Post 1021337 by cosullivan@mastodon.sdf.org
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(DIR) Post #1019094 by maiki@mastodon.sdf.org
2018-11-06T21:43:12Z
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Hey computer users from when you used a commandline for everything because that was that: how did you run multiple programs at once?I'm asking for the context. By the time I got to it, I could open a "terminal window". Were virtual consoles used? Something more like screen? Wait, wait! Did you just pipe stuff to stuff?!
(DIR) Post #1019095 by smallsees@social.dropbear.xyz
2018-11-06T22:31:00Z
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@maiki multiple consoles in Linux, I'm pretty sure they always had them. I don't recall them not being there and I ran some pretty ancient versions of Linux. Unless you're talking about c64 times which were single window only.
(DIR) Post #1021330 by maiki@mastodon.sdf.org
2018-11-06T21:49:35Z
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I have so many terminals open at once, I sometimes wonder how far back I could go and keep this workflow. I never multitasked in MS-DOS, just launched an app.
(DIR) Post #1021331 by trashHeap@anticapitalist.party
2018-11-07T00:36:15Z
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@maiki A lot of alternate x86 DOS clones specialized in multitasking before Microsoft crushed them, by leveraged windows to be only compatible with their DOS. PC-MOS was one such example that went GPL a couple years ago. Some versions of DR-DOS spring to mind.TSR progs like borland sidekick also tried to fill in the gap for non multitasking DOSes.
(DIR) Post #1021332 by xmanmonk@mastodon.sdf.org
2018-11-07T00:37:31Z
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@trashHeap @maiki dr dos rocked. Sidekick was pretty cool, too.
(DIR) Post #1021333 by trashHeap@anticapitalist.party
2018-11-07T00:38:46Z
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@xmanmonk @maiki I loved sidekick so damn much.
(DIR) Post #1021334 by xmanmonk@mastodon.sdf.org
2018-11-07T00:39:14Z
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@trashHeap @maiki I loved almost everything Borland made. Used to work pretty close to one of their offices in Novato. I loved Turbo-<everything>
(DIR) Post #1021335 by trashHeap@anticapitalist.party
2018-11-07T00:41:00Z
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@xmanmonk @maiki Borland Turbo Pascal was kind of my first programming love.
(DIR) Post #1021336 by xmanmonk@mastodon.sdf.org
2018-11-07T00:41:51Z
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@trashHeap @maiki They have a compatible thing in linux, which is kinda cool. I've built a few things with it.
(DIR) Post #1021337 by cosullivan@mastodon.sdf.org
2018-11-07T00:43:39Z
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@xmanmonk Hey I hope you have enough medication to make it through the evening. Hang in there.
(DIR) Post #1021352 by xmanmonk@mastodon.sdf.org
2018-11-07T00:44:01Z
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@cosullivan I do indeed. Just got back from the pharmacy :)
(DIR) Post #1021399 by cosullivan@mastodon.sdf.org
2018-11-07T00:46:17Z
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@xmanmonk How long was the Rx pickup line at the pharmacy? 🤣
(DIR) Post #1021409 by xmanmonk@mastodon.sdf.org
2018-11-07T00:46:38Z
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@cosullivan Me. That was it. I love my little pharmacy, staggering distance from home.
(DIR) Post #1021425 by xmanmonk@mastodon.sdf.org
2018-11-07T00:47:19Z
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@cosullivan Are ya coming to the wasabi party?
(DIR) Post #1021468 by cosullivan@mastodon.sdf.org
2018-11-07T00:49:28Z
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@xmanmonk Yes. I need to be distracted. I've shat my PJs in pre-election terror and need the chill happy Wasabi vibes.