How old are you? : memes

[+] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 70 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] HeapOfDogs@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

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 21 points 2 years ago

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 24 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

This old.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[-] Jerb322@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

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

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[-] Davel23@kbin.social 44 points 2 years ago

I'm no-keyboard-and-mouse-connector-at-all-because-keyboard-is-built-into-the-computer-and-mice-aren't-a-thing old.

[-] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

My Apple ][ Plus was like that.

[-] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 6 points 2 years ago

iPad?

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[-] JoMiran@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

I feel attacked

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

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

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[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 years ago

8088 represent. 640kb should be enough for everyone.

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[-] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 years ago

“Press play on tape”

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[-] YoorWeb@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago

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[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

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 2 years 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.

[-] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

I had to put my HDD in park position manually.

[-] berryjam@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Bottom picture isn't even that old

[-] mriormro@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

RS-422 is from 1975

[-] OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

... :(

[-] lulztard@reddthat.com 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[-] teichflamme@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

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

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[-] just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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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[-] worldsayshi@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

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

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[-] JPJones@startrek.website 14 points 2 years ago

Rude

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 14 points 2 years ago

In my day, the keyboard was the computer!

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[-] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 13 points 2 years ago

So mid 30s = Crypt Keeper

Got it.

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[-] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

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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[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Treczoks@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

Older. The C64 was my second computer. Or the third, if I count in the one I built myself, too.

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[-] lightnegative@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

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

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[-] axellenium@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years 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 🥰

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[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago

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

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

... Parallel port ...

My age exceeds that of the universe!

[-] YaksDC@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

So am I. Remember this?

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[-] Endorkend@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

My first system was an Altair 8800.

For input it used physical switches on the front panel.

And until I got expansions for it, it didn't even have any ports on the back.

[-] Z3k3@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

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

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Social Security

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[-] Lilith_the_serpent@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Apparently, I'm dead.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Kids these days... 🙄

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[-] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

TRS-80 gang assemble!

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[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Raise your hand if this looks familiar…

LOAD “*” ,8,1

[-] Sheeple@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

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 2 years ago

That’s serial not VGA right?

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[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years 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.

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