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		EldieTurner on Oct 19, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What are the Windows A: and B: drives used for? I remember installing Borland C++ with stacks of floppies, it felt like 50 but probably more like 30 or so. It took half a day.

mtdewcmu on Oct 19, 2013 | [–]

But when you got it installed, finally, you felt like you earned it.

gutsy on Oct 19, 2013 | [–]

Oh man, yea...I never installed anything with THAT many disks...I think the biggest one was 7 or 8 floppies...which took several hours.

I kinda miss those days. Sometimes.

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