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Let's talk about the curious and ingenious DriveSpace, an MS-DOS program promising to double the available disk space. (raduzaharia.medium.com)

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[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wooo, look at mr high end over here :-)

640kb RAM 2 x 512 floppies CGA green screen / monochrome

[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That wasn't my first PC, just the one on which I played BG1 and used drivespace. My 1st PC was more like the generation after yours. 386 of some sort, 2x 3.5" floppies, and a whooping 43MB harddisk.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Sounds similar to my 2nd. 386SX with 20mb hd. 4mb RAM. She was a beast.