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Nostalgia !

19 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/nostalgia.212188/

bubusam13
bubusam13 Original post #1
Feb 16, 2023 at 1:04 AM
Post anything, past tech, non-tech, ads, movies, landscapes etc, that your are nostalgic about.

I made bliss my Windows 11 wallpaper today.

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Desmond
Desmond #2
Feb 16, 2023 at 5:25 PM
Wow. Is this available in hi-res somewhere?

Edit: The story behind it:

bubusam13
Feb 16, 2023 at 9:33 PM
Yes, its available, but seems was using tor yesterday while downloading it. History is missing.

Anyone remembers or used these dancing girls in Win XP
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Zangetsu
Feb 17, 2023 at 8:51 PM
That was the default wallpaper on Widows XP when I bought my HCL PIV PC

^^Ya I installed that App for dancing girls. But I had 128MB RAM in PC and it was lagging so uninstalled it.
bubusam13
Feb 17, 2023 at 11:05 PM
I was the only one in my classroom with 512MB :razz: RAM PC and an also with a 512 MB USB stick.

P.S: I have no intention of making this my own nostalgia sharing thread :sealed:. Other members can share too. :doublethumb:
desiibond
Feb 18, 2023 at 4:58 PM
More than the XP wallpaper, it is the Lock Screen that gives me nostalgia. Also reminds me of that amazing XP review that came in Digit magazine. That same year, we had the Athlon XP review. What an year that was for tech.
Vyom
Vyom #7
Feb 18, 2023 at 10:44 PM
Don't get me started with Nostalgia. I was on PC (of some relative) which rocked Windows 98, on Pentium 3 PC, with probably 128 GB RAM.
I used to enjoy PCs more than I do now.
bubusam13
Feb 18, 2023 at 11:45 PM
I dont even remember what OS it is but we used boot floppy disk to get the PC started. Started with LOGO and BASIC language. The first GUI OS I remember is windows 95. I miss those startup sounds.



P.S. I was searching for a color CRT monitor. These flat screens are getting boring.
Zangetsu
Feb 20, 2023 at 8:43 PM
Don't get me started with Nostalgia. I was on PC (of some relative) which rocked Windows 98, on Pentium 3 PC, with probably 128 GB RAM.
I used to enjoy PCs more than I do now.
Wow, even today I still have 20GB RAM in my laptop :)
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #10
Feb 20, 2023 at 8:46 PM
I dont even remember what OS it is but we used boot floppy disk to get the PC started. Started with LOGO and BASIC language. The first GUI OS I remember is windows 95. I miss those startup sounds.
MS-DOS. In my school days when we were introduced to PC for the first time. My friend use to bring games in computer lab in floppy drive.
Dave, Aladdin etc. on a floppy drive.
bubusam13
bubusam13 #11
Feb 20, 2023 at 9:27 PM
I still play Dangerous Dave and prince of Persia :p
Desmond
Desmond #12
Feb 20, 2023 at 10:20 PM
Lol, I still have a lot of floppies in my hometown. Will probably post pics the next time I go home.
Desmond
Desmond #13
Feb 21, 2023 at 10:13 AM
I still play Dangerous Dave and prince of Persia :p
On Dosbox or online on archive.org?

Edit:

You can play these games online too:

*archive.org/details/dangerous_dave_1990
*archive.org/details/msdos_Prince_of_Persia_1990
bubusam13
bubusam13 #14
Feb 21, 2023 at 2:08 PM
On Dosbox or online on archive.org?
On PC :)
I dont like to be dependant on internet all the time :p

Do we really need DosBox? The games run well in Compatibility mode.
Desmond
Desmond #15
Feb 21, 2023 at 4:49 PM
Do we really need DosBox? The games run well in Compatibility mode.
Not DOS games though. Most of them don't ever since Windows 2000 removed DOS mode.
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #16
Feb 21, 2023 at 8:42 PM
Lol, I still have a lot of floppies in my hometown. Will probably post pics the next time I go home.
Do they still work ? Floppy disk are notorious for getting damaged easily due to magnetic and other forces.
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #17
Feb 21, 2023 at 8:43 PM
On PC :)
I dont like to be dependant on internet all the time :p

Do we really need DosBox? The games run well in Compatibility mode.
I think you can play them on Mobile too.
Desmond
Desmond #18
Feb 21, 2023 at 9:29 PM
Do they still work ? Floppy disk are notorious for getting damaged easily due to magnetic and other forces.
Well, I don't have a floppy drive to check lol.
Desmond
Desmond #19
Feb 24, 2023 at 2:19 PM
Here's a different kind of nostalgia:


Personally I think Casino Royale's gun barrel sequence was the best of all.