And then DOS was released
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I was talking to my neighbor and got to know at some point he was a programmer. He worked on collecting data from buoy to know wave levels and patterns. This was in 80s. He was so excited to recall "and then DOS was released" as if all problems were solved.
I also learned from him that back in the day there was something known as BBC computers which were quite popular in Netherlands.
I on the other hand had my first computer encounter in 2001, writing code in C++. Perhaps and then .Net was released would be my DOS equivalent.
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Windows 95, PTUI. Never really used it. When I had a system with it installed I wiped it and installed DOS and Win 3.
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Windows 95, PTUI. Never really used it. When I had a system with it installed I wiped it and installed DOS and Win 3.
@PIEBALDconsult Only a Real-Dev^™️ understands how much better Co-operative Multitasking (win3.x) is than the new-fangled pre-emptive multitasking (win95) with all it's blue-screens and terrible things like ability to format a 3.5" floppy while surfing the web at the same time. 🤓
And, with this comment, Im back! I'm back on CodeProject!!! woot! woot!
😅- Your use of Real-Dev^™️ must be accompanied by proper licensing and especially licensing fees.
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@PIEBALDconsult Only a Real-Dev^™️ understands how much better Co-operative Multitasking (win3.x) is than the new-fangled pre-emptive multitasking (win95) with all it's blue-screens and terrible things like ability to format a 3.5" floppy while surfing the web at the same time. 🤓
And, with this comment, Im back! I'm back on CodeProject!!! woot! woot!
😅- Your use of Real-Dev^™️ must be accompanied by proper licensing and especially licensing fees.
We real devs understand that the UI and the underlying infrastructure are not bound together.
The infrastructure can be upgraded without altering the UI, and the UI can be upgraded without altering the infrastructure.(Bear in mind, of course, that I tend to avoid developing GUIs.)
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I was talking to my neighbor and got to know at some point he was a programmer. He worked on collecting data from buoy to know wave levels and patterns. This was in 80s. He was so excited to recall "and then DOS was released" as if all problems were solved.
I also learned from him that back in the day there was something known as BBC computers which were quite popular in Netherlands.
I on the other hand had my first computer encounter in 2001, writing code in C++. Perhaps and then .Net was released would be my DOS equivalent.
@dan-sh said in And then DOS was released:
and then .Net was released
Well, my programming experience began in the early 80s, but I was unable to develop for Windows * ... and then .net was released.
.net gives me access to WinForms and ADO.net in particular.- I tried using Borland's Object Windows classes in Turbo Pascal and Turbo C++, but I couldn't wrap my head around them.
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@dan-sh said in And then DOS was released:
and then .Net was released
Well, my programming experience began in the early 80s, but I was unable to develop for Windows * ... and then .net was released.
.net gives me access to WinForms and ADO.net in particular.- I tried using Borland's Object Windows classes in Turbo Pascal and Turbo C++, but I couldn't wrap my head around them.
@PIEBALDconsult said in And then DOS was released:
@dan-sh said in And then DOS was released:
and then .Net was released
Well, my programming experience began in the early 80s, but I was unable to develop for Windows * ... and then .net was released.
.net gives me access to WinForms and ADO.net in particular.- I tried using Borland's Object Windows classes in Turbo Pascal and Turbo C++, but I couldn't wrap my head around them.
I pretty much started my PC programming with Turbo Pascal 2.0 ($49 compiler) on CP/M, and continued on with Pascal (DOS) until 1990, when I switched over to C++ and windows development. Those were the days...
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Windows 95, PTUI. Never really used it. When I had a system with it installed I wiped it and installed DOS and Win 3.
@PIEBALDconsult said in And then DOS was released:
Windows 95, PTUI. Never really used it. When I had a system with it installed I wiped it and installed DOS and Win 3.
Say what you will about it, it was one of the big moments in computing history. Notice how didn't say "great"--I said "big".
Even though home computers had existed long before that moment, this is when it was no longer solely the domain of the obsessed and loner nerds, and when the average Joe realized he should probably get on the bandwagon.
And then that lasted until smartphones came around. For better or worse. But that's a discussion for another day.
