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[Nickbat]

Can' believe MS-DOS is 30 this week. I remember pre-DOS Amstrad days. God, I feel old. 

http://blogs.computerworld.com/18701/happy_birthday_ms_dos_30_candles?af

[TheBoy]

Aye, I was reading this earlier in the week, disbelieving it was that long ago. They I realised I AM old

[dazzerM]

I recall evertime you wanted to run/play a game there was a lot of  / / / / / ENTER before you got anywhere 

[Kevin Wood]

That brings back memories...

Bad memories <shudder>

[cem_devecioglu]

was the days where most things were simple..

compilers , tools etc..

now , you need to spend long years even on a single compiler to use its some features..

let alone the n number of operating systems, n number of rdbms, n number of protocols, server softwares etc etc.. I need to die soon

[Jimbob]

no....only 30!  :-/  seems older

[Gaffers]

Slightly younger than the real dos then 

[JamesV6CDX]

My first PC was a 25 MHz 286 running DOS 5. To be fair I learnt DOS inside out. I then had a 386 running Windows 3.11. My next upgrade was to a 486  66 running Windows95, which i installed from floppy disks. I thought i was the dogs danglies!!!

[bertie1.8vectra]

i had a commodore c-16..... and i was shit on that!!!

[TheBoy]

i had a commodore c-16..... and i was shit on that!!!

Thats because the C-16 (which wasn't a C64 with less ram) was shite

[Steve Brookman]

MS DOS was good-try showing youngsters it today!
I  used to enjoy setting the old config.sys and autoexec.bat - youngsters have no basic knowledge now.

My first  computer was a ZX-81 £69.95 in 1981 superceced by an Amstrad CPC-464 in 1985 - what a machine for games- anyone remember Codename Mat?

[TheBoy]

My first PC was a 25 MHz 286 running DOS 5. To be fair I learnt DOS inside out. I then had a 386 running Windows 3.11. My next upgrade was to a 486  66 running Windows95, which i installed from floppy disks. I thought i was the dogs danglies!!!

Bloody kids...

286 is modern

[cem_devecioglu]

My first PC was a 25 MHz 286 running DOS 5. To be fair I learnt DOS inside out. I then had a 386 running Windows 3.11. My next upgrade was to a 486  66 running Windows95, which i installed from floppy disks. I thought i was the dogs danglies!!!

Bloody kids...

286 is modern

   yep.. even 8086 were great "new" machines

[TheBoy]

My first PC was a 25 MHz 286 running DOS 5. To be fair I learnt DOS inside out. I then had a 386 running Windows 3.11. My next upgrade was to a 486  66 running Windows95, which i installed from floppy disks. I thought i was the dogs danglies!!!

Bloody kids...

286 is modern

   yep.. even 8086 were great "new" machines

8080, and the compatible Z80 was my first foray into assembly.  Thinking about it, Z80 based was the first computer I ever used (RM 380Z, probably never available outside UK), if you ignore the teletype that dialled into the Bucks County Computer via a 110 baud acoustic modem.

[cem_devecioglu]

My first PC was a 25 MHz 286 running DOS 5. To be fair I learnt DOS inside out. I then had a 386 running Windows 3.11. My next upgrade was to a 486  66 running Windows95, which i installed from floppy disks. I thought i was the dogs danglies!!!

Bloody kids...

286 is modern

   yep.. even 8086 were great "new" machines

8080, and the compatible Z80 was my first foray into assembly.  Thinking about it, Z80 based was the first computer I ever used (RM 380Z, probably never available outside UK), if you ignore the teletype that dialled into the Bucks County Computer via a 110 baud acoustic modem.

Z80 was also my first cpu.. but never tried assembler code on it.. and after was too late.. they get complicated quickly..