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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨misk@piefed.social⁩ to ⁨retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org⁩

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250922-00/?p=111619

Why was Windows 3.0’s WinHelp called an online help system when it ran offline?

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  • Eldritch@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    because online had to be very different meaning back then.

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  • b_tr3e@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Because you didn’t have to look up in the printed documentation to find some useless explanation of everything except your actual problem.

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  • lordnikon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Same reason ken named Sierra On-Line, Inc but sold offline single player games

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