The legendary DEBUG program is to be removed in Windows 7, after 28 years. One of the oldest Microsoft programs used for crashing the computer.
Back in the day typing dC800:5 in DEBUG to access the low level formatter on the 10Mb (yes Mega byte) 8-bit MFM (or RLL) hard disk you just slotted into one of the ISA slots of the plastic Amstrad PC-1512 CGA PC.
Those were the days. Computers were hard back then, you really did need a beard.
K.
hitchhiker
12-05-2009, 14:17
The legendary DEBUG program is to be removed in Windows 7, after 28 years. One of the oldest Microsoft programs used for crashing the computer.
Back in the day typing dC800:5 in DEBUG to access the low level formatter on the 10Mb (yes Mega byte) 8-bit MFM (or RLL) hard disk you just slotted into one of the ISA slots of the plastic Amstrad PC-1512 CGA PC.
Those were the days. Computers were hard back then, you really did need a beard.
K.
Carefull, you're showing your age now!
I hadn't realised DEBUG was still available, just checked on XP and there it is
I wonder of there's a way of programming my laptop in octal by flipping switches on a panel somewhere.....
splodgeyAl
12-05-2009, 15:29
The legendary DEBUG program is to be removed in Windows 7, after 28 years. One of the oldest Microsoft programs used for crashing the computer.
Back in the day typing dC800:5 in DEBUG to access the low level formatter on the 10Mb (yes Mega byte) 8-bit MFM (or RLL) hard disk you just slotted into one of the ISA slots of the plastic Amstrad PC-1512 CGA PC.
Those were the days. Computers were hard back then, you really did need a beard.
K.
Nah mate, computers were easy back then! None of this new-fangled networks, gigabytes of disk and RAM to waste, GUIs and stuff - you wrote your application and it had control of the computer!
Tell me why my application has to pass control to the operating system?? grrrrr!
Ivor&Mel
12-05-2009, 21:44
Tell me why my application has to pass control to the operating system?? grrrrr!
Because Microsoft know what's best for you... :D
You see, you've already got into the swing of it: My Documents.... My Music... My Pictures... My Application....
Because Microsoft know what's best for you... :D
You see, you've already got into the swing of it: My Documents.... My Music... My Pictures... My Application....It's just Documents, Music and Pictures in Vista!
Greybeard
12-05-2009, 22:22
It's just Documents, Music and Pictures in Vista!
And their Documents, Music and Pictures in Windows 7 ?? :hihi:
Cloud computing anyone ?
splodgeyAl
13-05-2009, 10:33
Because Microsoft know what's best for you... :D
You see, you've already got into the swing of it: My Documents.... My Music... My Pictures... My Application....
lol! Last time I had a Windoze box, I changed all those "folders" to "Bill's Documents" etc
Well, it made me laugh :)