Comment on Transparent PCBs Trigger 90s Nostalgia

• YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I still remember having to flip down the latch on the 5.25 drive as a kid trying to play some sesame street game.

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• Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well that is hilarious. The fake 5.25 floppy drive bay covers are an especially nice touch.

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  • cannedtuna@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Agreed. Also like the key switch. I think it’d look great decked out with some brown Noctua fans too

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    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh man, Noctua fans fit perfectly with this ironic high performance/vintage garbage dynamic! Good call.

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  • rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I still keep my actual ancient 5.25" floppy drive from my first 286 DOS box installed in a spare bay in my current PC tower. It hasn’t worked in ages, but as a chunk of my first PC is still part of my current one it means that, in a Ship of Theseus sense, I’ve been using the same computer for 30 years.

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    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I love that. I still have the very first computer I ever bought, a Power Mac G4 I keep saying that some day I’ll modify the case to house my current PC.

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      • rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You could swap one screw from that case into your current one. It wouldn’t be obvious to anyone else, but you’d know it was there!

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• shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Nope, still hate it.

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  • cannedtuna@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    To each his own I guess. Personally I love the retro look

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah, it’s ugly.

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