Reply to post: Re: Overlaps

Microsoft has Windows 1.0 retrogasm: Remember when Windows ran in kilobytes, not gigabytes?

Richard Plinston

Re: Overlaps

> I am fairly sure most, possibly all 286 PC:s had at least a minimal hard drive.

Diskless workstations (thin clients) were a thing back then*. Booting over the network (PXE) and accessing Netware, Citrix, LTSP or other servers.

* and may become a thing again with Microsoft pushing cloud computing.

POST COMMENT House rules

Not a member of The Register? Create a new account here.

  • Enter your comment

  • Add an icon

Anonymous cowards cannot choose their icon