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Old March 3, 2011, 03:53 PM
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I came across this today on Engadget, kind of amusing for those of us that remember back that far.

Charting the upgrade path from DOS 5.0 to Windows 7 (video) -- Engadget
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Old March 3, 2011, 04:02 PM
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I still use MS-DOS 3.31, and 5.0 and 6.22... man we still support some old crap at work...
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Old March 3, 2011, 04:05 PM
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AS400 where I work...
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Old March 3, 2011, 04:09 PM
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Ha ha I dont miss that pink.

Interesting that some of the icons ported over into 7.
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Old March 3, 2011, 04:19 PM
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AS400 where I work...
Our sales guys still occassional push something out the door that uses Zilog Z80 tech...
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Heh.... I'd almost forgotten the horror that was attempting to install the proper CDRom drivers....

Did anybody actually play DoomII?

Dos 6.22 (upgrade) was the last OS I'd purchased prior to taking the XP plunge.
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AS400 where I work...
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Our sales guys still occassional push something out the door that uses Zilog Z80 tech...
As long as it's not a calculator or something I find that awesome
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As long as it's not a calculator or something I find that awesome
I use one for a clock in my living room
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