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mmastrac ◴[16 May 25 14:34 UTC] No.44006007[source]▶

Remember the good old days of editing PIF (Program Information Files) files [⁂]? Ah yeah.

Googling a bit, it looks like a lot of this lore has just been lost. I don't know if there are modern explanations of PIF files kicking around.

⁂ I realize this is an ATM machine phrasing, but we called them PIF files in the day.

1. hk1337 ◴[16 May 25 17:03 UTC] No.44007670[source]▶

> PIF

it's also an onomatopoeia for opening up a can of biscuits

What were the MS-DOS programs that the moricons.dll icons were intended for?