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Yes! Learning to edit config.sys and autoexec.bat (from a book) for games was probably the catalyst that pushed me into IT.
by discardedrefuse 3y ago
Yes! Learning to edit config.sys and autoexec.bat (from a book) for games was probably the catalyst that pushed me into IT.
- mark_undoio 3y agoI had a very tiring Christmas day (mostly tiring for my dad, though) putting together boot floppies for various games. Eventually I got really good at it - selecting what drivers were required and packing them efficiently into base and extended (I think that was it...) memory. Sometimes IIRC I'd swap boot disks around and discover extra features in games that only appeared with even more base memory.
- reneberlin 3y agoThat one brings back lovely memories! I totally forgot about that ...