I graduated high school in 1996, but had taken the computer classes before then, so this was from somewhere around 1992-1994.
I remember two computer classes at my high school; one was a "basic computing" class that taught us how to use MS-DOS and MS Works; the other was a business computing class that taught some simpler Pascal programming (with Borland's Turbo Pascal).
Actually, while it's undocumented and unsupported, there are ways to increase the effective resolution in the PC version of FFXI by editing the registry. (When I played FFXI, I had it running at 1280x1280 with a 1280x1024 resolution, and it was pretty sharp, though the graphics aren't anything too special even then.)
You can still do this, you just have to create a Startup Disk (or just use a pre-existing Win98 boot disk)...
Microsoft didn't really get rid of DOS, they just tried to hide it. Their explanation is something along the lines of "less confusion for beginning users"...
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I graduated high school in 1996, but had taken the computer classes before then, so this was from somewhere around 1992-1994.
I remember two computer classes at my high school; one was a "basic computing" class that taught us how to use MS-DOS and MS Works; the other was a business computing class that taught some simpler Pascal programming (with Borland's Turbo Pascal).
Re: PS2 over USB -- from my understanding, USB has limitations on the number of keys that can be pressed at one time, whereas PS2 does not.
Actually, while it's undocumented and unsupported, there are ways to increase the effective resolution in the PC version of FFXI by editing the registry. (When I played FFXI, I had it running at 1280x1280 with a 1280x1024 resolution, and it was pretty sharp, though the graphics aren't anything too special even then.)
You can still do this, you just have to create a Startup Disk (or just use a pre-existing Win98 boot disk)... Microsoft didn't really get rid of DOS, they just tried to hide it. Their explanation is something along the lines of "less confusion for beginning users"...
Also, check out XOSL at http://www.xosl.org/.