#isdn — Public Fediverse posts
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I miss OS/2.
My first #Windows was #Win7 because I needed it for a required college course.
When I got my first PC, it was a Zenith running their version of #DOS.
I got a new computer and upgraded to #DRDOS (from #DigitalResearch) and #DesqView, which gave me #multitasking. I ran a #FidoNet #BBS for a few years.
When I got #internet, it was 128k #ISDN because I headed up support for the dialup #ISP I co-owned with a couple other guys. And I shut down the BBS. Somewhere in there, I'd upgraded to OS/2.
And, when #IBM gave up, I put #Debian on my desktop because we used it on the #servers at work.
When #DSL and #cable lured our 24/7 business customers away, we couldn't pivot to consumer internet before we had to close up.
So, I went to school for my associate's degree. And needed to take a #database course, which required #MSAccess, and so my PC was dual boot.
Until #Win10 was forced on me, and I removed the infestation.
I was getting tired of being a proactive #admin, and a friend suggested #LinuxMint.
That's my personal box now, and my school box has #Win11, but it's not actually my box — it belongs to the state.
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I miss OS/2.
My first #Windows was #Win7 because I needed it for a required college course.
When I got my first PC, it was a Zenith running their version of #DOS.
I got a new computer and upgraded to #DRDOS (from #DigitalResearch) and #DesqView, which gave me #multitasking. I ran a #FidoNet #BBS for a few years.
When I got #internet, it was 128k #ISDN because I headed up support for the dialup #ISP I co-owned with a couple other guys. And I shut down the BBS. Somewhere in there, I'd upgraded to OS/2.
And, when #IBM gave up, I put #Debian on my desktop because we used it on the #servers at work.
When #DSL and #cable lured our 24/7 business customers away, we couldn't pivot to consumer internet before we had to close up.
So, I went to school for my associate's degree. And needed to take a #database course, which required #MSAccess, and so my PC was dual boot.
Until #Win10 was forced on me, and I removed the infestation.
I was getting tired of being a proactive #admin, and a friend suggested #LinuxMint.
That's my personal box now, and my school box has #Win11, but it's not actually my box — it belongs to the state.
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I miss OS/2.
My first #Windows was #Win7 because I needed it for a required college course.
When I got my first PC, it was a Zenith running their version of #DOS.
I got a new computer and upgraded to #DRDOS (from #DigitalResearch) and #DesqView, which gave me #multitasking. I ran a #FidoNet #BBS for a few years.
When I got #internet, it was 128k #ISDN because I headed up support for the dialup #ISP I co-owned with a couple other guys. And I shut down the BBS. Somewhere in there, I'd upgraded to OS/2.
And, when #IBM gave up, I put #Debian on my desktop because we used it on the #servers at work.
When #DSL and #cable lured our 24/7 business customers away, we couldn't pivot to consumer internet before we had to close up.
So, I went to school for my associate's degree. And needed to take a #database course, which required #MSAccess, and so my PC was dual boot.
Until #Win10 was forced on me, and I removed the infestation.
I was getting tired of being a proactive #admin, and a friend suggested #LinuxMint.
That's my personal box now, and my school box has #Win11, but it's not actually my box — it belongs to the state.
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I miss OS/2.
My first #Windows was #Win7 because I needed it for a required college course.
When I got my first PC, it was a Zenith running their version of #DOS.
I got a new computer and upgraded to #DRDOS (from #DigitalResearch) and #DesqView, which gave me #multitasking. I ran a #FidoNet #BBS for a few years.
When I got #internet, it was 128k #ISDN because I headed up support for the dialup #ISP I co-owned with a couple other guys. And I shut down the BBS. Somewhere in there, I'd upgraded to OS/2.
And, when #IBM gave up, I put #Debian on my desktop because we used it on the #servers at work.
When #DSL and #cable lured our 24/7 business customers away, we couldn't pivot to consumer internet before we had to close up.
So, I went to school for my associate's degree. And needed to take a #database course, which required #MSAccess, and so my PC was dual boot.
Until #Win10 was forced on me, and I removed the infestation.
I was getting tired of being a proactive #admin, and a friend suggested #LinuxMint.
That's my personal box now, and my school box has #Win11, but it's not actually my box — it belongs to the state.