I find old hardware still in normal daily use really charming
>>108937204>still in normal daily useUh uh.>Screen says 2017. >Current price is double.I want to go back too.
>>108937204>CANADIAN TIMEIs it like microwave time?
>>108937243There's always a way to go back.
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>>108937204I used to have an IBM 5250 and a DEC VT420 on my desk at my old job where I managed several Unix servers. Terminal emulation software was still ridiculously expensive, but I finally talked them into buying a site license for Hummingbird Exceed.
>>108937204>Correction noticeToT
>>108937258It’s a department store focused on car stuff, tools, sports equipment, etc
>>108937204>I heckin love old computers >soijak_mouth_open.pngFaggot
>>108937602>DECIn the early 00s, I had a DEC server mainboard go out, which shut down half the office. I was barely out of high school and the designated computer guy but I didn't know shit. Called for support (I think Compaq/HP was doing it by then?) and a tech wasn't going to be able to get out there (stationed out of the support center an hour away in another state) for like a month. And it was going to be like $2,500 to replace the board.So I bought the same model on eBay for like $200, it got there in less than 2 weeks, I hooked the drives up, and that one lived long enough to be naturally decommissioned when we switched to different software with an NT server backend a few years later.
>>108938107not our problem when you grew up in a shitty era
>>108938436You sound like a redditor. Please commit suicide
>>108937204Rip out its guts, and rig up some microcontrollers to virtualize what limited performance it has on to a remote system, maybe to offload small tasks.
if it works in business it isnormal components have 0 - 80 000 hours in spec time
I kind of like the 60s smart home future aesthetic. I want a touch screen ultrawide monitor as a home assistant dashboard with a retro theme. I'm getting kind of sick of all the glassy, clean, material design dashboards everyone seems to generate with AI.
>>108937204Some auto parts stores still use impact printers for receipts. Love that sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=718b64LuuDc
>>108939017they had concept of recliner with fold in poe tablet but it is kind of forbidden
>>108937204How do I get that color scheme oon my desktop?
>>108939032At my last workplace they still had a dot matrix printer for receiving NOAA weather reports. There was an identical spare printer down in storage and one of the engineers had to source ribbons for it now and then.
>>108937204It's like they say: If it doesn't work, why jinx it.
>>108939100is it a computer to you if no display
>>108939138it computes. therefore, computer.
>>108937204Based. Love old hardware still chugging along.
>>108937243yours is ULTRA STRENGTH!
>>108939083>How do I get that color scheme oon my desktop?There are terminals that mimic CRTs in all colors you want. If you just want a complete desktop theme that's also easy (if you aren't using Windows 11)
>>108938348Nice. Hope that got you in tight with management. Saved them money and downtime.My dad's cousin was their last CEO. I was a year away from finishing my CS degree when they sold out to Compaq. I majored in CS specifically because he said I had a job waiting for me after I graduated. Feltbadman.
>>108937258It's like American time but it's only worth 70% as much so there's 34 hours in a day.
>>108945723So if I move to Canada I'll live longer compared to the rest of your economy?
>>108937204show me the hacking minigame
>>108944331It pretty well solidified my "computer guy" status in the local office, and ultimately stuff like that led me to my current position in the company home office.Here's a relic from the DEC era. I keep meaning to hang it on the wall, but I can't decide if the patina should remain untouched or if I should clean it up.
>>108937204>Canadian TireI seem to remember them issuing a press release by courier pigeon that they were moving from this system to a 386 with Windows 3.11 later this year.
>>108945831Patina is what's on silver coins anon.This is just fast food grease.Nice keyboard but you should clean it.
don't understand why this thread made people really angry
