Nostalgia Junkyard

Quote from: rachel on April 02, 2025, 01:54:52 am

Also, does PC stand for personal computer? I never questioned what PC meant. Huh

Yes Personal Computer, as in a computer that is owned by an individual at their home. As opposed to a mainframe computer running in a large office building or school. Back in the 60s - 90s most computers that people used were actually just monitors hooked up to a large computer running in the basement (I'm simplifying here, but that's the gist)

Quote from: Fishmé on April 15, 2025, 01:45:02 pm

Quote from: rachel on April 02, 2025, 01:54:52 am

Also, does PC stand for personal computer? I never questioned what PC meant. Huh

Yes Personal Computer, as in a computer that is owned by an individual at their home. As opposed to a mainframe computer running in a large office building or school. Back in the 60s - 90s most computers that people used were actually just monitors hooked up to a large computer running in the basement (I'm simplifying here, but that's the gist)

Woah?! Funky...

Quote from: rachel on April 18, 2025, 01:00:56 pm

Quote from: Fishmé on April 15, 2025, 01:45:02 pm

Quote from: rachel on April 02, 2025, 01:54:52 am

Also, does PC stand for personal computer? I never questioned what PC meant. Huh

Yes Personal Computer, as in a computer that is owned by an individual at their home. As opposed to a mainframe computer running in a large office building or school. Back in the 60s - 90s most computers that people used were actually just monitors hooked up to a large computer running in the basement (I'm simplifying here, but that's the gist)

Woah?! Funky...

Can you still do that? Is it to the scale of a team working on monitors for like super computers now? (I clearly do not know shit)

Quote from: Fishmé on April 19, 2025, 12:07:28 am

Quote from: rachel on April 18, 2025, 01:00:56 pm

Yes Personal Computer, as in a computer that is owned by an individual at their home. As opposed to a mainframe computer running in a large office building or school. Back in the 60s - 90s most computers that people used were actually just monitors hooked up to a large computer running in the basement (I'm simplifying here, but that's the gist)

Woah?! Funky...

Can you still do that? Is it to the scale of a team working on monitors for like super computers now? (I clearly do not know shit)

Yes, this still happens in many corporate and educational settings. Like when you log into a computer at your school using your student account and you can have the same files / programs on your desktop no matter what computer you log into. Essentially there is a big server running somewhere in the building and you are using your computer to log into your account on the server.

Yall remember Bop IT!!

IIRC the Wii came out when I was 13-14, and I definitely remember playing it at my friend's house. OH FUCK THAT MEANS THIS RANDO ON THE INTERNET THINKS I'M OLD

Damn I miss these little magnetic bastards. I had so many of these as a kid and I remember having a hard time finding them in stores. (I didn't know they were recalked) funny enough I got loads of these as a kid bc they were in thriftstores constantly between 2007-2011.