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by anthk 192 days ago
38 there. If you didn't suffer Win9x's 'stability', then editing X11 config files by hand, getting mad with ALSA/Dmix, writing new ad-hoc drivers for weird BTTV tuners reusing old known ones for $WEIRDBRAND, you didn't live.
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groovy2shoes 192 days ago
the anxiety that i might fry my monitor by setting the wrong scan rate haunts me to this day
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72deluxe 192 days ago
The squealing noise of a monitor in the wrong rate is a memorable noise etched in my brain.
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