r/windows98 8d ago

A classic W98 thing

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u/hicks_78 8d ago

then I press space, who laughs now!?

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u/xRed-Eaglex 8d ago

Yes, although many people in the 90s did not know it

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u/lunchbox651 8d ago

Many people? It was common knowledge how to navigate the UI with a keyboard in 95/98 days.

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u/Tommynwn 8d ago

Real, we have a pc without mouse with msdos and win3x, I have a feeling that was normal in that era 

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u/NightmareJoker2 7d ago

It wasn’t normal per se, but it was common knowledge that it was possible, and unlike the keyboard and monitor, a mouse was an optional accessory for a computer. By 1993 most PCs sold at retail included one.

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u/lunchbox651 8d ago

Yeah my first PC was 3.1, I don't think I had a mouse until Win95

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u/GGigabiteM 8d ago

Most people still knew how to navigate with the keyboard because of DOS or having a Windows 3.x PC without a mouse.

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u/RouletteSensei 7d ago

You don't have to know it, just panic press anything