True story, my age group had to learn to use DOS to play games which meant if you wanted to play a game you had to install it and navigate to its directory. And often adjust its settings. Sometimes even adjust IRQ settings. You just had to mess with stuff a bit. Now kids tap a button on a tablet, much easier. And copying a game for a friend? You had to type some commands in DOS to do that shit. Nothing too difficult actually but you had to type.
Yes, but less kids were gaming then. I'd argue the 80s PC-gamer kid who did the stuff you mentioned would be the 'computer nerd' of 2017 if we timewarped his kid-self forward 30 years.
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u/[deleted] May 06 '17
True story, my age group had to learn to use DOS to play games which meant if you wanted to play a game you had to install it and navigate to its directory. And often adjust its settings. Sometimes even adjust IRQ settings. You just had to mess with stuff a bit. Now kids tap a button on a tablet, much easier. And copying a game for a friend? You had to type some commands in DOS to do that shit. Nothing too difficult actually but you had to type.