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Re:“Was isolated from 1999 to 2006 with a 486. Built my own ... by agumonkey on Sunday December 14, 2014 @07:18AM (#8748127)
Reminded me of the classic 'stuck in a room' reddit thread

http://www.reddit.com/comments/9x15g/programming_thought_exp...

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Re:“Was isolated from 1999 to 2006 with a 486. Built my own ... by orangecomputer on Thursday December 18, 2014 @09:58AM (#8767446)
I guess I've answered the threads question in a sense.

Though I wish I'd at least had a basic copy of Windows XP, and a good C++ compiler + some reference books.

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