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

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310 points rbanffy | 2 comments | 13 May 25 11:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.437s | source
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chuckadams ◴[16 May 25 15:40 UTC] No.44006767[source]▶
I just can't get me enough of Raymond Chen and his wonderful walks down the dustier paths of memory lane. Feels like a more innocent time where I didn't feel like I was imminently going to be turned into paperclips.
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layer8 ◴[16 May 25 23:29 UTC] No.44010708[source]▶
It’s probably partially an illusion, but while everything wasn’t fine back then, it seemed that there was at least a vision of a positive self-determined computing future that could be achieved and that we were roughly on-track on. Nowadays it feels more of a fight to keep things not getting worse, most of the time.
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1. ferguess_k ◴[17 May 25 21:04 UTC] No.44016967[source]▶
I'd say, go back to the hardware. Pick a computer hobby that involves tinkering the hardware, not just the software. Holding something on one's hand means a lot.
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2. DrillShopper ◴[25 May 25 23:13 UTC] No.44092175[source]▶
I have set a goal to build an x86, Z-80, and 6502 based single board computers just to mess around with and program them in machine code.

After working at the 6502 one for awhile I can start to understand why the Homebrew Computer Club was an obsession for many.