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Is there any interesting writing on what I conceive of as "the Borland aesthetic" ?
The gray frames. The blue backgrounds. Menu text with the red letter indicating a hot key. Modal dialogs with drop shadows.
According to Wikipedia 2.0 in 1987 was the first blue screen version of Borland Turbo C.
Did Borland originate this?
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