You read the title of this post correctly. Thanks to the Internet Archive we can watch this episode of PBS's 'Computer Chronicles' which showcases the two hottest OS releases of 1991: System 7 for the Mac and something called PC DOS 5.0.
It is great to watch this show from 14 years ago and marvel at how far computers have come. The killer feature of System 7? File sharing.
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