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This one definitely qualifies for the often-cited "Kids today will never know"… The original release of Windows 95 famously came on 28 (!) floppy disks. Because the operating system required roughly 40 MB (nothing now, but pretty big back then) of space, and each standard 3.5" floppy disk only...

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