net using a version of Mozilla Suite that has been outdated since 2001 or load PaintShop Pro 7.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Maybe he preferred Pirch.
Zantetsuken
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The Oregon Trail and Incredible Machine I want to play again.
Vipershark
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Packard Bell Navigator.
It came on my first computer (which I still have) and I've been trying to get it to run on Windows 7 ever since. I know it's possible since Roadgeek did it and got footage of it but I've emailed him and even contacted him directly over Twitter but he ignores my questions about it.
I guess I'll just have to buy a copy of the original installation CD since I can't seem to find the necessary missing files online.
Man, I love the old skeumorphism interface designs that software developers were experimenting with as home PC's started entering the mainstream. I'd love to see something harken back to that approach but with some modern sensibilities applied.
It's not the most flexible or usable type of user interface, but damnit it's just plain cool and different.
It's not the most flexible or usable type of user interface, but damnit it's just plain cool and different.
blast processed
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Old Battle net
Ski Free
Heat.net I can't find the interface but used this service all the time.
AOL
Ski Free
Heat.net I can't find the interface but used this service all the time.
AOL
blast processed
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We had this as well. I remember the box of 5 inch floppies that came with it. The weather looked like something out of War Games.
I won't lie, I miss this sometimes. Maybe the simplicity or the naivety.
As the other guy said, I liked Pirch. Your IRC client of choice was a Big Deal (TM) back then.
(You couldn't even look at the screenshot?)
Vipershark
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Same here. A lot of them were out of place since there was no sort of standards whatsoever but I think they had some cool ideas and were a lot more interesting than the current flat design.
I'd like to see what could be done with it in a modern context.
Old Battle net
Man... what a huge step back Battle.net 2.0 was and continues to be. I get sad thinking about it.
Winamp was obviously the main player but in college I was all about dat Sonique. Such a terrible UI, in retrospect.
Hahaha, oh boy. I remember Sonique. Truly a 90's relic and a great example of over-reaching UI design.
A Fish Aficionado
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Kidspace/trauma game/dinosaur game
Packerd Bell stuff.
16 bit color.
Packerd Bell stuff.
16 bit color.
terrisus
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Agreed. "The Internet" and computers in general have been pretty boring this millennium as compared to before.
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