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Indulge in Classic Operating System Fun with Restartpage.com
Are you feeling nostalgic for the reboot dialogs, shutdown sequences, and more from older, classic operating systems? Then you will definitely want to visit the Restart Page website to indulge in some retro O.S. goodness.
At first glance the website appears to be a collection of static images from classic operating systems, but it is much more than that. Clicking on the various Restart, OK, and Shutdown buttons will produce a wonderful surprise…actual restart and shutdown reproductions from the original systems!
For our example we chose this ‘Next – OpenStep’ dialogue box…
Here are three of the screens that displayed for us…
Once the process has completed you will be returned to the homepage to try out the next system.
The Restart Page [via boingboing]
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Akemi Iwaya (Asian Angel) is our very own Firefox Fangirl who enjoys working with multiple browsers and loves 'old school' role-playing games. Visit her on Twitter and Google+.
- Published 01/17/12
No BeOS? :(
Happy mac!
best thing with Windows 3.11…….
Am I the only one who was expecting quicker boot times…?
Thanks for the memories, but where was that dreaded blue-screen??
“Thanks for the memories, but where was that dreaded blue-screen??”
That’s not nostalgic…. That’s MS reality…