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Impromptu survey (Miscellaneous)

posted by Zyzzle, 23.12.2023, 23:11

> Who here boots their computer into actual DOS on a regular basis ?
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> If so... how often ?
 Most days, I boot into real DOS on my "modern" laptop in order to fool around and feel that nostalgia. For example, I just compiled e-speak and S.A.M text-to-voice speech synthesizers for DOS for fun using good old DJGPP. I'm always doing little projects and optimizing code, and love to work in a DOS environment for that. Getting out the old BASIC, Turbo Pascal, and Turbo C compilers is always fun and it's so rewarding to be doing new work for DOS without all the bloat and the walled garden of MS, Google, Apple, etc.

Now, with SBEMU, playing old DOS games on "modern" systems is a whole lot more fun, with sound! Same story with emulators. So, I've been re-playing some of the old classics as well.

As I get older, DOS is like an old friend, inviting and welcoming as opposed to cold, hostile, and "bossy" like Windows and / or Mac OS.

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