Hey y'all remember when mice had balls in them? turns to dust
70 0 ReplyThis old.
64 0 ReplyI'm no-keyboard-and-mouse-connector-at-all-because-keyboard-is-built-into-the-computer-and-mice-aren't-a-thing old.
44 0 ReplyI feel attacked
39 0 Reply8088 represent. 640kb should be enough for everyone.
31 0 Reply“Press play on tape”
31 0 Reply29 0 ReplyDIN-5 was a dope connector. No bent pins, stuck in there sturdy, you could rotate it until you got it with no guessing, no wimpy cable breaking off.
21 0 ReplyBottom picture isn't even that old
19 0 ReplyI had to put my HDD in park position manually.
19 0 ReplyI don’t think I’m on the chart. First computer was a RadioShack TRS-80. 4 kb of RAM, but I upgraded to a blazing 8 kb. Yee-haw! No floppy discs: my programs were saved on cassette tape using a cassette recorder connected to the computer. Those were the days.
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himem.sysconfig.sys and autoexec.bat to play your game?16 0 ReplyLet's be real, usb-a is ancient now.
14 0 ReplyIn my day, the keyboard was the computer!
14 0 ReplyRude
13 0 ReplyI'm a musician and I send Midi all over the place pretty regularly. 5 pin DIN connectors are very much still a thing.
13 0 ReplySo mid 30s = Crypt Keeper
Got it.
13 0 ReplyThis meme is already outdated, we have USB c now.
12 0 ReplyI feel personally offended by naaaaah, jk, I’m just gonna say that the first pc my dad bought was a Commodore 64 and he let me play some games on it 🥰
11 0 ReplyMy first PC was a 286. Learned to program on it
11 0 ReplyOlder. The C64 was my second computer. Or the third, if I count in the one I built myself, too.
11 0 Reply9 0 ReplyZX81 owner checking in. No mouse and Bearley a keyboard. What did I win
9 0 ReplyApparently, I'm dead.
8 0 ReplyRaise your hand if this looks familiar…
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7 0 ReplyTRS-80 gang assemble!
7 0 ReplyKids these days... 🙄
7 0 ReplyBack in my day we didn't have no fancy AT keyboard connector, the keyboard was part of the computer and that's how we like it.
6 0 ReplyVic20 -> C64 -> Atari 2600 -> Amiga 500 -> 286 ... I actually don't even remember but it has a shitton of cores.
6 0 Replythis meme and the fashion world at large agree that I am a decrepit hag at 30 years old
6 0 ReplyTrust me people who use multiple monitors LOVE the VGA cable because it's +1 monitor on what usually would be only 1 HDMI slot, maybe 2 if you were lucky.
6 0 Replyglances at MX518 on Max Payne mousepad
Fuck.
5 0 ReplyRadio Shack TRS 80 was my OG.
5 0 ReplyCommodore 64 and Atari 2600 here.
4 0 ReplyI’m 8-track tape in my first car old.
4 0 ReplyI'm 40 and my first machine was a commodore sx64. I'm not old lol.
4 0 ReplyDIN and RS232 gang!
4 0 ReplyWe’re not dead yet.
4 0 Replywhat if we go back to a time before there were ports for keyboards. a la atari 800
4 0 ReplyDamn you kids and your newfangled RS232 connectors.
4 0 ReplyI'm off the bottom of the chart.
3 0 ReplyI am 50 (going on 29) and remember connections other than these in devices like the Commodore 64.
3 0 ReplyUm Young kid is actually USB-C now and it's a mobile device 😆
3 0 ReplyI remember my school getting our first PCs in the library around the time the Columbia went up the first time. We thought the future was then. Little did we know...
3 0 ReplyAhhh, the good ol' days playing Wumpus - "I smell a Wumpus!" - or "Adventure" - "It is dark. You may be eaten by a grue." Went through rolls of paper in the old teletype.
2 0 ReplyOur family's first computer was an Acer Anyware, 386 with a greyscale display. We had a serial trackball for it.
2 0 ReplyI love that most of the commenters are older than the oldest example in the meme.
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