Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'

In a similar, but completely unrelated story, I have an un-opened can of J.R. (Ewing) beer from the "Dallas" TV show from the 1970's. "If you have to ask how much it cost, you probably can't afford it" Maybe one day our paths will cross and we can pop-the-top on our old beer cans. Everything

Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Brad H wrote: > > > I would call Win 95 a high point also. I lived near Toronto at the time > and remember the unfurling of a huge Win 95 banner down one side. There > were events everywhere. MS was really at their zenith.

Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'

On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 10:42:30AM +0100, Peter Coghlan wrote: > > > > hey! the start it up > > song sold me! > > it sure was a production eh? > > > > At the time, I wondered about the wisdom of using a song containing lines > like: > > "You make a grown man cry" > > to market a product

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> > hey! the start it up > song sold me! > it sure was a production eh? > At the time, I wondered about the wisdom of using a song containing lines like: "You make a grown man cry" to market a product to the masses. It appears I may have been overthinking it. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

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> Win95 for those running NT 3.51 was something of a low point. Compared > to the latter, 95 was a cranky, bug-ridden system that was burdened by > 8.3 file names, limited disk size, etc. I remember BSOD after BSOD when > my NT system ran just fine. By the next year, when NT 4.0 came out, >

Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'

I remember BSOD after BSOD when Well, Windoze 3.00 was swamped with UAE ("Unexpected Application Error") One of the design goals of 3.10 was to "eliminate UAEs". Not as hard as it sounds! By 3.10, they were EXPECTED application errors. On Mon, 1 Aug 2016, Jerry Kemp wrote: :) Are you sure?

Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'

On 08/01/2016 08:32 PM, Brad H wrote: > Never did try OS/2. I had friends who were fanatics about it. There > was a big push back then to go to it. When that failed they rallied > to Linux. Really should set up a box here with it and try it out. I was an OS/2 developer from about 1.1 to Warp

Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'

<ot...@oryx.us> Date: 2016-08-01 8:26 PM (GMT-08:00) To: gene...@classiccmp.org, "discuss...@classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point' Understood.   That was OS/2 2.0 for me, after I had

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On 08/ 1/16 09:47 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: I remember BSOD after BSOD when Well, Windoze 3.00 was swamped with UAE ("Unexpected Application Error") One of the design goals of 3.10 was to "eliminate UAEs". Not as hard as it sounds! By 3.10, they were EXPECTED application errors. :) Are you

Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'

Understood. That was OS/2 2.0 for me, after I had settled into OS/2 1.3 Unix took me longer to warm up to. Jerry On 08/ 1/16 07:29 PM, Brad H wrote: I would call Win 95 a high point also. I lived near Toronto at the time and remember the unfurling of a huge Win 95 banner down one side.

Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'

I remember BSOD after BSOD when Well, Windoze 3.00 was swamped with UAE ("Unexpected Application Error") One of the design goals of 3.10 was to "eliminate UAEs". Not as hard as it sounds! By 3.10, they were EXPECTED application errors. 98 SE got better me got worse XP was outstanding

Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'

. -Original Message- From: Chuck Guzis Sent: Monday, August 01, 2016 8:46 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point' On 08/01/2016 05:29 PM, Brad H wrote: I would call Win 95 a high point also. I lived near Toronto

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    I would call Win 95 a high point also.  I lived near Toronto at the time and remember the unfurling of a huge Win 95 banner down one side. On Mon, 1 Aug 2016, Brad H wrote: Er.. that was.. 'down one side of the CN tower'.. :) I was trying to visualize the unfurling of a huge Win 95 banner

Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'

On 08/01/2016 05:29 PM, Brad H wrote: > > > I would call Win 95 a high point also. I lived near Toronto at the > time and remember the unfurling of a huge Win 95 banner down one > side. There were events everywhere. MS was really at their zenith. > The excitement around that launch was like

Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'

-08:00) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point' I would call Win 95 a high point also. I lived near Toronto at the time and remember the unfurling of a huge Win 95 banner down one sid

Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'

: Brad H <vintagecompu...@bettercomputing.net> Date: 2016-08-01 5:33 PM (GMT-08:00) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'     Er.. that was.. 'down one side of the CN towe

Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'

talk@classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'     I would call Win 95 a high point also.  I lived near Toronto at the time and remember the unfurling of a huge Win 95 banner down one side.  There were events everywhere.  MS was really at their zenith. The exciteme

Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'

: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point' > > <https://tech.slashdot.org/story/08/05/28/2214214/bill-gates-windows-95-was-a-high-point> > http://cdn.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/introducing.gif I have a "Windows '95 = Macintosh '89" pin on

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"Windows '95 = Macintosh '89" On Mon, 1 Aug 2016, Jerry Kemp wrote: I was not aware all those pins existed. Did they (the pins) serve some special purpose, other than for someone to advertise an Apple product, on their shirt or hat? brand loyalty statement. (Ford V Chevy)

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On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: > > > < > https://tech.slashdot.org/story/08/05/28/2214214/bill-gates-windows-95-was-a-high-point > > > > > http://cdn.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/introducing.gif > > I have a "Windows '95 = Macintosh '89"

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> >>> > > > >> http://cdn.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/introducing.gif > > > > I have a "Windows '95 = Macintosh '89" pin on my iMac G4, as seen here: > >

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I was not aware all those pins existed. Did they (the pins) serve some special purpose, other than for someone to advertise an Apple product, on their shirt or hat? Jerry On 08/ 1/16 06:25 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

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> > > http://cdn.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/introducing.gif I have a "Windows '95 = Macintosh '89" pin on my iMac G4, as seen here:

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http://cdn.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/introducing.gif On 8/1/16 1:47 AM, Jerry Kemp wrote: > Shared secondarily as a discussion item, but presented as a detail from a > discussion with another list member as a > discussion detail I couldn't find at the moment. > > > This data is