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Overcome (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by Lisk91@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 75 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Me:

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 20 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Before the mid-to-late 1990s, on the other hand...

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 20 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Connecting cables was easy, the nightmare was getting the OS to recognise the devices.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 7 points 15 hours ago

You better hold onto those driver discs.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, but there were so many different cable standards that you weren't always sure you had the right one on hand. USB has been such a godsend that the young'ns will never fully appreciate.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 7 points 13 hours ago

That's what the Cable Box™ was for. The only time a self respecting cable collector would not have the right cable was the week after getting rid of some of the most "legacy" cables.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

Love Grafo.