@cowpowered@lemm.ee to retrocomputing • 1 year agoWindows 95, 98, NT 4.0 and ME can grab online updates againarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: cybersecurity@lemmy.capebreton.socialcomputerhistory@lemmy.capebreton.socialnews@geddit.social
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minus-square@hydrashok@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink16•1 year agoBut why though. I understand some folks might have a need to run an old OS, but why are you even thinking about attaching them to the internet?
minus-square@cowpowered@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilink32•edit-21 year agoI’m not sure. But as this is retrocomputing, I think “because we can” is often a good enough reason for people to make old things work again :)
minus-squareCarlos SolíslinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoBecause manually downloading and installing the updates might require too much manual intervention, I guess.
minus-square@everett@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoAnd this would, I assume, save you the trouble of figuring out which updates you need.
minus-squareTechnological_Burgercakelinkfedilink6•1 year agoBecause it’s fun and sometimes just has to be done 😂
But why though. I understand some folks might have a need to run an old OS, but why are you even thinking about attaching them to the internet?
I’m not sure. But as this is retrocomputing, I think “because we can” is often a good enough reason for people to make old things work again :)
Because manually downloading and installing the updates might require too much manual intervention, I guess.
And this would, I assume, save you the trouble of figuring out which updates you need.
Because it’s fun and sometimes just has to be done 😂