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Well that is interesting. I started off on a celeron/pentium system so I have no clue how these work. Actually never even came across one of such system in my l
by anuragramdasan 13y ago
Well that is interesting. I started off on a celeron/pentium system so I have no clue how these work. Actually never even came across one of such system in my life. Also since all the old usenet stuff are found on Google Groups, I never even came across this interface before.
- acqq 13y agoIf you refer to the picture, it's of Altair "the first home computer," the computer for which Bill Gates wrote his version of BASIC which was practically an OS for that computer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_BASIC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_BASIC Ever heard of the computer bus -- you know the thing that all extension cards connect to -- well on the panels of old computers you were able to see the state of the bus or to change it with the switches. You've actually felt the bits with your hands and saw them on the lights -- you were able to turn on and of each one with the switch.