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[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 69 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Hey y'all remember when mice had balls in them? turns to dust

[–] HeapOfDogs@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I was just thinking this the other day. I also remember that you had to open the mouse to clean it because the little internal rollers got tangled in grossness.

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (4 children)

And the balls in the mice at school would get thrown around the room/lost/stolen until the computer teachers glued them shut so you couldn't clean the rollers and it was almost impossible to use them

[–] IDontHavePantsOn@lemm.ee 23 points 10 months ago

They had that softness that made them feel harmless, but their weight was unmistakably dangerous.

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[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 66 points 10 months ago (3 children)
[–] grue@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

"Coaxial mouse old" isn't a thing, gramps. I hate to tell you, but the senility's kicking in...

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It was to hook up cable TV to a TV that only had UHF/VHF.

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Yo for my NES yeaboyee

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Apparently some of us are older than even the corpse....no mouse gang here.

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

8088 represent. 640kb should be enough for everyone.

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[–] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] YoorWeb@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago (12 children)
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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

DIN-5 was a dope connector. No bent pins, stuck in there sturdy, you could rotate it until you got it with no guessing, no wimpy cable breaking off.

[–] hips_and_nips@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Still is! I rock many DIN-5 cables in my home studio for MIDI. You’re not joking when you say “you could rotate it until you got it with no guessing”, I have to do that every damn time.

[–] berryjam@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bottom picture isn't even that old

[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

RS-232 was what PCs used and its from 1960.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

I had to put my HDD in park position manually.

[–] just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I don’t think I’m on the chart. First computer was a RadioShack TRS-80. 4 kb of RAM, but I upgraded to a blazing 8 kb. Yee-haw! No floppy discs: my programs were saved on cassette tape using a cassette recorder connected to the computer. Those were the days.

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[–] lulztard@reddthat.com 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

Member when you edited your ~~himem.sys~~ config.sys and autoexec.bat to play your game?

[–] teichflamme@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Remember when you had to navigate through DOS to start your game?

[–] Shorn@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Remember when you had to make boot disks for games?

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[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Remember when you had to find a stick for stick and hoop?

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[–] worldsayshi@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Let's be real, usb-a is ancient now.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 months ago

to be fair, Matt Damon ain't getting any younger

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 14 points 10 months ago (5 children)

In my day, the keyboard was the computer!

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[–] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm a musician and I send Midi all over the place pretty regularly. 5 pin DIN connectors are very much still a thing.

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[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 13 points 10 months ago (4 children)

So mid 30s = Crypt Keeper

Got it.

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[–] JPJones@startrek.website 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

This meme is already outdated, we have USB c now.

[–] lightnegative@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

My first PC was a 286. Learned to program on it

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[–] axellenium@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

I feel personally offended by naaaaah, jk, I’m just gonna say that the first pc my dad bought was a Commodore 64 and he let me play some games on it 🥰

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 9 points 10 months ago

White and red live on in the audio world, but yellow is definitely in retirement now.

[–] Z3k3@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

ZX81 owner checking in. No mouse and Bearley a keyboard. What did I win

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Lilith_the_serpent@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Apparently, I'm dead.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)
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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Raise your hand if this looks familiar…

LOAD “*” ,8,1

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)
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[–] girl@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

this meme and the fashion world at large agree that I am a decrepit hag at 30 years old

[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Trust me people who use multiple monitors LOVE the VGA cable because it's +1 monitor on what usually would be only 1 HDMI slot, maybe 2 if you were lucky.

[–] NateSwift@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (6 children)

That’s serial not VGA right?

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Back in my day we didn't have no fancy AT keyboard connector, the keyboard was part of the computer and that's how we like it.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

We’re not dead yet.

[–] Davidvanb@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Radio Shack TRS 80 was my OG.

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