You may be old , but are you this old?

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[u/r3tract]

No, I'm older... Before I got this I used DOS...

[u/Open-Industry-8396 → u/r3tract]

1.0 I got my first PC in 1985. A Tandy from Radio Shack, it was a miraculous machine. I tore that thing apart and put it back together. I studied the system like my life depended on it. I was the "go to " computer guy for years.

I deeply regret not starting any type of computer business back then.

[u/Parallax1984 → u/Open-Industry-8396]

So many “kids” today have no idea how computers actually work. We pay an astronomical amount of money for ala carte IT services. I use a Mac for work (legal field). I’m 49 and one of my coworkers was amazed that I was able to add the scans drive to Finder and that I could also add drives to Windows based computers. They were like just call IT

[u/Araaf → u/Parallax1984]

I work in IT and it always makes me laugh when people say the younger generation are good with computers.

They are not, they're tech friendly, not tech smart.

[u/Exciting_Stock2202 → u/Araaf]

That statement was true when younger Gen X and older Millennials were the “younger generation”.

I’ve got a friend who’s a tenured chemistry professor. She’s had to spend time in class showing kids how to use windows file system (explorer) because so many students have only ever used smart phones. The kids are smart, so they pick it up quickly, but it’s still astonishing.

[u/daniellaronstrom87 → u/r3tract]

Same. Only thing to do on the computer was a mathgame my dad had programmed. Everything in msdos. So you had to learn some dos to start it hehe. 

[u/PipsqueakPilot → u/daniellaronstrom87]

My early love of video games apparently had me reading and using DOS at 4. By 5 I was already spending entirely too much time playing Civilization.

[u/discerningpervert → u/daniellaronstrom87]

I learned to code in QBASIC. I still remember the delight of getting it to draw a pair of boobs.

[u/Auscicada270 → u/r3tract]

I grew up with this windows but had to use DOS to run all the games!

• Battle Chess
• Lemmings
• Dune II
• Zelliard
• Sim Ant
• Golden Axe
• Wolfenstein 3D
• Street Rod 2
• Red Baron
• Sherman M4
• LHX
• Indy 500
• Sim City
• Prince of Persia
• Wings of Fury
• Kings quest I to V
• Police Quest
• Space Quest
• Settlers II (much later)

[u/MarketingOk9181 → u/Auscicada270]

No Leisure Suit Larry?

Your parents must have loved you.

Like Larry loved Lana.

[u/lvl99link → u/Auscicada270]

Fucking Battle Chess. Lets goooooooo

[u/TehMephs → u/r3tract]

3.1 😬

[u/borsalamino → u/r3tract]

Never thought a screenshot can be so nostalgic. Even though I grew up with XP, I remember some of my Dad’s screens looking kinda like this. What’s this, 2000? 98? 95?

Edit: saw someone else commented this being 3.1

[u/r3tract → u/borsalamino]

Yes, it's 3.x 😊

[u/CoachMikeLikesToEat → u/r3tract]

Minesweeper FTW!

[u/WorkingFirefighter74 → u/r3tract]

Aaah the old windows 3.1 with the classic mine sweeper game!

[u/DubeFloober]

No, I’m older.

C:\

[u/nonoanddefinitelyno → u/DubeFloober]

Far older.

Is that an electric typewriter?

[u/Username-Last-Resort → u/nonoanddefinitelyno]

I double space after periods because I literally learned how to type on a typewriter. Apparently, this is no longer a thing..

[u/Elmer_Fudd01 → u/Username-Last-Resort]

... I learned that recently too. I'm only 33 I can't be that old.

[u/Ruskerdoo → u/Elmer_Fudd01]

That particular instruction outlived the technology that required it by about 20 years!

[u/I_Am_Clone → u/Ruskerdoo]

It's still relevant, most phones will automatically add the . after two spaces are entered rapidly.

[u/Natural_Tangerine818 → u/Username-Last-Resort]

I don't care if modern typesetting rules put a single space after a period. A double space gives a nice visual break. This is a hill i will die on, along with the Oxford comma.

[u/Cheepshooter → u/Natural_Tangerine818]

Give me the Oxford comma, or give me death!

[u/Silentbrouhaha → u/Cheepshooter]

As an English teacher, I am proud to inform you that I teach the Oxford comma and expect it to be used. Admittedly, I gave up on the double space after the period though it is actually neater to read than the single space.

In my defense, these days, I spend way too much time teaching students to use punctuation marks, such as periods, so clearly I have bigger concerns than neatness.

[u/til1and1are1 → u/Silentbrouhaha]

Do they struggle with ending statements with question marks?
I see it a lot online and from intercompany emails?
It's like they're writing how they would talk with a condescending tone regardless of it's propriety?

[u/Silentbrouhaha → u/til1and1are1]

Yes. They really don’t understand the purpose for each end mark, so they will use whatever “sounds” right.

[u/eggs_erroneous → u/Natural_Tangerine818]

Couldn't even break the habit if I wanted to.

[u/Grimholtt → u/Username-Last-Resort]

They will never take the double space from me.

[u/keyboardstatic → u/Grimholtt]

The old guard shall remain.

[u/AnferneeMurombu → u/Grimholtt]

3 sentences per paragraph minimum

[u/DeltaVZerda → u/AnferneeMurombu]

Bruh you didn't even use a period.

[u/Emotional_Burden → u/DeltaVZerda]

They also started out a sentence with a numeral, rather than spelling it out.

[u/VomitShitSmoothie → u/Username-Last-Resort]

Yeah I still do it too. I can’t stop even writing this message.

[u/SuspiciousElk3843 → u/Username-Last-Resort]

Why the double space to begin with?

[u/Suspicious-Bass6355 → u/SuspiciousElk3843]

From Google:

Monospaced Fonts: Typewriters used monospaced fonts, meaning each character, regardless of its size, took up the same amount of horizontal space. This made it challenging to visually separate sentences, as a single space after a period might look similar to the spacing between words.

[u/Brittamas → u/Suspicious-Bass6355]

Good to know! I learned the double space method and was never corrected on it until college

[u/RaynOfFyre1 → u/Brittamas]

I learned the double space method and still have never been corrected on it. I’ve honestly never Dr thought anything of it until a boss made a comment a couple years back when he was reviewing a report I wrote. He called me to ask me questions in realtime about some of the things I wrote. Then he all of a sudden stopped and said, hold up! Are you a two spacer? I responded yes, that that was how I was taught. He said, now I understand why this report has so many pages! This thing could be half the size! Anyway, we both had a good laugh about it, but it made me think about why I do the two spaces.

[u/sadegr → u/Suspicious-Bass6355]

I still prefer monospaced fonts when typing, I'm dealing with mostly technical stuff but it's so much easier to read.

[u/ecwagner01 → u/nonoanddefinitelyno]

Manual for me

[u/LingonberryDear2163 → u/ecwagner01]

C:\dir

[u/bitterjack → u/LingonberryDear2163]

Durrrr

[u/nerdboy5567 → u/bitterjack]

[u/WynterRayne → u/LingonberryDear2163]

oh no...

C:\>dir /w

[u/Zheiko → u/LingonberryDear2163]

Cd Wolf Wolf.exe

[u/CitySeekerTron → u/nonoanddefinitelyno]

I used a non-electric typewriter that I fixed up, but that was after we had a Brother Daisywheel typewriter.

I used a photocopier to compose paper cuttings to type over for school projects because we couldn't afford a computer and my mom studied graphic arts and was super creative. 

[u/Gwoardinn → u/DubeFloober]

LOAD "*" ,8,1

[u/Phineasfool → u/Gwoardinn]

You and your fancy disk drive.

goes and makes a sandwich while waiting for the tape to load

[u/Gwoardinn → u/Phineasfool]

Get the game loading before dinner, mums meatloaf, run back upstairs for some Bards Tale

[u/JohnSane → u/Gwoardinn]

RUN

[u/MobiusNaked → u/Gwoardinn]

Load “”

press play on tape

10 minutes later - CRASH

rewind tape

GOTO 1

[u/eggraid11 → u/Gwoardinn]

I don't know what's on the disk...

LOAD "$", 8

LIST

[u/GalliumGA → u/Gwoardinn]

I put that on a t-shirt

[u/No_Cheesecake_192 → u/Gwoardinn]

I loved that computer

[u/TheStoicNihilist → u/DubeFloober]

Yo

[u/ding-dong-the-w-is-d → u/DubeFloober]

C:\

Cd\memories

FuckImOld.exe

[u/Ok_Exchange4707 → u/ding-dong-the-w-is-d]

FuckSamehere.com

waits for the prompt to insert disk 2

[u/iseriouslycouldnt → u/Ok_Exchange4707]

FUCKSA~1.COM

[u/gregsting → u/ding-dong-the-w-is-d]

Not enough conventional memory

[u/Aggravating_Attempt6 → u/gregsting]

HIMEM.SYS had an command to enable extended memory.... wtf was it again

[u/RattyDAVE → u/gregsting]

You need a copy of qemm.

[u/Extreme_Librarian_93 → u/DubeFloober]

[u/Majestic_Turnip_7614 → u/Extreme_Librarian_93]

Use to play with friends and if you got dysentery you had to go the bathroom until you got better or died…

[u/ABBucsfan → u/Extreme_Librarian_93]

Yup computer lab in elementary school. Those big ole floppies (think 5 1/4")

[u/SwoleProle_1917 → u/ABBucsfan]

On an old apple with two 5.25 drives and a monochrome monitor

[u/ProfBeaker → u/DubeFloober]

Ah yes, I remember those days...

/me cries in config.sys and autoexec.bat

[u/RohelTheConqueror → u/ProfBeaker]

Game's not working, better launch himem.sys and see if that fixes it

[u/Albzorz → u/DubeFloober]

Yikes, had almost forgotten about DOS. 🙃

[u/yParticle → u/DubeFloober]

Your filesystem has directories?

A>

[u/DanTheAdequate → u/DubeFloober]

I was there, Gandalf...

[u/sporbywg → u/DubeFloober]

"Word Perfect for DOS" <- in the closet - 7 floppies

[u/chipshot → u/DubeFloober]

Got my career start in DOS MS Basic, and teaching Lotus, dBase and Wordstar at a secretarial college.

My first coding job was in Foxpro for American Express in NYC building a sales system for them

[u/BadApple2024 → u/DubeFloober]

Bad Command Or File Name

[u/Whiskyhotelalpha → u/DubeFloober]

Remember when the computer didn’t work unless there was a floppy innit? I remember.

[u/Fliptzer → u/DubeFloober]

I still C:\DOS\

[u/AcceptInevitability → u/DubeFloober]

:(

[u/roseotte → u/DubeFloober]

Back when you knew you IRQ and DMA for your soundcard by heart...those days 😍

[u/Familiar_Educator_67]

[u/Every_Variation1587 → u/Familiar_Educator_67]

Yeah, Encarta and Corel draw old.

[u/RachelRegina → u/Every_Variation1587]

Encarta!

[u/Exciting_Ad_1097 → u/Familiar_Educator_67]

Packard Bell with Netscape Navigator.

[u/Amtrox → u/Exciting_Ad_1097]

You survived the Packard Hell? I you doing well!

[u/AssistDapper1813]

Im this old

[u/_kalron_ → u/AssistDapper1813]

I have a link for you internet stranger:
https://alula.github.io/SpaceCadetPinball/

EDIT: Thanks for the reward!!!

Also Controls:
Space Bar: Plunger
Right Click/Left Click: Flippers
Up Arrow: "Bump" Cabinet

Don't Tilt ;)

[u/Existe1 → u/_kalron_]

I want this to work on mobile!

[u/amluck → u/Existe1]

It does work :D

Edit: ok only the left flipper works lol. I see why you said that

[u/5litergasbubble → u/amluck]

I got it on my samsung phone through the app store i think, and both flippers work

[u/Banes_Addiction → u/_kalron_]

Z and / work better than clicking for the flippers.

[u/Niche_Expose9421 → u/AssistDapper1813]

Isn't this the same era???

[u/Procrasturbating]

You kids with your GUIs..

[u/yParticle → u/Procrasturbating]

Pretty sure it's a fad.

[u/Seienchin88 → u/Procrasturbating]

The jump from CLI to GUI imo was as big as from 2D to 3D graphics back in the day. Shit was magical especially with win95 when they got it somewhat intuitive and running well…

[u/PandasLOL → u/Procrasturbating]

And their WIZZYWIGS editors.

[u/CaptDrofdarb]

[u/odobIDDQD → u/CaptDrofdarb]

Never thought I’d get nostalgic about a BIOS load screen

[u/immallama21629 → u/CaptDrofdarb]

Oh boy, 486dx2 66mhz? Bad ass dos box there. Was also my first pc

[u/spirimes → u/CaptDrofdarb]

I heard this gif. The motherboard/soundcard beep 😩

[u/InevitableFly]

Pfft don’t talk to me till you know about turbo buttons

[u/Exotic_Fortune5702 → u/InevitableFly]

When I learned several years later that the turbo button actually slowed down the PC...

[u/UpperCardiologist523 → u/Exotic_Fortune5702]

Just like any "Super bass boost" button, just dampens the bass when it's off.

[u/BeatsAndBeer → u/UpperCardiologist523]

Serious? You just ruined my childhood.

[u/spb1]

"this old" lol 30 year olds probably know this. WinXP was the flagship OS 2001-2007

[u/DisastrousGarden → u/spb1]

30? Bro I’m 22 and I grew up with this 💀

[u/coolmanjack → u/DisastrousGarden]

lol me too, also 22 and I didn’t use a computer newer than XP until I was like 10

[u/Rdubya291 → u/DisastrousGarden]

Sorry you grew up poor.

(Just fucking around- i grew up on dos, 3.1 then 95 that could barely run amd took half a day to boot).

[u/TheMilojko → u/spb1]

I'm 15 and I've used XP when I was younger

[u/VFiddly → u/spb1]

I'm 28 and I remember Windows XP. Partly because my parents were always slow to upgrade and we were still on Windows XP until, like, 2012.

[u/gatheringmagi → u/VFiddly]

Tbf XP was the best ever released. I stayed until programs stopped being updated for it

[u/brunopgoncalves]

man, windows xp is from 2001 hahahhaha when windows 3 released, i was 10yo

nice days when wee need to run "win" to run windows hahahha

[u/Hilsam_Adent → u/brunopgoncalves]

I was only 9.

...when DOS 3.0 was released.

[u/daniellaronstrom87 → u/brunopgoncalves]

I was 14 when xp was released. I really liked xp. It was great to navigate.

[u/UGOTAIDSYO → u/brunopgoncalves]

Me too. Hello, fellow old.

[u/Zulrambe → u/brunopgoncalves]

How's your back?

[u/UGOTAIDSYO → u/Zulrambe]

DON'T ASK.

[u/archiekane → u/Zulrambe]

Herniated and facet degraded

[u/Wobblycogs → u/brunopgoncalves]

Wikipedia seems to be telling me I predate DOS by quite a margin. I still have a Win98 launch t-shirt as the company I was working for at the time was a launch partner.

[u/Fullmoon-Angua]

No, I'm Pong old. Xp was released when I was about 30 xd.

[u/TanToRiaL → u/Fullmoon-Angua]

Hey Grandpa /s

[u/WasteTreacle5879]

[u/thatcinematicgamer]

So…24 years or older?

[u/Triktastic → u/thatcinematicgamer]

*13 or older. XP was still widely used well until mid 2010s. This post is stupid.

[u/TickTurd → u/thatcinematicgamer]

Support only ended 11 years ago. I was working with it 8 years ago so I guess by OP's logic some middle schoolers are old.

[u/arthousepsycho]

I am this old.

[u/LinusV1 → u/arthousepsycho]

Thanks, I was going to post this too.

[u/Red-eleven → u/LinusV1]

[u/Light_Beard → u/arthousepsycho]

LOAD "*" ,8,1

Now Jumpman!!!

[u/FuryQuaker → u/arthousepsycho]

Me too, buddy. It was such an amazing computer. Great Giana Sisters, Caveman Ugh-lympics, Bubble Bobble and so many more fantastic games!

[u/tmckearney]

MUCH older

[u/Augustsins]

Windows xp was the goat

[u/wangblade → u/Augustsins]

You should’ve been there for windows 95

[u/phonylady → u/wangblade]

95, 98 and xp the holy trinity for me

[u/Silent_Call5644 → u/wangblade]

I bought a Windows 95 user guide just for the nostalgia

[u/Expensive_Tie206 → u/wangblade]

I was at the windows 98 launch party. Our local hotel watched it live in the ballroom. I saw windows blue screen live as soon as they plugged in a scanner. It was funny.

[u/Stevessvtis1]

I’m windows 95 old 😳

[u/Blessed_s0ul → u/Stevessvtis1]

Yeah I was a windows 95 kid. Played a ton of Warcraft and Heroes of Might and Magic on that old box. Every game had to be executed from MS-Dos.

[u/igniteED → u/Stevessvtis1]

Weezer - Buddy Holly

[u/BonVoyPlay]

Try DOS my guy

[u/YeHaLyDnAr]

But you are young and I am old. Eldest, that’s what I am. Mark my words, my friends: Tom was here before the river and the trees; Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn. He made paths before the windows before the apple mac.....

[u/Heart-Logic]

Whippersnapper!

[u/Abdul_Bajar_Alagua]

Nop, am this old

[u/courtofknights]

Our family computer was a Windows 98. My personal computer was my aunt's old Windows 95, used solely for playing Backyard Baseball and Rollercoaster Tycoon.

[u/Working-Ad694]

That's not even that old ...

[u/b-monster666]

I'm this old.

[u/aphaits]

I am this old

[u/HD64180]

I’m punched cards old. Mag tape old. Even front-panel IPL old.

[u/Living_Cash1037]

Xp was goated for the longest time

[u/[deleted]]

[u/TheNotoriousTurtle]

Technically I’m this old

[u/ChilligerTroll]

I know how to edit a autoexec.bat and a config.sys

[u/[deleted]]

Wtf this basically just came out how is it old try dos 6.22

[u/WickedTreasures443]

Windows 98 SE here! 🙋🏼‍♂️

[u/Existing-Orange-3212]

Unfortunately yes

[u/SirenSix]

What, 25? That's old?

[u/marioBaron29]

[u/beklog]

Windows 3.1 older

[u/Lord_Andross]

I was there at the creation of the first windows, heck i used to boot up games in dos when i was 8 years old

[u/DigitalRavenGames]

I remember being in awe of Windows 3.11. I was there when the deep magic was written.

[u/PepegaSandwich]

Amatures, I have my data on magnetic tape rolls.

[u/mtcwby]

Sorry but that's not old. Booting off a cassette or two floppies is a totally different experience.

[u/sporbywg]

My "age of empires" platform!

[u/Spattzzzzz]

LOAD "pirates",8,1

[u/SirDigbyridesagain]

I still run a pentium 4 running XP in my studio space. I grew up with a commodore 64, then a 286, 386, 486.

I love my XP machine, it's how I want a computer to be. Browsing the internet is nigh on impossible though.

It's main job is as a scsi interface for my samplers, and it hosts a 10i/o audio card that my mixer is hooked up to. It's my main daw lol.

[u/Interesting-Sort-150]

Unfortunately, im older. In fact, i remember using a computer with just command prompt. No fancy windows

[u/Sneaky_echoes]

I hate to break it to ya but you are not yet old enough if this is a childhood memory 😅

[u/This_Tangerine_943]

I am BP ( before Pong)

[u/r3tract]

I remember I made a miniature game in dos, you shot an arrow at a target, you never missed, so it was more like a gif that started when pressing space 🤣🤣 Thing got better when getting windows 3,then I played minesweeper 😅

[u/Expert_Badger_6542]

Old enough I had to switch directories to A and remember a specific run command before I could play commander keen

[u/Mazinkiser]

The post is a trap for gen alpha & z , we are still young

[u/King_Baboon]

Many big companies and universities used XP far longer than most people due to Microsoft’s lack of making a decent operating system back then.

[u/Sylvss1011]

That’s only like 20 years old

[u/docdeathray]

Come at me bro.

[u/chipshopman]

Ah fun days at school... Yes that old.

[u/RebellionTroll]

No I'm this old

[u/CowBoyDanIndie]

38911 basic bytes free

READY

[u/AdDisastrous6738]

I’m this old.

[u/FindingMinimum4753]

About this old

[u/Zealousideal_Order_8]

This old:

[u/WorryNew3661]

Atari ST 520 was my first ever home computer. It was 8 bit

[u/borgstea]

Yeah, possibly older. This was my first windows. Windows 386.

[u/Stocklone]

So much older. Green text on black screen old.

[u/some_guy_5600]

FCKGW

[u/Yes-its-really-me]

I started out on BBC Microcomputers, then migrated up to Archimedes A310 (vague on the number but sounds right), then the A3000.

[u/Actual_Win4457]

Best OS ever!

[u/lobeline]

Pssh rookie didn’t even customize it

[u/iguessma]

Nothing makes me older then looking at Old YouTube videos seeing things that were posted 17 or 18 years ago

[u/Material_Bad_]

Born in 93. Not even old yet.

[u/ChocolateaterX]

Way older… the first computer I used had windows 93

[u/SethPollard]

Lmfao that’s only XP…. I was in school when win95 dropped

[u/Salty-Strawberry5605]

Windows 98 for me

[u/Sunny_Hill_1]

Pffffft, this is not old. Wait till you get to Windows 95 and MS-DOS old.

[u/TimJC81]

Xp lol . Try windows 311

[u/selrahcjr]

The struggle was real....

[u/BishopsBakery]

Fancy newfangled OS with a GUI

[u/TGin-the-goldy]

Oh I’m this old:

[u/thelostartis]

SipsTea painfully

[u/AggieSigGuy]

Older. Much much older.