• @tiramichu@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Plus all the accoutrements that invariably went along with The Computer.

    A printer and a scanner

    A filing cabinet for all the things you liked to print and scan

    A rack full of CD-ROM disks like Encarta 95 and Ecco The Dolphin and CorelDRAW 4

    A beige container with clear plastic lid for storing floppy disks, that for some reason had a lock on it as if floppy disks were the Crown Jewels

    • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮
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      4 months ago

      I still have all this stuff and the room. probably because I am not good at cleaning. also the office chair straight out of 90s. Maybe if enough time passes of not throwing things out I will be able to open a museum and make some extra

        • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮
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          I don’t know, I feel like office chairs are made for some aliens. Never found one that is comfortable so I always sit like some fucking crab in a jar, feet on the table, hands desperately trying to maintain stable connection to peripherals.
          Truth to be said I gave up on sitting. I do all my work reclined, slightly stoned, half nude with an air fan on max setting in a 25 wet bulb celsius

    • @atomicorange@lemmy.world
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      104 months ago

      So many accoutrements! This was also the original home of the box of random cables that lived under the bed. Some day I’ll be buried with those cables.

    • @Blackmist@feddit.uk
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      I had about 4 different boxes of floppies, with different keys for each. Any key worked in any lock. The handle of a spoon worked in any of the locks.

      Just don’t forget to put the dust cover back on the CRT monitor and keyboard when you were done!

      • @Klear@sh.itjust.works
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        4 months ago

        A do miss the degauss button.

        Edit: There has to be an app that would simulate the button, right? I did a quick search just now and found one for iphone, another for android, but too old so it’s no longer available/working. I’ll look some more tomorrow.