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Let's talk about the curious and ingenious DriveSpace, an MS-DOS program promising to double the available disk space. (raduzaharia.medium.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But look at that estimation screen! Again, rant all you wish, Microsoft knew how to handle a long running task even back in MS-DOS days. In this case, it’s estimated at 46 minutes. Great!

Meanwhile, today it's often just "beachball!". It's become a bit of a lost art.