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Hikermick@lemmy.world 13 hours agoI got my first “home computer” in the days of the BBS’s when there was such a thing as a “long distance call”. Internet access was crazy expensive and not for the average geek. Back then it was a bit “underground”. There were professionals and there were passionate hobbyists. Most people didn’t have or need a computer in their lives. Things changed in the late 90’s boom. A cultural shift when suddenly everyone joined in. The geeks were no longer king
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
When we upgraded from the Atari whatsit box to a 286 it was amazing
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I remember getting a Hotshot/286 card which allowed me to upgrade my 8088 to a 286. I don’t even remember what programs I used back then but I’m sure they ran a lot faster after that.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
i just remember we had 2 games: King’s Quest 4: Rosella’s Peril and Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego, but we could only have one installed at a time.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
A friend of mine had a Commodore 20 with no tape drive. Not only could we only have one game at a time installed, but also we had to manually type in the code for the game each time.