> the installer failed to run with an obscure error message.
Some things never change: "The AARD code was a segment of code in a beta release of Microsoft Windows 3.1 that would issue a cryptic error message when run on the DR DOS operating system rather than the Microsoft-affiliated MS-DOS" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code
Some things never change: "The AARD code was a segment of code in a beta release of Microsoft Windows 3.1 that would issue a cryptic error message when run on the DR DOS operating system rather than the Microsoft-affiliated MS-DOS" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code