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digi_owl on July 7, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sophie Wilson, Acorn and the development of ARM

Not until 2k/xp finally retired the 9x/DOS line did Windows "work".

9x was just so finicky that you didn't really want to push the multitasking.

mavhc on July 8, 2015 [–]

Windows 98 BSOD'd if you opened too many windows, at least Windows Me fixed that

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