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Hamster IT (thelemmy.club)

submitted 6 months ago by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 18 points 6 months ago (8 children)

When I was young, older people thought the monitor was the computer and had no idea there was a chassi under the desk connected to it. :)

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[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

When I was young people thought the keyboard was the computer. And they were right.

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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Vic20?

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[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Or commodore 64. Amiga 500. Schneider 6128. ZX spectrum. Just to name a few from my time.

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago

Actually yeah, I didnt think of that but commodore 64 was my first computer. Its actually incredible the things it could do without any cooling or fan, and tiny graphics chip...

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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Enter the imac.

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[–] Cort@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Have you ever seen the original Mac?

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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

Yes, but was never a mac dude.

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[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 3 points 6 months ago

Reminds me of that story where a company secretary thought the towers are just junk and asked the whole lot thrown out the entire office

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