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An error message in Windows 10 is a mistake from 1974

Posted by Grendel
Tags: microsoft, programming, unix, dos, windows.10, 1970s, history, source.twitter
https://twitter.com/foone/status/1058676834940776450
@foone🏳️‍⚧️:
It is 2018 and this error message is a mistake from 1974.This limitation, which is still found in the very latest Windows 10, dates back to BEFORE STAR WARS. This bug is as old as Watergate. pic.twitter.com/pPbkZiE57t

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foone🏳️‍⚧️ on Twitter: "It is 2018 and this error message is a mistake from 1974.This limitation, which is still found in the very latest Windows 10, dates back to BEFORE STAR WARS. This bug is as old as Watergate. pic.twitter.com/pPbkZiE57t / Twitter"
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  1. Wren
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    To be fair the Linux kernel still has a 'temporary fix' for some piece of Atari hardware from about 1994.

    To be fair the Linux kernel still has a 'temporary fix' for some piece of Atari hardware from about 1994.