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If you ever had a computer shrine like this in your house growing up you really enjoyed a golden era of entertainment and reasonable doses of information. This was peak internet and computer-usage generally The Marc Andreesen quote about “software eating the world” is really true. Back then, when you stepped away from this hardware setup the software couldn’t really get you. I also find the old BlackBerry devices to have been more aesthetically tasteful and with the right degree of psychological immersion. There should be a retro movement in electronic devices.
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i can smell the warm plastic
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@tokenizedhuman
I can almost hear the sound of the 28k modem connecting to the internet (And blocking out all incoming calls at the same time). And encarta spinning in the disk drive. Halcyon days.
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@quillingqualia.eth
That BlackBerry qwerty went /hard (so did the pouch which quickly became the norm)
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@shadow06
I miss these days
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@chasing-pointers
I remember feeling like the internet had already matured past it's prime at that point. Of course, it hadn't. But right about the time AOL released normies into the net, IRC and Usenet culture started to die.
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i did have one of those, and limited to 1h per day of use
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@nuflark
I know it well. Ours even had doors that closed up over the front so you could hide the whole thing! Alas.
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@erickpinos
I just know that one of those CDs is Disney’s Typing Adventure with Timon & Pumbaa ‘98
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@hopslam
Just a spiderweb of cables
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You'll probably enjoy /techarchive :-)
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blackberry was top tier tho built like a tank 🤣
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This image makes me think of this, it was completely crazy. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z9w6tO4d90U&t=74s&pp=2AFKkAIB
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this might be an actual photo of my house
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- Pulling the CPU and contorting your body to get to the ports - Puling out the keyboard tray - The tiny speakers - the CD case - the sound of the modem - the slow loading of noodies was all peak
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blackberry was top tier thonbuilt like a tank
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You should definitely read “The Alphasmart Neo2: Bad UI as Good UI” if you’re heading down this rabbit hole https://spandex.substack.com/p/the-alphasmart-neo2-bad-ui-as-good
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“There should be a retro movement in electronic devices” Pretty sure that already exists … 🤔
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Had this set up, and can confirm that it was the vibe of its time. As for a retro movement, I'd say its already under way since everything old is new again. A good indicator is the return to flip phones. Even Apple is rumoured to have a model that folds in the works, which is funny since the iphone was the antitheses of that design
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