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[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Windows 95.

Disk 13: General failure reading disk

Me: Who the fuck is General Failure and why is he reading my disk?

[–] dariusj18@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I once spent a night on vacation copying all the floppy disks for Project Chicago (alpha of Win 95). It was like 50 disks.

Piracy having to occur in person was a short lived thing. Though even at that time BBSs were a thing, but I can't imagine how long that would have taken to download.