At that time I was developing on a 286 -- Linux was still far in my future. But all my friends had pirated copies of every development tool. I don't know how

At that time I was developing on a 286 -- Linux was still far in my future. But all my friends had pirated copies of every development tool. I don't know how we even got it all. We were lucky to be adjacent to a larger city and therefore have closer access to files and information.