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  • Z [email protected]

    Me too... my first code was for Commodore PET. Then I got an Amiga. Sad day when Commodore folded.

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    Then you will enjoy the news that Commodore was bought recently and they want to build new equipments, starting with a C64.

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    • halyihev@lemmy.worldH [email protected]

      I'm this old.
      TRS-80 Model III

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      I'm punchcard Fortran old.

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      • ekzepp@lemmy.worldE [email protected]
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        This old
        Casio PB-100

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          Like 30 something?

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            Um , b4 that there were serial mice on my tandy

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            I thought I was hot shit when I got a tape drive for my Tandy that worked about 60% of the time

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            • J [email protected]

              Don't forget the serial input for gamepads and joysticks in the dedicated sound board for some reason

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              And because the PC only have 1 serial port, you disconnect the printer and use a parallel to serial adapter.

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                Don't forget the serial input for gamepads and joysticks in the dedicated sound board for some reason

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                And because the PC only have 1 serial port, you disconnect the printer and use a parallel to serial adapter.

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                • ekzepp@lemmy.worldE [email protected]
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                    Old enough

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                      WDYM old, it's still being used from time to time. For fucky BIOS UEFI's and for easy NKRO without HID report fuckery

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                      • C [email protected]

                        PS2 keyboards use interrupts rather than polling in USB, meaning every time a key is pressed the CPU stops what its doing to process it.

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                        I'm wondering, is it still the case for mobos with Super IO?

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                        • lillypip@lemmy.caL [email protected]

                          Check this out:

                          This was why I got into programming.

                          I still have the book:

                          It’s so cool:

                          Lemme know if you want to see more. I thought it’s awesome.

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                          I have to find my UHf dongle, and it looks like I was playing Star Strike the last time, but I will get this running. I have the manual, after all.

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                          • catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zoneC [email protected]

                            I worked at a place using a dot matrix printer… in 2013. 😱

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                            Yeah, if you can keep them running, they're surprisingly efficient. And they hardly ever jam. But all the printouts look like garbage and feel like you're trying to interpret ancient runes. When we got our first inkjet printer at home, I suddenly struggled to read anything from the ol' dot matrix.

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                              Old enough

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                              "hey guys--"

                              JOYSTICK PORT!

                              "not what I'm called."

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                              • T [email protected]

                                I stand corrected. No idea what I was reading (several years ago), but whatever it was made it seem way more complicated. Maybe it was just an explanation from somebody who didn't know.

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                                Likely it was being explained in the context of binary number representation as it is primarily important in computer architecture. If you're not already familiar with that then it was probably confusing explained in that context.

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                                  These aren't old. I had one in the early 2010s, it was handed down by a relative because my parents were poor.

                                  I'm Gen Z

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                                    All the naysayers never used a Gateway AnyKey keyboard... their loss.

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                                    • F [email protected]

                                      My age in fond memories:

                                      Commodore PET/CBM 4032

                                      Acorn Atom

                                      I don't have long for this world...

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                                      What is that Acorn? I don't remember the BBC having an "Acorn Bus Extension", and it looks too narrow to be a Master...

                                      (nm, I found it online: Acorn Atom. I've never seen one in real life.)

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                                        lol PS/2 ports are the newer ones. There were larger AT ports and ADB ports in addition to the 25-pin(!) LPT port (printer mostly) and COM ports (random peripherals including early mice, pre ps/2)

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                                          I raise

                                          edit, actually, it might have been on the back...it's been forever since I touched one

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