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I had a Tecra 500CS in high school. Used to carry it in my bookbag, no case or anything. It was an absolute beast, and the first machine I ever installed Linux
by throwanem 6y ago
I had a Tecra 500CS in high school. Used to carry it in my bookbag, no case or anything. It was an absolute beast, and the first machine I ever installed Linux on - Slackware 3.4, via floppy disk sets because I couldn't afford a CD drive on top of the machine itself, which even used cost me an entire summer job's proceeds. It did have a built-in modem, though, and that sure was handy.
I suppose I shouldn't talk of it in the past tense. After all, I still have it, and it still works after all these years.
- thom 6y agoI used to always use the floppy net install image for Debian. Was magic to me that a single disk could bootstrap so much amazing stuff.
- throwanem 6y agoI'm pretty sure I didn't yet know Debian existed. Also, my mom would've been pissed at me tying up the phone line that long. Disks I could download piecemeal, one or two a night, while I was staying up far longer than I should to get on the MUCKs while the west coast folks were around.