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Computers in general, different operating systems fascinated me. Sometimes, I had up to five different operating systems on my machine (OS2, 3.1, NT 4, Windows 95 RUS, Windows 98 SE). I loved playing with them, saw them as free (or near free) toys that I can break at will, but they didn't complain. Reformat, reinstall is all they asked for. And I did that, sometimes till dawn.
I remember happiness I experienced when next beta version of Netscape was released... because it was another free toy to play with. Or struggle, when it came to Cyrillic encodings. Then I discovered Macintosh, bought an old machine for $300 and
fell in love with it. It was so... different! And beautifull.
My
baby Maria meanwhile grew into an elephant... |