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Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 23:59:12 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

"You are a lamer if:"
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1. DOS text viewer with a file lamerz.txt loaded, showing the following contents: "You are a lamer if: - You use the term "information superhighway" - You call a 3 1/2" floppy a "hard disk" - You computers boots up into Windows 3.1 - Your homemade supervirus is merely a batch file - You think Turbo C is just an expensive game - You have ever paid money to have software installed - You can't tell the difference between a PC and a Mac - You fluently speak Klingon - You know more than 5 ways to make an internet smiley.( :) ;) :] ) - You have ever uttered the phrase: "Help, I am stuck at a blank screen with a C on it!" - You think MIDI is a better format than Mods(S3M,MTM..) - You have memorized every cheat code for DOOM - The only reason you got a modem is to play DOOM against your friends - The word SIMM makes you think of building a city - The only time you use math is to calculate your hit points - You think RAM is the group that sang "losing my religion" ***FOR ANY ADDITIONS, PLEASE MAIL JerryMBuck@aol.com."
  https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/908/689/619/508/848/original/8c70c4780e2579a0.png
- Christopher Brown (christopherbrown@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 00:01:06 UTC Christopher Brown
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  @dosnostalgic That is quite a file.
  
  In conversation Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 00:01:06 UTC permalink
- mx (mx@typo.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 01:24:37 UTC mx
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  @dosnostalgic it looks like Jerry was actually Jon who was a demoscener? Also, pretty sure aol.com lameness is debatable given the era...
  https://demozoo.org/sceners/115390/
  In conversation Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 01:24:37 UTC permalink
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  1. Screenshot of a modern FTP client showing contents of a "vintage" text file with a file listing dating back to 1995 behind it. The opened file provides information about a demoscene version of tetris game released by someone known as jmX of Opiate Productions for a contest
    https://typo.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/908/990/803/783/668/original/90c40ad92548cb12.png
  2. jmX / Opiate - Demozoo
- Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 01:26:13 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾
  - mx
  @mx Wait, this is actually where that file came from. 😅
  
  In conversation Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 01:26:13 UTC permalink
- Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 01:26:20 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾
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  - mx
  @mx Oh no. I might now this version of Tetris.
  
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- 🐜 (antdude@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 04:58:03 UTC 🐜
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  @dosnostalgic im a lamer & rodent
  
  In conversation Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 04:58:03 UTC permalink

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