Why use MS-DOS? Why don't we just re-write it in Rust?
Edit: I should have mentioned /s in my comment. It's never a good idea to rewrite a mission-critical software.
That's really fucking cool, if you ask me.
Eternal September
Not gonna lie, part of me wants to relive the SoundBlaster and DOS extenders era and watch stuff with QuickTime. Tinkering with config.sys and autoexec.bat was quite fun back then.
Was it really FUN or is it not just nostalgia? I would not reaaaally want to fiddle with the autostart-crap again. It often took soooo long. Even with those auto-optimizers...
With dos 5.x I started creating some fancy auroexec menu at boot that switches between several configurations depending if I wanted to run windows, need a lot of xms or a big chunk of Ems (640k was NOT enough for everything).
It was somehow fun.
But at least, if something is not working, it was entirely your fault. Now? It's probably windows update who fucked up something you desperately need right now.
It’s the only way to keep the trains free from cylon interference.
Battletrain Deutchlandica
Reminds me of the lessons from Chad Fowler’s talk on “Legacy”. https://youtu.be/P4xSmYr7PEg
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