Caz @caz@computerfairi.es
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- https://archive.org/details/@aeong
34 she/her.
Joined Nov 2022
I really hope someday we can have a #microsoftober where we celebrate Microsoft's operating system from hell: Classic Windows.
Not only do we do cool stuff with our windows installs, but we make Halloween "Windows Plus!" Themes and change our bluescreens into Halloween colors. #retrocomputing
@arielmt Thanks! Unfortunately the only website that had my adapter available and in stock was so broken it kept getting my billing information wrong. Glad to know an adapter exists somewhere on this planet though.
@salith I'm sorry. That's never easy, even if they lived a long life. :(
Take care of yourself.
Hey #retrocomputing did anyone ever make a converter for the proprietary PSU slots on those old 90s dell motherboards?
@cuddle I'd test the advice I got in a reply about using retrozilla...but my old 98 rig just died on me. 🫠
My only Windows 98 computer just died on me... for the second time. I really wish those old dells didn't use proprietary PSUs, then I could easily put in a new one.
What's also hilarious is that while most of my time using old computers is on Windows, I have many more Apple computers that are just sitting around gathering dust.
I'll probably sell most of the apples when I move, but the question is: which ones?
I just had a "fun" realization that despite collecting old computers, I hate all the companies who made them.
I guess what I'm into is what they brought to society. I'm interested in all the contributions people made to the world of computers. The fun we had on them. The usefulness they still potentially have. The long nights programmers spent writing code for to make a program that people used for a little while, then sadly discarded.
That is why I hunt for old programs.
@mavica_again honestly if I didn't find a MacBook for dirt cheap I probably wouldn't have one. I hate apple as a company, but I'll admit I like the layout of Mac OS. I don't daily drive it though because it's a bit too limited. iPhone though...what's the point? Even if you don't care about apples business practices you are locked out of so many things that you could do on other phones.
@mavica_again Awesome! Thanks for keeping it open like that!
@mavica_again Ah, yeah. That's a problem that plagues most online servers nowadays. I was going to ask an invite, but since it's private, nevermind. I still wanna keep trying to talk to people on IRC, but it's a pain without a proper bouncer which i need to stop putting off and set up.
As for the forums, I'm still at a point in my life where I'm questioning my gender, so I don't want to intrude, if that makes any sense.
@mavica_again I tried retrozilla (or maybe it was outlook) with a couple mainstream email accounts and it just did not work unfortunately. I'll have to try again. Thanks!
@mavica_again Is it the transbian forums, or on discord?
@maelstrom071 I feel that, buddy.
Are there any online mail services that still support windows 98 era mail clients? #retrocomputing
@Chel On a scale of 1 to 10, how toxic would you rate the Star Citizen community?
@mavica_again
Gotcha, unfortunately my break is over and I gotta get back to work. I'll pop in later!
@mavica_again Yeah, I joined #cfairies earlier today and said hi! Is it ever active these days?
Caz
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Piracy makes a copy
AI makes hundreds of legally distinct plagiarized copies
- My project
- http://bitbang.social/@windowsarchive
- My Archive.org
- https://archive.org/details/@aeong
34 she/her.
Joined Nov 2022
