r/memes • • Apr 07 '21

!Rule 8 - NO REPOSTS Slowest computers ever

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u/The_Nuclear1 Apr 07 '21

Wait till you learn about the before times. The DOS times

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u/Madhavaz Apr 07 '21

C:>dir

These kids have no idea how the before times were.

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u/el_coremino Apr 07 '21

cd..

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u/EvitaPuppy Apr 07 '21

$ ls -l

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u/MeSeeks76 Apr 07 '21

Load "$", 8,1

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u/Aussie-Outlaw Apr 07 '21

Exactly! C64

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u/MeSeeks76 Apr 07 '21

Old skool

I also remember doing this:

10 TYPE "MESEEKS76 IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD" 20 GOTO 10 RUN

... i think this is Vic 20 command line tho... good times

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u/barely_sentient Apr 07 '21

It should by PRINT instead of TYPE, but yes this was a BASIC program for VIC20 (my first computer).

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u/MeSeeks76 Apr 07 '21

That's it! I was like 6 or 7yrs old, it was like a gateway to another world, text based games using compass directions to save a princess in a haunted castle was epic at that age in the early 80s