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Post #AwMHJuaM9hJC07Z7nk by [email protected] |
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Remember back when computers used to take 5-10 minutes to boot? Or even longer … |
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Post #AwMHJuhRjKyoM6smqu by [email protected] |
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And then for "big" games you had to reboot into a boot disk because i… |
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Post #AwMHQIRAO7FniIJNSK by [email protected] |
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When the loud clicking noise of the hard drive and disk drive serenaded you to … |
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Post #AwMHWiizZ3zsypiEUq by [email protected] |
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Or the first Windows 95 install that came on 30+ 3.5" floppies |
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Post #AwMHaOP141UZ6u7V0y by [email protected] |
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When ZIP drives came out and it was incredible that you could store 100MB on a … |
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Post #AwMI1w6HsrNHRQUex6 by [email protected] |
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I remember many times that I fucked up our dialup internet beyond what I could … |
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Post #AwMILxF3Lklalz8gPQ by [email protected] |
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@JessTheUnstill How does one fubar a dialup service on a POTS analog line? |
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Post #AwMILxL4zLaT4fxUno by [email protected] |
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Talent.@MishaVanMollusq |
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Post #AwMIW635Sbw4z1NVaK by [email protected] |
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@MishaVanMollusq But somehow I'd get the tcp/ip settings or the drivers or … |
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Post #AwMJtAMbgTGgyp4ZE0 by [email protected] |
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@JessTheUnstill @MishaVanMollusq oh god, this gives me flashbacks to being leve… |
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Post #AwMJtAUPDTVTN0inNg by [email protected] |
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Yeah iirc we had MSN for at least a while in there, so maybe you ended up with … |
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Post #AwMKNmqLBMoL0fa74y by [email protected] |
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Or when you actually used your A: drive and B: drive. |
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Post #AwMKitCuiS3epSCbrM by [email protected] |
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I was just thinking the other day just how INCREDIBLE the first spreadsheet sof… |
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Post #AwML1kiCWegTz0pbQO by [email protected] |
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@JessTheUnstill I used and supported Lotus 1-2-3 on DOS. It was magic! I was … |
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Post #AwMMUSYPDQX01FVBxo by [email protected] |
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@JessTheUnstill Yes. Yes, I do. I remember the "mini" mainframe we ha… |
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Post #AwMMUSeQr1LsJwK0MC by [email protected] |
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@oldladyplays My dad took a semester or two of computer classes in college - wo… |
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Post #AwMPIhqgp76tqK8pnM by [email protected] |
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@JessTheUnstill My first HDD came in 1990, cost me CAD400, and had 40 incredibl… |
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@oldladyplays @JessTheUnstill When I graduated from HS in 1988 my parents got m… |
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Post #AwMPIi4VziAYXCbsLQ by [email protected] |
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@Unlikelylass Right, so you would have been in my sister's grade, she's… |
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Post #AwMPIiAXdIzQptQgjo by [email protected] |
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@oldladyplays @JessTheUnstill Yeah, I went Apple //e -> 286 w/dos -> 486/… |
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Post #AwMPIiGZGtoJ8aFV8C by [email protected] |
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It was kinda funny, my parents were sorta early adopters of computers up throug… |
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@JessTheUnstill were you phone phreaking? |
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Post #AwMSP21z01Ay2L8Drc by [email protected] |
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@MishaVanMollusq no, just a curious kid |
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Post #AwMfhQYVr33KiPRugy by [email protected] |
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@JessTheUnstill TO THIS DAY… Each of the 4 nodes on a SuperMicro chassis we … |
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Post #AwMfhQeXUdsD16Gj5M by [email protected] |
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@grumpybozo Okay yeah, a more elaborate server setup does take a long time to b… |
