| ▲ | eru a day ago |
| I get the first and last point, but how does DOS help? You can use a modern operating system just fine. |
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| ▲ | arcanemachiner a day ago | parent | next [-] |
| I ascertain that they were using hyperbole as a form of humor. |
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| ▲ | adrianmonk a day ago | parent | prev [-] |
| DOS ensures nobody will be have an easy time reversing the decision to keep them off the network. |
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| ▲ | eru a day ago | parent [-] | | I'm fairly sure it's trivial to get Claude to vibecode you some little program that runs in DOS and allows you to connect the computer to the network. | | |
| ▲ | analog31 a day ago | parent | next [-] | | Sure, it was called Novell. There was also AppleShare PC, which connected you to a Mac network. It was how I laser printed my dissertation. ;-) | | |
| ▲ | eru 18 hours ago | parent [-] | | And that was presumably before Claude made it easy. :) |
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| ▲ | jester997 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Assume the computer does not have a modem of any sort! | | |
| ▲ | eru 10 hours ago | parent [-] | | If you assume away the hardware, then even Linux can't talk to the network. |
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