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π©π Oh joy, someone ported Windows 2 to the Apricot PC/Xi, because apparently, the 1980s called and they want their obsolete tech back. Meanwhile, the rest of us are busy worrying if our computers can even handle the latest Chrome update without bursting into flames. π₯πΎ
https://www.ninakalinina.com/notes/win2apri/ #Windows2 #ApricotPC #technostalgia #retrocomputing #Chromeupdate #HackerNews #ngated -
π©π Oh joy, someone ported Windows 2 to the Apricot PC/Xi, because apparently, the 1980s called and they want their obsolete tech back. Meanwhile, the rest of us are busy worrying if our computers can even handle the latest Chrome update without bursting into flames. π₯πΎ
https://www.ninakalinina.com/notes/win2apri/ #Windows2 #ApricotPC #technostalgia #retrocomputing #Chromeupdate #HackerNews #ngated -
π©π Oh joy, someone ported Windows 2 to the Apricot PC/Xi, because apparently, the 1980s called and they want their obsolete tech back. Meanwhile, the rest of us are busy worrying if our computers can even handle the latest Chrome update without bursting into flames. π₯πΎ
https://www.ninakalinina.com/notes/win2apri/ #Windows2 #ApricotPC #technostalgia #retrocomputing #Chromeupdate #HackerNews #ngated -
π©π Oh joy, someone ported Windows 2 to the Apricot PC/Xi, because apparently, the 1980s called and they want their obsolete tech back. Meanwhile, the rest of us are busy worrying if our computers can even handle the latest Chrome update without bursting into flames. π₯πΎ
https://www.ninakalinina.com/notes/win2apri/ #Windows2 #ApricotPC #technostalgia #retrocomputing #Chromeupdate #HackerNews #ngated -
@nina_kali_nina by the way ...
the work that went into joining lowercase characters in Script font was INSANE
The curriculum had this until nearly 1990 at which point "cursive joining" was less of a mandatory thing β¦ actually on second thoughts there's a few differences, because we had a "p" that looked like an "h" so to allow the carryon line to join. And their "h" and "l" have loops in it.
But the 'w' and 'u' and 'v' β the real head-busters when you saw them all joined together β those look EXACTLY the same as what we did. If you know what to look for, there's a minimal viable difference: I typed fffsmnwuvvv
#typology #cursive #fonts #script #1980s #handwriting #vector #windows2
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@nina_kali_nina Do you see the fonts named 'Roman', 'Modern', or 'Script'?
You wouldn't believe (actually, you would) how hard these are to google.
Anyway they're a dumpster fire but they totally work β¦ if you are into non-intersecting polygons. This is when Adobe Type Manager was hella expensive, and TrueType was a liberating dream coming soon, from two enemies joining forces f.f.s.finally.
BTW, yes this screenshot is from Windows 3.0 Runtime (or something like that β¦ CONTROL.EXE not found haha) but they are the fonts that Windows 3 inherited, I swear
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Windows 2.x still thought it "knew better" than Mac when it came to keyboard shortcuts β¦
Undo: Alt+Backspace
Cut: Shift+Delete
Copy: Ctrl+Insert
Paste: Shift+Insert1990 would change that. Of course, the option-key shortcuts that Mac started in 1984 β¦ ? Still waiting.
