1 Aug
2016
1 Aug
'16
5:29 p.m.
I would call Win 95 a high point also. ?I lived near Toronto at the time and remember the
unfurling of a huge Win 95 banner down one side. ?There were events everywhere. ?MS was
really at their zenith. The excitement around that launch was like nothing since. ?I
believe I got swept up and installed it immediately but shortly after removed it.
?Couldn't get used to the interface. ?Eventually for one reason or another I had to
and did go back to it. ?Wasn't the greatest or most stable OS and was kind of a half
breed at that, but man.. what I wouldn't give to feel the anticipation again, the
difference between it and DOS. ?Nothing released on either PC or Mac has come close.
Brad
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1 Aug
1 Aug
5:46 p.m.
On 08/01/2016 05:29 PM, Brad H wrote:
I would call Win 95 a high point also. I lived near Toronto at the
time and remember the unfurling of a huge Win 95 banner down one
side. There were events everywhere. MS was really at their zenith.
The excitement around that launch was like nothing since. I believe
I got swept up and installed it immediately but shortly after removed
it. Couldn't get used to the interface. Eventually for one reason
or another I had to and did go back to it. Wasn't the greatest or
most stable OS and was kind of a half breed at that, but man.. what I
wouldn't give to feel the anticipation again, the difference between
it and DOS. Nothing released on either PC or Mac has come close.
Win95 for those running NT 3.51 was something of a low point. Compared
to the latter, 95 was a cranky, bug-ridden system that was burdened by
8.3 file names, limited disk size, etc. I remember BSOD after BSOD when
my NT system ran just fine. By the next year, when NT 4.0 came out,
there was no comparison.
And 3.51 would run on PPC, MIPS and Alpha platforms.
--Chuck
7:28 p.m.
NT 4.0 was ok, but for me Windows 2000 was the coolest thing ever since I
could have stability AND play games on it. Playing with the W2K betas was
fun, never got excited about a MS OS since then.
Speaking of games Windows 95 was a huge shift in the world because while I
got used to apps on Windows 3.11 (WFW) I still had to shut down to DOS to
play games. Win 95 integrated gaming video and sound along with joystick
configuration and soon every game would need it to run (one OS for
everything). There was also a huge explosion of apps for Win95 compared to
what was around for Win3.x. I think around that time computers finally
became common in every household so MS benefited from a huge increase in
retail and OEM sales.
I do recall the hype of Win 95 as I purchased the 95 upgrade soon after it
was out, and a girl I worked with got me a Win 95 mug around release day.
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Subject: Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'
On 08/01/2016 05:29 PM, Brad H wrote:
I would call Win 95 a high point also. I lived near Toronto at the
time and remember the unfurling of a huge Win 95 banner down one
side. There were events everywhere. MS was really at their zenith.
The excitement around that launch was like nothing since. I believe
I got swept up and installed it immediately but shortly after removed
it. Couldn't get used to the interface. Eventually for one reason
or another I had to and did go back to it. Wasn't the greatest or
most stable OS and was kind of a half breed at that, but man.. what I
wouldn't give to feel the anticipation again, the difference between
it and DOS. Nothing released on either PC or Mac has come close.
Win95 for those running NT 3.51 was something of a low point. Compared
to the latter, 95 was a cranky, bug-ridden system that was burdened by
8.3 file names, limited disk size, etc. I remember BSOD after BSOD when
my NT system ran just fine. By the next year, when NT 4.0 came out,
there was no comparison.
And 3.51 would run on PPC, MIPS and Alpha platforms.
--Chuck
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11:11 p.m.
Win95 for those running NT 3.51 was something of a low
point. Compared
to the latter, 95 was a cranky, bug-ridden system that was burdened by
8.3 file names, limited disk size, etc. I remember BSOD after BSOD when
my NT system ran just fine. By the next year, when NT 4.0 came out,
there was no comparison.
And 3.51 would run on PPC, MIPS and Alpha platforms.
So did 4.0. Early betas of 2000 still ran on Alpha and some others, IIRC,
though I believe the PowerPC port was dropped around then.
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8:26 p.m.
Understood. That was OS/2 2.0 for me, after I had settled into OS/2 1.3
Unix took me longer to warm up to.
Jerry
On 08/ 1/16 07:29 PM, Brad H wrote:
I would call Win 95 a high point also. I lived near Toronto at the time and
remember the unfurling of a huge Win 95 banner down one side. There were events
everywhere. MS was really at their zenith. The excitement around that launch was
like nothing since. I believe I got swept up and installed it immediately but
shortly after removed it. Couldn't get used to the interface. Eventually for one
reason or another I had to and did go back to it. Wasn't the greatest or most
stable OS and was kind of a half breed at that, but man.. what I wouldn't give
to feel the anticipation again, the difference between it and DOS. Nothing
released on either PC or Mac has come close.
Brad
3 Aug
3 Aug
9:53 p.m.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Brad H <vintagecomputer at bettercomputing.net>
wrote:
I would call Win 95 a high point also. I lived near Toronto at the time
and remember the unfurling of a huge Win 95 banner down one side. There
were events everywhere. MS was really at their zenith. The excitement
around that launch was like nothing since. I believe I got swept up and
installed it immediately but shortly after removed it. Couldn't get used
to the interface. Eventually for one reason or another I had to and did go
back to it. Wasn't the greatest or most stable OS and was kind of a half
breed at that, but man.. what I wouldn't give to feel the anticipation
again, the difference between it and DOS. Nothing released on either PC or
Mac has come close.
Brad
I have a can of Sapporo beer with the Win 95 logo - not a sticker, part of
the
'paint job' of the can! It's still full, too - I've never been a big a
fan of Sapporo, it's obviously cooler as a 'complete' artifact, and by now
that stuff in there must be incredibly funky....
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The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>
Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical
Narrative Through a Design Lens
Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org>
Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org>
University of Washington
There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
4 Aug
4 Aug
3:46 p.m.
In a similar, but completely unrelated story, I have an un-opened can of J.R.
(Ewing) beer from the "Dallas" TV show from the 1970's.
"If you have to ask how much it cost, you probably can't afford it"
Maybe one day our paths will cross and we can pop-the-top on our old beer cans.
Everything else being equal, I would trade my can for a new/current vintage
Sapporo that I could drink!
Jerry
On 08/ 3/16 11:53 PM, Ian S. King wrote:
I have a can of Sapporo beer with the Win 95 logo -
not a sticker, part of
the 'paint job' of the can! It's still full, too - I've never been a big
a
fan of Sapporo, it's obviously cooler as a 'complete' artifact, and by now
that stuff in there must be incredibly funky....
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