WTF - now I feel old :(

[tone007]

Only, the kids asking these questions today probably have zero awareness (or interest) in anything pre-windows.

..and why should they? Chances are, none of it would do them any good.

I realized years ago much of the random information I learned playing with computers in the 80s and 90s is no longer useful.

It's a sad, sad world

Because technology marches on?

[tone007]

Sure, basic concepts can be applied, but specific things like "how much does a floppy disk hold" or "how do I free up more conventional memory in DOS" and "what's the IRQ for COM1" for the most part don't come up anymore.

[tone007]

I had one of these:


that needed code punched in via those switches as you described above.

Later of course they made floppy interfaces and boot roms.

[tone007]

They liked to turn off the computers occasionally.