Archives: Computer Freedom

Windows 95

A “New” Windows for 1995

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Windows 3.0 3.1 and 3.11

Still running on DOS.

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Discovering Windows

Good old Windows 3.0

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DOS tweaking and networking

DOS tweaking and networking

DOS tweaking and networking

0:13:30

DOS could be tweaked a lot! BAT files, networking, and printing.

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BBS systems and FidoNet

Another first email via computer (not the internet) via FidoNet.

Gameland BBS

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DOS, Flight Sim, Iceland and Bootlegging

DOS, Flight Sim, Iceland and Bootlegging

DOS, Flight Sim, Iceland and Bootlegging

0:11:44

Playing Flight Sim on DOS. Bootlegging in Iceland.

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TRS-80 Model III (I think)

TRS-80 Model III (I think)

TRS-80 Model III (I think)

0:08:01

Ever herd of RS-dos or TRS-dos? I used it!

Packet Radio and the VT52 Terminal

Packet Radio and the VT52 Terminal

Packet Radio and the VT52 Terminal

0:12:25

This is when I was “networking” via radio. I got to experience Email, Text Messages, and Chat before they existed in real life, all because of a dumb terminal I picked up at a ham fest.

Commodore 64

First “REAL” computer. Sort of.

Commodore Vic-20

With 20 whole KB of ram we could play games on it

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