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NOTHING compares to Windows 3.11->Windows 95
Yeah, I remember.
eta: For me, the first time I bought a modem and got on The Well was like that too. I was all, "My computer is now a communications device!"
Also, probably the last OS I've ever installed from floppies.
I never had Win 3.x. I had TI-994a and then Mac's, until I got a Win7 laptop super cheap. But I remember helping my fathers gf out with her computer problems (after years of Mac use, mind you) and get to the machine, expecting XP, and horrified to see it was Win3! It took a lot of head scratching to get started. I think it was "how do I do formatting in Word Perfect" or some such. On the Mac, it was easy. Click the icon for underline. Click the icon for center justify.... Oh crap, you don't have those.
I had Windows 3.0 running on an XT clone for a while. That was fun--it would take a few minutes just to print a simple Word doc.
Win 3.1 was the first version that would not run on an 8086/8088.
I think my biggest "Whoa!" was installing OS/2. I went from Windows 3.1 to that, I think? Do those dates work? Maybe it was an earlier version of Windows, but OS/2 was the fucking coolest-ass shit. Magic.
In fact, my current Android feels are a bit like the my OS/2 feels from two decades ago. I do hope this turns out much better.
I remember the greatest thing about Windows 95 was thinking: OMG! I don't have to fuck with memory handles anymore.
A group I work with has an SSL certificate from GoDaddy that's expiring next month. A renewed 2-year certificate from them would cost $126.
Anyone have any recommendations on getting a similarly (or cheaper) priced cert from a company whose CEO... I dunno... doesn't shoot elephants?
I remember moving from CPM.
After a decade of paste-up, my best computer moment was drawing a border. The prospect of not having border tape stuck to my arms, not having my right fingernail constantly sliced from cutting mitered corners and not having to deal with globs of Rapidograph ink was orgasmic.
What are the possible culprits if SHIFT+E intermittently doesn't work on my Windows 7 work machine? e works fine, as does CAP LOCK + E, but not just plain shifting. All other letters of the alphabet seem good shifted, and it's more than one application (Opera and Word so far).
Can you swap in a different keyboard and see if you still have the problem?
I'd have to disturb someone at work--it seems way too small an issue to call support on, but it is annoying, especially when you're not watching the screen as you type and find out afterwards.
But I'll see if one's around.