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submitted 2 weeks ago by misk@piefed.social to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

because online had a very different meaning back then.

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Same reason ken named Sierra On-Line, Inc but sold offline single player games

[–] b_tr3e@feddit.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

Because you didn't have to look up in the printed documentation to find some useless explanation of everything except your actual problem.