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Friday Fun: How Not to Blow Up Your Computer (in 1993)

How Not to Blow Up Your Computer (in  1993)

 http://mentalfloss.com/article/50319/how-not-blow-your-computer-1993

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YouTube / Everything is  Terrible

Kim Komando has been teaching people to  use computers (sorry, komputers) for decades — she runs a komputer-themed  radio call-in show, running for three hours each weekend.

But if we set our time machine to 1993, Komando released a series of  “Komputer Tutor” VHS tapes, including one called Komputer Kindergarten that taught basic computer skills (DOS and Windows, and “what is a printer”) to  beginners.  The good folks over at Everything  is Terrible edited Komputer Kindergarten down into a highlight  reel, just under three minutes.  It’s amazing.  Seriously.  Watch this.

Sample quote:  “And what happens when you press the wrong button?   Does it blow up?

If that’s not enough, here’s “how to avoid the 29 biggest computer mistakes”  (in 1993).  Warning — it’s 35 minutes long.  Sample quote:  “You’re  only allowed to have one floppy disk in the disk drive at one  time.”

Read the full text here:  http://mentalfloss.com/article/50319/how-not-blow-your-computer-1993#ixzz2RgCgxvbh –brought to you by mental_floss!”

Stephen

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Posted on: May 3, 2013, 6:54 am Category: Uncategorized

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