{"id":112,"date":"2009-03-26T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willemkossen.nl\/b\/?p=112"},"modified":"2022-10-18T13:15:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T13:15:47","slug":"you-know-you-have-to-update-your-pc-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willemkossen.nl\/b\/?p=112","title":{"rendered":"You know you have to update your pc when:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"202\" height=\"145\" class=\"wp-image-116\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/willemkossen.nl\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/202px-Floppy_disk_5.25_inch.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You just ran out of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090830181135\/http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Punched_card\">punch cards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>your computer store can\u2019t supply any more 5 1\/4 inch floppy disks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>your 10 MB harddisk starts making rattling noises you never heard before<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>your monochrome Hercules monitor starts smoking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>when you try to install windows 3.1 and it complains your system isn\u2019t supported anymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you just broke your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090830181135\/http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coaxial_cable\">coax cable<\/a>&nbsp;and can\u2019t buy a new one<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">&lt;!--more--&gt;<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>when your telecom operator stopped supporting your 2400 baud bulletin board connectivity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>you just bought an update for wordperfect and it tells you that it won\u2019t run on MS Dos 3.3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You try to buy a new program on a mini-cassette-cartridge but all you can get is cd\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>your virusscanner won\u2019t get updates anymore since they won\u2019t fit on the 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