I grew up with Vic-20, C-64, and the DOS prompt. My only real motivation, of course, was to play games. I recall practicing rhythmic breathing at dinner soas to finish ahead of my bros and race downstairs to be the first to get back on “Jumpman”. I grew up a bit, learned a smidge of programming and later left for England on an undergraduate exchange. Somehow, in the 10 months I was gone, the entire continent switched to Windows and Mac. Upon return, I found that my understanding of computer systems was radically compromised.
“Where’s the DOS prompt?”
I never truly recovered.
Hey Michael,
Nice to see a familiar face. I too remember the DOS prompt and having to exit windows 95 to “full DOS mode” in order to play games like Duke Nukem and Starcraft because Windows couldn’t handle it.
– Baljeet
Duke Nukem! Awesome fun. It was Castle Wolfenstein and Doom for me and the siblings. Glad to see you here too.
I remember playing ping pong…I would play for hours — trying to beat my brothers. Now, there are too many buttons on the remotes — I get confused and my boys beat me all the time when we are playing wii games.
Christopher