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by swifthesitation 645 days ago
> Funny post, pining for the days of old that he never knew.

Agreed. I was born in '83. The author misses the things he never even experienced and is living in the 90s-00s "Highlights" reel.

5" floppy drives. 3" hard disks. Single core computers. 28k dial-up was almost torture. 56k was not much better. Waiting 5-10 minutes for a single picture to load one. pixel. at. a. time. CRT monitors. Trojans. Viruses.

> Things crashed - alot.

Ahh, the Windows Blue Screen of Death. "hello darkness my old friend."