TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoWhat happened that time the power went out at the worst possible moment?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down12
arrow-up180arrow-down1imageWhat happened that time the power went out at the worst possible moment?lemmy.worldTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square50linkfedilink
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 hours 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-up4·8 hours 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-up5·8 hours agoDip switches and interrupts.
minus-squareOmgpwnies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoThat sheet of paper taped to the inside of the case to record what devices were using which IRQ and DMA channels…
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…