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"I seem to recall OS/2 and a C compiler cost money back? How did you get to be using those, through work or did you buy them?"

His new user questionnaire asked new users to identify/define several warez release/courier groups.

I don't think he was licensing software ...




I'm not even sure that I used that new user questionnaire myself. It was a feature of the software, for SysOps who ran warez boards.

I actually had a licensed copy of OS/2. My dad taught computer science at a small college and was able to get it for me.


FLT is Fairlight and RZR should be Razor, but I can't remember what the last three were. Oh god the nostalgia.




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