TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhat happened that time the power went out at the worst possible moment?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down13
arrow-up196arrow-down1imageWhat happened that time the power went out at the worst possible moment?lemmy.worldTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square57linkfedilink
minus-squareKnoxer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 days agoGod I miss all those removable parts in PCs and especially laptop
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoMBs used to have five or six slots and you had to fill them all. Sound card, HDD driver board, video card, network board, extra ports, etc.
minus-squareStarya67@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoAnd sometimes you ran out of ports and one thing wouldn’t work and you had to figure out a way to juggle everything so everything would work.
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoDip switches and interrupts.
minus-squareOmgpwnies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThat sheet of paper taped to the inside of the case to record what devices were using which IRQ and DMA channels…
God I miss all those removable parts in PCs and especially laptop
MBs used to have five or six slots and you had to fill them all. Sound card, HDD driver board, video card, network board, extra ports, etc.
And sometimes you ran out of ports and one thing wouldn’t work and you had to figure out a way to juggle everything so everything would work.
Dip switches and interrupts.
That sheet of paper taped to the inside of the case to record what devices were using which IRQ and DMA channels…