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Title: Don't Copy that Floppy
Post by: Zylstra on May 16, 2007, 10:58:30 PM

Don't Copy that Floppy

A rap song about Piracy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyAY06IcH4Y

Title: Re: Don't Copy that Floppy
Post by: GX1_Man on May 17, 2007, 04:05:27 AM

That was actually the slogan way back when when floppies were the means of distributing new software. Anyone else remember that?

WordPerfect 5.2 for Windows was a BIG program and it came on 8 floppies.

Title: Re: Don't Copy that Floppy
Post by: CBMatt on May 17, 2007, 04:51:13 AM

I've still got a copy of Windows on floppies around here somewhere...

Title: Re: Don't Copy that Floppy
Post by: unlovedwarrior on May 17, 2007, 09:17:33 AM

I'm too young, yes too young to see a 8 floppy program

Title: Re: Don't Copy that Floppy
Post by: Zylstra on May 17, 2007, 05:24:16 PM

I have seen an 8 floppy program...

Windows 3.0!

And so was 3.1 and 3.11 for Workgroups (But, I lost them... so I dont have them anymore... they were illegal copies, made by my brothers old School District :D )

Title: Re: Don't Copy that Floppy
Post by: CBMatt on May 18, 2007, 04:23:25 AM

Quote from: Zylstra on May 17, 2007, 05:24:16 PM

I have seen an 8 floppy program...

Windows 3.0!

And so was 3.1 and 3.11 for Workgroups (But, I lost them... so I dont have them anymore... they were illegal copies, made by my brothers old School District :D )

My Windows is actually legit!  Ha.  I need to go dig up those old floppies.  I've also got a two-floppy mouse driver.  Not to mention Word Perfect and several games on B-drive floppies.  Ah, I miss my old IBM...  The hours of Quest and Double Dragon on that computer were priceless.

Title: Re: Don't Copy that Floppy
Post by: Ledio on May 18, 2007, 09:05:01 AM

I hate floppies!
they take a lot of time to open up!

Title: Re: Don't Copy that Floppy
Post by: Raptor on May 18, 2007, 07:06:17 PM

Rap and anti-piracy, two things the world would be better off without!

It's obvious, judging from the movie, that the SPA is not only brainwashing the youth but it also releases spyware and annoying black people who take over your PC and start singing in a really crappy fashion.

Besides that, "tetris" never failed. (He "raps", can't call it singing, about that) just like no company ever had to shutdown because of piracy...

Title: Re: Don't Copy that Floppy
Post by: helper on May 18, 2007, 07:08:08 PM

 :o So. True.  ;D

Title: Re: Don't Copy that Floppy
Post by: soybean on May 18, 2007, 07:22:05 PM

Got MS Office 4.3 (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, Access 2.0, etc. if I recall correctly); 24 floppies!

Title: Re: Don't Copy that Floppy
Post by: Zylstra on May 20, 2007, 09:47:58 PM

You can legally download the last DOS Version of Microsoft Word that was ever released.

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2005/11/25/free-file/

The download is provided my Microsoft, so its piracy free!

Title: Re: Don't Copy that Floppy
Post by: helper on May 21, 2007, 09:53:43 AM

Nice find, Zylstra  ;D , now for me to get MS-DOS

Title: Re: Don't Copy that Floppy
Post by: Raptor on May 21, 2007, 10:47:19 AM

Quote from: Zylstra on May 20, 2007, 09:47:58 PM

You can legally download the last DOS Version of Microsoft Word that was ever released.

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2005/11/25/free-file/

The download is provided my Microsoft, so its piracy free!

In some countries, there is no piracy!