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a modem hand cut from copper clad, plugged into the user port, and hooked up to pirate radio, that connected to another country. Whenever I see people on HN ta
by reaperducer 2mo ago
a modem hand cut from copper clad, plugged into the user port, and hooked up to pirate radio, that connected to another country.
Whenever I see people on HN talking about the insane levels of abstraction and indirection the tech industry has built for itself, I remember the crazy things we used to do with little more than bare wires and curiosity.
People on HN complain that they can't get work done because their 48-inch monitor isn't OLED. We would hack mainframes on the other side of the planet with a 40x7 character unlit LCD, and no internet.
- IAmBroom 2mo agoDade Murphy, is that you? Did you and Angelina Jolie really get it on?
- boltzmann-brain 2mo agoi don't kiss and tell!
- boltzmann-brain 2mo agoa character LCD was an upgrade. try tiny 14" b&w tv!
- reaperducer 2mo ago14"? Luxury! My C-64 was hooked up to a nine-inch Panasonic. Though it was color, so I guess you still win.
- boltzmann-brain 2mo agoColor? Luxury! To experience color, we had to use transparent glass panes painted with stripes of blue, green, and yellow for sky trees and ground respectively! And they didn't make them in the right size for my tv!!