8" floppy project

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Mon Aug 9 12:40:23 CDT 2004


On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Vassilis Prevelakis wrote:

> Of course, I wouldn't use such a system for any real work :-) I am amazed
> that people actually did so.

Well, I think the fact that you could use it for real work should say
something.  Sure, it was crap, but then along came Windows and it made DOS
look good.  In fact, I'm convinced that Windows was a ploy by Microsoft to
get everyone to be more fond of DOS and increase its sales.

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