Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20171111143841/@comment-1496755-20180110124216

Probably a side effect of living underground. Weather becomes irrelevant to you. But I have to deal with it, especially when planning laundry (cause it won't dry up properly if it's too humid outside and I have to take it into consideration).

Older PCs and operating systems definitely required more tech savvy than they do nowadays. I remember getting our first mouse - nowadays, you'd just plug it in and it's ready to use. But not back then... oh no. You plug it in but nothing happens because the system cannot detect that something was plugged in. So you install the driver the manufacturer kindly provided. Nope, doesn't work - DOS is still not aware that there is an installed driver, so you have to add these convoluted commands to CONFIG.SYS to make sure the driver is loaded when the computer boots. If everything goes smoothly, the mouse finally starts working and it's like a small Christmas at home. And don't even ask about getting the CD drive to work under DOS (or Windows 3.1) :P

Heh, true, despite major improvements, emulators are still pretty clunky. But I find this new one much easier to use than the Oracle VM I tried out in late 2015. I remember I gave up on it after a few hours of dabbling, and I was mostly disappointed by its interface and working logic. The new emulator felt more intuitive and user-friendly, so I quickly warmed up to it and got several working emulations within a matter of hours. It even felt somewhat enjoyable (seeing those Win 95 & 98 installation screens again was like a HUGE nostalgia blast). By contrast, I struggled with Oracle's program and found it frustrating to use...

Heh, your enthusiasm gives me the idea of digitally inserting you into the next "improved" edition of the Original Trilogy as a Rebel pilot in some scene. Now I just have to find a way to convince Disney to do it...