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[Jimbob]

3.x

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7707016.stm

Bread and butter to a lot of us!

[Kevin Wood]

The fact that it was 100% compatible with older MSDOS applications helped too.

LMAO! As I recall it WAS an MS-DOS application.

Kevin

[tunnie]

i remember using it, in my early days in school me and a couple of friends were the only ones into IT, soon grew and were lucky to get a PC.

[Kevin Wood]

i remember using it, in my early days in school me and a couple of friends were the only ones into IT, soon grew and were lucky to get a PC.

When I were a lad...  We were lucky to get a Research Machines 380z <shudder> http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=812

Although we did have one BBC Micro  8-) but the penalties for getting caught playing Elite were severe

Kevin

[Ken T]

I hope they don't discontinue Win95. That's what runs the Trains driver displays on the Electrostar trains. You can just see it " you have applied the brakes, Windows must reboot for this to take effect............."  

Ken

[Darth Loo-knee]

Sorry to ask perhaps a daft question, but is it the early windows they are stopping? the windows we are using now like Vista will be ok wont they? :-?

[Jimbob]

Sorry to ask perhaps a daft question, but is it the early windows they are stopping? the windows we are using now like Vista will be ok wont they? :-?

Yes, this is a very old version of windows!

[Andy B]

i remember using it, in my early days in school me and a couple of friends were the only ones into IT, soon grew and were lucky to get a PC.

When I were a lad...  We were lucky to get a Research Machines 380z <shudder> http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=812

Although we did have one BBC Micro  8-) but the penalties for getting caught playing Elite were severe

Kevin

RIGHT!
When I were a lad. All we had was a Babbage Difference Engine!
         

[Darth Loo-knee]

so there will be no effect on Vista then? I thought at first you meant the whole Windows company was discontinuing

[Martin_1962]

so there will be no effect on Vista then? I thought at first you meant the whole Windows company was discontinuing

Discontinuing Vista would have less effect

[ians]

Well when I were a lad we were issued with a booklet of logarithmic tables.   Now that was frightening.

[cem_devecioglu]

so there will be no effect on Vista then? I thought at first you meant the whole Windows company was discontinuing

Discontinuing Vista would have less effect

Agreed

[hotel21]

Well when I were a lad we were issued with a booklet of logarithmic tables.   Now that was frightening.

..... and a guessing stick!    

(thats a slide rule, to those who only know a world replete with electronic calculators....)  

[bertiecbx550]

this is quickly turning into a montypython sketch!!!!!!

[Kevin Wood]

We used to dream of having a guessing stick. We just used to have to  just guess, if the we got the wrong answer our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt.

 

Kevin