#Tech #Q1

@closeted_unionist You had to physically short the jumpers so your computer knew whether to make the hard drive the primary (master) or secondary (slave) drive. That way you could have a C drive and D drive, with Windows booting from C.

@linuxgal The magical Cable Select (CS)

@Karma_J Boahhh. Remembering those days!!! @linuxgal

@linuxgal Mmm...

@linuxgal

Thanks for the explanation.

@Karma_J @linuxgal
Da war die Welt noch in Ordnung!

@benroyce @neverbeaten @linuxgal why did 5 immediately drop in my mind...?

@Karma_J

That takes me back to PC class in the 90's. 🥲

@linuxgal
https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/botvolution/statuses/115510473455395419

@neverbeaten @linuxgal I distinctly recall a time in the mid 90s when my family's home computer had an IRQ conflict between the modem and the mouse, such that the moment you connected to dialup, the mouse stopped working. I didn't mind, because I was using telnet and lynx.

But apparently after I went away to college my parents tried AOL, and they got charged for a few months because they couldn't click on the button to cancel their account.

@linuxgal Anybody else still remembering SCSI terminators?

@geogoeroe @neverbeaten @linuxgal

the amygdala where your brain processes fear pain and horror is involved in creating strong memories

@linuxgal I know

@epilanthanomai @linuxgal
Tab, tab, tab until the button is selected, then hit enter.

You just reminded me of how we used to navigate GUIs without a pointing device.

@ ️Teresita nice stories from the goodoldpast ...

back in the 90 when i had bought my first computer, a pc, under the pretext to need it for writing stuff for uni, but soon realizing that games were also possible, i wanted to upgrade the disk. i asked in a computer shop for the price; i don't remember how much they wanted for the disk, but they wanted more than 100 DM to "set it up" as they "explained". stuff i couldn't do because it was weird tech like configuring connections an installing jumpers aso. i was quite furious and impolitely declined. later the same week i ran across the tech section in a book shop and instantly saw: "Computer reparieren und aufrüsten" / "repairing and upgrading computers". that book was only 25 DM. quite a lot for me still, but not 100 DM. i looked up the index for "jumper" and havent been to a "computer repair shop" ever since ... jumper! those were the days ....

@linuxgal
3000 years? It's not that long ago! ‍️

@linuxgal
This left me emotionally scarred to the point that I obsessively but needlenose pliers even if I don't need them.