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misk@piefed.social to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 2 months ago

Why was Windows 3.0’s WinHelp called an online help system when it ran offline?

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Why was Windows 3.0’s WinHelp called an online help system when it ran offline?

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misk@piefed.social to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 2 months ago
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Why was Windows 3.0's WinHelp called an online help system when it ran offline? - The Old New Thing
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It was online in a different sense.
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  • Eldritch@piefed.world
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    because online had a very different meaning back then.

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  • lordnikon@lemmy.world
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    Same reason ken named Sierra On-Line, Inc but sold offline single player games

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

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