Board:   [fsxNet] BBS Software Development/Support
Subject: Re: x/84 revived
From:    Nightfox (21:1/137)
Date:    Thu Oct 22, 2026 09:24

  Re: Re: x/84 revived
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Thu Oct 22 2026 08:21 am

 PF> It was a lot of fun to have around, but managing DOS memory was always the
 PF> challenge. Running Memmaker or QEMM, trying to maximize DOS memory, then
 PF> having it crash and having to re-arrange everything...

As much as I've always liked using computers, when I look back now, there was a lot of tweaking & tinkering we had to do to get things working optimally that we don't need to do anymore these days. Managing DOS memory was one, but also things like configuring IRQs (often with jumpers), low-level formatting hard drives & marking bad sectors, etc..  I'm glad we don't have to do that kind of stuff anymore these days. When I was younger, I felt like I had more time for that kind of thing, but I appreciate just being able to use my computer.

Sometimes I still like experimenting with different operating systems, but much of the time, there are other things I'd rather do (including just getting work done & generally just using my PC).

Nightfox
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