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Re:The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 by mysterydip on Friday September 28, 2018 @09:18PM (#18098184)
The worst for me was when you needed an extra 10KB to run a game after removing everything else and it was either no sound or no game
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Re:The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 by jaredsohn on Friday September 28, 2018 @09:37PM (#18098254)
Did you install qemm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QEMM) and use loadhi to try to move software into 'high memory' (where that would only work for some programs)?

I spent so many hours of my youth messing with that :) and this is one of those things where built up experience became completely irrelevant over time.

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Re:The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 by hnzix on Friday September 28, 2018 @11:35PM (#18098585)
The debugging and problem solving skills will stay with you for life.
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Re:The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 by teddyh on Saturday September 29, 2018 @08:40AM (#18100019)
I think it’s actually the required persistence and tenacity which are the more valuable aquired traits.
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Re:The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 by NegativeLatency on Friday September 28, 2018 @09:25PM (#18098206)
One time I accidentally uninstalled the cd rom drivers while trying to clear enough space to play some Star Trek game.
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