Comments | five4silver: Random Memory Revived by XKCD

five4silver

Random Memory Revived by XKCD

Dec 17, 2008 11:12

Dude, did anyone else have Microsoft Bob on their computer? My parents got a new computer in 1995 or 1996, a Gateway 2000, and it had this program called Microsoft Bob. You'd go to the Home Page (I call it that, though I don't think you actually used the Internet) which was a front door, and you were greeted by Rover, that dog that comes up when ( Read more... )

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cold_in_august December 17 2008, 19:25:12 UTC

chaos the cat reminds me of zelda!

but i've never seen this before. sounds neat. i wonder if i had it on my comps & just didn't know it.....?

five4silver December 18 2008, 23:53:06 UTC

I liked Chaos, but I couldn't remember the name. My favorite guides were her, The Dot, Java the Dragon, and Ruby the Parrot.

Apparently it wasn't even Word, it was some dumbed down word processor (I do remember it being very, very basic, though you could put some graphics in there). They also had a calendar and some other programs I might use, but I think now I wouldn't be as in to the cutesiness.

But damn, it was fun to make labyrinths of computer-generated rooms.