So this code likely generated the very first blue screen of death.
Celebrate 50 years of Microsoft with the company's original source code.
Submitted 1 day ago by Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-page-topic/reader/microsoft-original-source-code
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SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
davidgro@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What is this “blue” you mention? That’s not green Or amber!
Seriously though, errors in native code back then would either freeze the system or just spontaneously reboot, either way no time to display a reason. (Although the BASIC interpreter would at least try to say what happened with errors in BASIC code.)
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
I hear they facilitate genocide
giacomo@lemm.ee 1 day ago
wow, that website, its just wow
henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 day ago
I think they overdid it a bit.
Lojcs@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Application error: a client-side exception has occurred (see the browser console for more information).
Eat_Your_Paisley@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I’m good…Thanks
Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 1 day ago
why would I celebrate the company that makes my least favourite software?
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Because, while they did so in a scummy wayz they revolutionized home computing and office computing.