FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for April 20, 2021

how hard can it be to first operate a computer without a tutorial?

The first time I started a computer back in 1984, the screen showed, “A:\>”.My first thought was “Now what?” I became very familiar with “Bad command or file name”

Remember the talking moose?

I started out on a Commodore 128 … man I miss Q-Link days! Then… the first PC.

Let’s just say floppy disks went flying across the room til I figured it all out :)

I fruit will make you toot.

The owner’s manual is merely the manufacturer’s opinion of how the device works. – Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor

I know how Jason feels. I learned working computers intuitively. In fact, the helpful tutorials were often counter-intuitive, at least to me. I wanted a book with an index in case I needed to look anything up.

I don’t think my TI-99/4A had a tutorial!

This reminds me of Clippy on Microsoft Office 97. Clippy was killed for a reason.

“Do you need help taking over the world?”